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    MES cold smoker

    Hi I've got it.  I'm a newbie but I'm slowly raising the clue meter up.  I feel pretty comfortable with the cold smoker but haven't really filled it to max. It's two concentric square cylinders or prisms.  The outer is a regular rectangular block with a relatively snug lid.  The inner one is...
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    New member with MasterBuilt hot smoker ... how do some cold smokes like bacon, too?

    Got a Masterbuilt Cold Smoker attachment.  Works quite well.  Gives hours and hours of smoke.  I cold-smoked some cheese with good results. Second run with bacon in progress (viz post in Pork).  First run was pretty good, but this run I got the pork belly custom cut.  I also got a meat slicer...!!
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    Hey @Frankly! I developed a love for Country Sweet Chicken and Ribs while I was growing up NNN (;) years ago.  We have brought back to Massachusetts sauce by the gallon as well as the smaller bottles.  I didn't know about a regular brown barbecue sauce, this is strictly the regular sauce (hot...
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    A Pair Of Spares Beats A Full House!

    Thanks so much for sharing this success.  But I don't know what you meant by: -- newbie 
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    I think that's an important point... as usual, I'm rushing too much
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    thanks for the encouragement!
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    I'm squeezing this in between catfights at my university department and my kids dressing up for an expo... I'll look more closely now.
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    No butter or liquid.  Mistake?
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    can I have a reality check? - 6 days curing - LOTS of liquid from bellies

    It was McCormick's Himalayan pink salt for seasoning, not curing salt.  "Sourced from salt mines within 200 miles of the Himalayan Mountain range, its pink color comes from the presence of iron oxide." My curing salt is the 6.25% nitrite Prague powder, "Anthony's Pink Curing Salt #1." No...
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    POLL: why is this newbie a failure with 3-2-1 ribs... how?

    one slab of spare ribs (wrong?), 4.3 lbs 14 hours rub with Meathead's Memphis Dust, in zippered plastic bag 225º in Masterbuilt electric smoker Mix of hickory and "whiskey" wood chips The first 3-hour cooking went a little long (maybe 3-1/2) before I wrapped in foil. I did not have good...
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