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    Almost $40 worth of food down the drain!!

    I would need a lot more info. What kind of smoker? What temperature were you cooking at? For how long? How much smoke did you get? If white smoke was billowing out of your smoker, you could have ended up with creosote on the food, which is nasty stuff. You get a tingling numbing sensation with...
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    Butterflied Leg of Lamb & a rack timing? (Q-view included)

    I'd go with a Shiraz, myself, but hey, it's all a matter of what you like. That lamb looks terrific!  I'm surprised at how red the leg is at 145*. I've gotta try that. We usually get our lamb at Costco - I've got to make the trip. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
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    dry aged ribeye - results are in

    That is one fine prime rib, and I commend your guts in taking that chance. I've been reluctant because I was under the impession that the fridge you use for this has to be practically operating room sterile. Did you do anything special in terms of getting the fridge ready, like wiping it down...
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    What's your occupation?

    Bureaucrat. I do payroll for a municipal gov't. I used to work for our child welfare agency in charge of their information systems. Two stories from working there: 1. After a meeting about some system or another, a caseworker came up to me and apologized for missing the previous week's meeting...
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    Full Smoker with Q-view, very long and pic heavy

    SQWIB - Well done! You've got me wondering how you keep the cheese in the Cordon Bleu fatty. I find that if there's even the slightest path to the outside of a fatty, the cheese will find it and drip out while it's cooking. This is hard enough to get right with sausage or ground beef. With your...
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    Trarger Grills

    The rate at which the pellets burn and the amount of heat they give off is dependent on a number of factors, probably most important, the pellets themselves. The P-setting is their way of putting control over that in the hands of the owners, and seems to work according to folks who have played...
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    Vegetarian BBQ solution

    Isn't bacon in a food group all by itself? And why wouldn't vegetarian pizza work for a vegan?
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    Cheese and the Food saver

    Yeah, frome reading Bear-B-Q's article, I think the idea is to not freeze the cheese. But I've heard that vacuum sealed cheese can last quite a long time in the fridge. There are probably steps to take to make it last longer, too, but I don't know what they are. Probably removing any mold...
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    Ribs That Took Longer Than Expected Not That There's Anything Wrong With That Q View

    Alls' well that ends well. It looks like quite the feast. Thanks for sharing!
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    Trarger Grills

    It's nothing like an electric oven. In an electric oven the heat is provided by something electric. In the Traegers the heat is provided by burning wood pellets. Heat control is performed by managing the addition of pellets to the fire box. There is an electric igniter whose job it is to assure...
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    muffin thighs and a spatchcock

    Very nice! I was going to do steaks tonight, but you got me thinking poultry!  Thanks for sharing.
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    Any one take Omeprazole or Prilosec?

    I just got caught up on this thread and found it informative, and sometimes a bit scary, especially that article about drugs the docs prescribe but wouldn't take themselves. I take Advair and it changed my life. It's a combination of two drugs, one of which if taken by itself has been known to...
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    Trager owners - have you cold smoked?

    I don't know. I bought the PelletGrillOutlet (PGO) 180-LV digital controller, a non-Traeger model. It has the P-setting on the back, so you have to remove the controller from the grill/smoker to change the setting. I've left it at the factory pre-set (P2?) and have seen swings of at most 20*...
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    Trager owners - have you cold smoked?

    From Pelletheads.com http://pelletheads.com/index.php?topic=5294.msg46137#msg46137 There seems to be some big misconceptions as to how the new 180 Traeger digital controller works.  Let's see if I can shed some light on the subject.  It's very simple and if you know the facts, you don't have...
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    New FoodSaver Offer

    Hey, Squirrel. I got no problem with "girlie moments"! I'm sorry to hear about bad experiences. I have no connection to this product. IRMV I got this model and have only used it a few times. So far, so good. But it's my only experience with vacuum sealing. I started sealing meats that I buy at...
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    New FoodSaver Offer

    They're offering 50% off on the 3485 countertop system. $99 for a normally $199 system. Discount given at checkout. Good until 10/24. http://jardencs.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?rHjKLgQAASQWVIhgKPXrhLtxohluHptQJhuVaVDVXLX
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    Trager owners - have you cold smoked?

    I don't think that's going to happen. One of the guys on pelletheads.com modified the fan circuit so that one of the fans runs as long as the smoker is plugged in. This is so that he can use it as a rack for cold smoking with a smoke generator like the A-MAZE-N Smoker. It also speeds up the cool...
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    Food Saver Handheld deal

    I got the handheld thrown in when I ordered the countertop model, but have yet to use it. It sounds from the response that it must be useful, although the regular model is so easy to use, I'm wondering when the handheld would be used. Is it an in-the-field kind of thing?
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    Another SMF Milestone

    Wow! What's that work out to, about 20 posts a day? You set a rough pace, friend. Keep at it! And thanks for all your advice and examples.
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