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  1. iebbqman

    What toys do you use with your pellet smoker?

    I use Thermoworks Thermapen for checking temp on my meats.  I tend to use it more for checking how easily it goes through the meat then for temp.  But it is probably the most accurate temp probe you can find.  It is the same one a lot of the Health Inspectors use.  I also have Firebricks on the...
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    A bit of general help with pellet units...........

    Take a look at this company http://www.louisiana-grills.com they have a great line of cookers that may fit your needs.   FE/Cookshack - by far the best in the business.  You pay top dollar for these units but they will outlast you, your, house, and probably your grandchildren.  As they state...
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    roll call on brands of pellet grill

    Welcome NEDtorious,  Another Traeger owner.
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    Pellet Consumption

    My pellet cooker is consuming about 1lb per hour around 250 degrees, and closer to 1.75lbs per hour at 305 degrees.  IF I go max temp of about 450 degrees i would say closer to 2.5lbs per hour, but I rarely use it that high. Mind you I have fire bricks in the bottom to help with temp control...
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    GMG vs Traeger

    Here is Rule #6 from the KCBS sanctioned rules available at http://www.kcbs.us/pdf/2013_rules.pdf Fires shall be of wood, wood pellets, or charcoal.  Gas and electric heat sources shall not be permitted for cooking or holding.  Propane or electric is permitted as fire starters provided the the...
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    Pork butt marinade

    Marinating pork butts is not to uncommon, most people inject, in order to get a particular flavor throughout the meat.   CMRagan, first off welcome to the forums.  Secondly depending on the amount of salt and time that the rub sat on the meat, it will probably have no harmful effect on the...
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    POISON or How to Kill Them All With The Grill

    Awesome recipe, and looks wonderful.  For anyone who has people with nut allergies that may use this just remove the nutmeg from the recipe.  Also if you have people who have MSG migraines such as myself do the same thing just remove it.  You will notice a flavor difference when you remove the...
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    Help me upgrade my smoker

    The 20lb hopper is pretty normal for most pellet grills of that design.  Mind you a 40lb bag is pretty big and would require more weight on the other end of the grill to offset it.  And if you are smoking understand that is almost a days worth of smoking.  Where you come into problems with that...
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    Affordable Cooking Pellets

    In regards to the oak base on pellets that is very common on pellets.  Most wood pellets for cooking are 70/30 blend with it being majority oak.  If you want just a single wood flavor you need to get 100% wood pellets which BBQ'rs delight seems to be the major player in that market. In regards...
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    Selling Rubs?

    Find someone who will do it close to your house so you can save on either shipping or pick them up yourself.  Also expect to have to buy several hundred pounds of rub mix at one time when you order.  when you do find a place you want them to put a UPC bar code on it and have your nutritional...
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    New guy

    Woodshed is actually in the city of Orange near Anaheim.  They have a great selection of flavored and smoking woods there.  Prices can seem a bit high but they are the only ones in the area providing wood.  They are friendly and will help you get what you need.  
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    Help me upgrade my smoker

    The FEC pellet smokers start out at $4k for the entry level vertical smoker.  So they are out of your budget.  In regards to what you are looking for, you need to think about the number of people that you will regularly feed.  While the yoder is a great unit, it may be too big for what you want...
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    GMG vs Traeger

    Nice job.  GMG grills are great units.  We have a competition team near me that is sponosored by GMG and they are winning everything they go to it seems.  So you have a winning grill their.
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    Affordable Cooking Pellets

    I use what is called "The Perfect Blend" by cookingpellets.com.  It is a blend of maple, hickory, apple, and cherry.  It works for just about anything you want to cook.  If you buy directly from them, you can get it really cheap.  I have a store that is a supplier of theirs, and I pay under $1...
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    roll call on brands of pellet grill

    I got Two trawger Texas grills.  I rarely get them above 250 for anything other then pizza.  Working on the wife letting me buy two more grills.  Looking at the Louisiana Pellet Grill Super Hog.  Also working on having a Vertial RF Backwoods Clone made using pellets.  Other thenthat I am having...
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    Help with Amazing smoker

    the Square box one, can be hard to keep lit sometimes.  The company I bought mine from, now has the tube, and they have heard great reviews on the tube.  I will probably be upgrading soon.   but in regards to your issue light it and let it get started with the lid open and then you should be fine.
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    Water pan in gmg

    Try placing the baffle in the middle.  That should even out your temperature.
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    Treager troubles

    the smoker setting on the Treagar is too high for cold smoking.  Depending on where you exactly live you would need to either buy a cold smoker attachment that treagar sells (large area but not overly impressed by it).  Or you can find cold smoker grates that you put your pellets in and light...
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    Smoking Meats West Coast Style

    Hello Everyone, I am from Southern California, and I have been smoking food for over 15 years now.  There is nothing better ten waking up to the smell of a nice wood fire that has been cooking your meat all night long.   I have cooked on just about all types of smokers, from electric to stick...
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    Cost of pellets per pound?

    I find that on my traegar, at 225 degrees I am burning about a pound per hour.  I do live in Southern California, but I have done some simple modifications to my traegar to help with heat control.  this best thing I did was buy some fire bricks from Home Depot and place them in the bottom of my...
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