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  1. daniels

    What type of smoker should I get for smoking cheeses?

    I keep going round-and-round.  Been thinking about another smoker for a while but instead of another smoker for meats I thought I should get something for cheeses and maybe fish. I've been looking at the Chief smokers, Masterbuilt, etc. What do you recommend? Thanks.
  2. daniels

    What to do: stick with WSM or add offset?

    Yep.  I kept looking at electric smokers about a year ago and kept seeing problem with control panels and heating elements.  None of that stuff with my WSM. I think I've come to the same conclusion as last time.  Too many guys talk about how great their WSM's are so that I think I might just...
  3. daniels

    What to do: stick with WSM or add offset?

    I think the 'set and forget' with the WSM is the reason I'm considering an offset smoker.  What's the point of smoking something if once you get it going you just look at the receiving unit on your belt to check the grill temperature and the meat temperature?  It is convenient I admit but...
  4. daniels

    What to do: stick with WSM or add offset?

    phatbac, I would get the yoder cheyenne with some options or possibly the wichita.  I've been looking at about $1,200 for the cheyenne with the options and shipping.
  5. daniels

    What to do: stick with WSM or add offset?

    I've discussed something like this here about a year ago.  I came within a hair's breadth of adding an offset smoker to my arsenal then I had second thoughts.  Well I'm at it again. I have the large WSM and it has done very well since I bought it several years ago.  I have the opportunity to...
  6. daniels

    Smoker Names

    I call mine The Big Black Turd.  Can you guess which smoker I have? :) Maybe I should call it The Big Black Suppository.  It's a 22.5" WSM.
  7. daniels

    WSM not running hot enough

    Get this book: Follow it to the letter on building a fire in a WSM (and everything else it covers!). You should not have any problems. I have used this book for a few years now and it's wonderful.  I haven't had any issues with it nor my WSM.  I use Royal Oak charcoal.
  8. daniels

    Need a Good Thermometer

    If the digital thermometer is off but consistent just find out how far off it is by using a regular $3 oven thermometer.  Then just use the digital thermometer and mentally adjust the reading.  Plenty close enough.
  9. daniels

    Is it bad to smoke meat in a shed??

    A shed is not an airtight building.  Put a window in one or two walls.  Crack the door open.  Or use a garage with the overhead door raised a few inches. I use a 30' x 50' metal shed with an air vent in the ridge line.  It has 4 windows, 2 single car overhead doors, and a side entrance door. ...
  10. daniels

    Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

    Turkey jerky anyone? 
  11. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    When smearing some mustard on meat to get the rub to stick I haven't noticed any taste from the mustard either.
  12. daniels

    Smoking with less or no salt?

    If you can't use salt then simply don't. You had to get used to tasting salt to begin with so you can easily get used to not tasting salt again.  The longer I'm away from it the worse it tastes when I do run into it. Someone recommended buttermilk.  Watch out for sodium in the buttermilk, BTW...
  13. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    Some folks just can't 'get it'.  
  14. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    Wrong again!  The Bertolli I referenced is not EVOO.  I never said it was and Bertolli doesn't claim it to be EVOO.  It's a later pressing.  Notice it says Light Tasting. You are right that there's no such thing as an adulterated EVOO.  If it's not first cold pressed and nothing else it's not...
  15. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    Cook's Illustrated according to the poster that I found.  Cook's Illustrated wouldn't use a crappy olive oil.  I didn't provide a link because that's forbidden here as I understand it. True EVOO will have the problem.  Crappy adulterated EVOO probably won't because it's not real EVOO.
  16. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    Exactly!  Thus the adulterated EVOO wouldn't have the issues as a real EVOO.  You still may have a decent enough olive oil but you didn't get the real EVOO that you paid for.
  17. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    If you guys aren't having the typical/classic issues with EVOO then I wonder if you're getting real EVOO.  Maybe you're getting some of the adulterated stuff. EVOO has a couple of well known problems whereas the later pressings don't.
  18. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    “Extra-virgin olive oil contains bitter tasting polyphenols coated by fatty acids, which prevent them from dispersing. If the oil is emulsified in a food processor, these polyphenols get squeezed out and the liquid mix turns bitter. The magazine (Cook's Illustrated) further claims this is only...
  19. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    You'll find all sorts of recipes for salad dressings that use EVOO but it incorrect to do so.  Talk to some culinary school instructors.  Real experts.
  20. daniels

    Olive Oil questions

    T Nope!  It's a fact.  Not my opinion.  I've heard it on many cooking shows and read it in cookbooks.  Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the strongest tasting and too strong tasting for a salad oil.  If you get used to it and like it that's fine but good EVOO is way too strong tasting for me. There's...
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