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  1. davenh

    Grade vs. Cost?

    If buying a steak or roast (cooking med/rare) I go choice, select is a noticeably tougher cut. I buy most meat at the wholesale clubs were the cost of choice is less than buying select at supermarkets.
  2. davenh

    Best way to Re-Heat a Pork Tenderloin.

    Put it in the microwave at 40% power for two minutes and check temp. Just get them warm. Do an additional minute at 40% if needed.
  3. davenh

    Question on homemade smoker.

    I was thinking the same thing...save the money for other parts! Checkout craigslists for a free freezer or fridge. You could also put a wanted ad on Craigslist and you will get a bunch of responses for a large working or not freezer/fridge.
  4. davenh

    Aluminum vs. Steel Tuning Plates

    Aluminum will work fine, no health hazard unless your going to eat it...lol. Steel will hold the heat longer, but aluminum will heat quicker and more evenly.
  5. davenh

    Smoked Bluefish

    Man...smoked bluefish is great stuff. Those look really good. Perfect fish for smoking.
  6. davenh

    I have apple, cherry and hickory. Got any Pecan to trade?

    Figure I'll toss this out there...lol. I'd like to trade for some pecan. In return, I can send an equal amount of either apple, cherry, hickory or a mix. Maybe a large flat rate box. Open for larger amounts too :). Anyone interested?
  7. davenh

    Can you indulge me, one last time?

    Sorry to hear about Scooter, hang in there Flash.
  8. davenh

    A SMF Desktop Icon here...

    I have an icon on my browser tool bar and use this as the target address. Lets me see a weeks worth of new and old posts, change the 7 at the end to whatever number of days you want to go back.
  9. davenh

    Favorite Brand of EVOO?

    We also use Bertolli. Tried a cheaper brand once, we noticed it wasn't filtered as well, sediment in the bottle. The taste wasn't as good either.
  10. davenh

    Stubbs Charcoal

    Thanks...I've been looking at it in Lowes every time I go by..lol. I put a gravity feed firebox on the smoker and a lot of ash (like kingsford level) can clog things up. Guess I'll keep going with lump :). Thanks again for the review.
  11. davenh

    Odd Question??

    When I had to use the MES in the rain, made my self an umbrella plant :). Stood up a good sized umbrella in a flower pot filled with stone. Worked well keeping the rain of the smoker. I suppose as long as you have the overhead door up for ventilation, with the smoker just enough inside the...
  12. davenh

    Stubbs Charcoal

    Is the amount of ash low like lump? I'm curious to hear how it performs compared to lump?
  13. davenh

    Pastrami from scratch!

    Great job Dave..got to try one of these
  14. davenh

    Some interesting MES information

    Dave..I'm with you 1000000% on this one . I did add a secondary heater to my MES and it helped the recovery time. I put it on a dimmer switch then wired that to a bypass timer that put it full on. timer that had presets for 10 min, 20 min 30min and 60 min. First warm up the unit to 270. Put in...
  15. davenh

    Drying wood

    I was going to do the same thing, try drying some chunks in the smoker. Then walking through my yard looking at the small greenhouse we have and I'm like....DUH! So I chopped up a little hickory, apple and cherry. Put them in bins in the greenhouse for a week, and they are already seasoned to...
  16. davenh

    MES big load temps & recovery discussion

    I'm not sure I'm buying it. Seems the 30 would still have the advantage of cooking the meat faster. The meat gets all the heat it can absorb because the unit has recovered to setpoint and supplying more energy (heat) for the meat to absorb. In the 40 the chamber temp is lower for a longer time...
  17. davenh

    Hello from New Hampshire!

    Your not too far away. I've been collecting my own wood piles. Got some decent piles of split cherry, hickory and apple. The apple and hickory need a little more seasoning time. Before that I was buying large bags of hickory from home depot. Got most of the wood free from watching ads on...
  18. davenh

    Wind Damage to my Smoke area.

    That sucks GB, sorry to hear about the damage. Sounded like a pretty mean storm.
  19. davenh

    Overnight smoke in the MES, how?

    A few of us have added a smoke daddy to our MES. The MES handles the temp control and the smoke daddy will keep smoke going through the night. I have the middle one (large size), and it goes for 6 hrs. Enough to get some sleep and replenish the chips/pellet in the morning. I've had mine going...
  20. davenh

    Hello from New Hampshire!

    Welcome to SMF . I'm also from NH, over in Hudson :). Your rig would be good with a SFB.
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