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Finished 14 day cure, 2 days rest nakedness in the fridge. Threw on the smoker today, 42 degrees ambient temp, 52 in the MES and 62 in the mailbox (hickory pellets/Amazin tube). Pulled after 5 hours, i don't see really any color, but mild to light smoke aroma. Plan on another 5-6 hour...

Haven't done bacon in awhile and want to get it done while it's still cool out. Weighed up, mixed up, cured up and placed my slabs in there own vacuum sealed bags and now 3 days in. But a question I have is bugging me. I have a Foodsaver unit and options when vacuum and sealing is DRY or...

So after smoking the bacon this morning, I threw them in 1 gallon bags and put back in the fridge and will smoke again in a couple days. I noticed some condensation (light) in the bags. Good? Bad? Should I open air them first to prevent this? Just finished removing from bags and wrapped...

I have 20lbs of bacon to cold smoke tomorrow and with the Temps finally warming up, I'm concerned with how much draft I'll have. So I got a variable speed fan so I can control the draft. Wanted a smaller fan, but complete the project I settled on a 120mm. Drew up and 3D printed a mount for...

First attempt was using a smoke tube in my Pit Boss pellet smoker. Wasn't bad, but a little strong/harsh until I bagged it for a few days to mellow. This time I used my new cold smoke rig, picking up a used MES 30 digital and added the mailbox mod. Used the A-maze-n smoke tube with Hickory...

Picked up a used MES cheap and added the Mailbox Mod. Got 10lbs of pork belly curing and can't wait to smoke it in this rig! Its first dry run today.

So I picked up a like new Masterbuilt electric smoker today for a $100. I plan on using this just for cold smoking (bacon!) with the mailbox mod. Thinking of drawing up and 3d printing a 3" adapter in PETG to easily connect where the chip tray goes and connect to the 3" ducting. Temps as I'm...

Going to try my first attempt at making some bacon. I have the pork belly, Cure #1, salt, sugar. I found posts that state a good rule of thumb is: .25% Cure #1 1.5% Salt 1.0% Sugar What I don't get is the calculator on DiggingDogFarm where I cannot seem to alter the input for cure from it's...

I purchased a Pit Boss Rancher XL R2. This seems rare in itself being it's hard to find any info on a R2. It appears the R2 has the shelving across the front and the side, it also had a I'll call it a 'upscale' controller on it. If you have this controller and are having issues with it...

Years of grilling, but no smoking on charcoal and gas. Picked up a Pit Boss Rancher XL R2 a few months ago and going crazy smoking everything! The R2 has shelving going around it otherwise no difference from a regular Rancher XL. Stumbled on it actually new for $500. Don't even fire up the old...

Got my first pellet smoker a few months ago a Pit Boss Rancher XL. Did ribs, chicken but even on the gas grill or oven, never tried a brisket. I watched like 30 videos and every post I could find here to gain insight. Local meat shop had a 5.5lb brisket flat and decided that would be my first...