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My dad has a 20 yo Traeger that quit working. He is 85 and doesn't own a cell phone. Finding gifts for him is hard so thought to buy him a new smoker for FD coming up. Can the RecTeq Patio Legend 600 be ran without the app? Any other pellet smoker recs for around the same price range? Planning...

Kids graduating HS on Sunday. The units came into town for the occasion. Had to decide between smoking a turkey or a prime rib. The wife decided on turkey. Had some baked beans, mac n cheese and salad for sides. All turned out fantastic. Moist and tender and legs had bite through skin. Cooked a...

Looking like a good day to be smoking pork since another post this morning. Be dueling pork shoulders instead of banjos. Had a costco boneless pork shoulder in the freezer wrapped in pink freezer paper. Took out to thaw a few days ago. Unwrapped it this morning and it was freezer burnt badly...

Headed up to Springfield yesterday to look at that oscillating drill press at Grizzly from another thread here. Didnt really like it so didnt buy it. Since was in town had to stop at Costco and grab a 3 cryovac package of STL spares for today. They still had prime boneless whole Ribeye roasts...

Bought two corned beef points from aldi while on sale. Wanted to make pastrami with them. Last time I made it, it was way too salty. This time I soaked them overnight, changed water in the morning and let soak three more hours. Couldnt decide on a rub so made two, SteveH and the Katz clone. Both...

After much procrastination and pure laziness, I finally started my build. It is for sausage and plan to keep temps below 200 F. The pieces have been sitting in my garage for around 4 months now. Plan to use as little wood as possible. It will be 30 x 30 outside dims so it will fit thru a 36”...

Asked my favorite wife what we were having for valentine’s day since kids were going to be out with friends. She said ground veggie soup. Fortunately we were out at least that is what I told her. I happened to be driving by Costco so said how about surf and turf. She was on board. Prime...

Quick and easy smoke for dinner today before the game. Brined some wings for a day. They were half the package from Costco bulk package, about 30 wings. Dried them off and coated with salt and baking powder and let sit in fridge on a rack for 8 hours. Sprayed with avacado oil and sprinkled on...

I am looking for a PID controller for a propane sausage smoker I am building. I would like the PID to have the following but can do without the convenience items like wifi if necessary. * Controlled/monitored by wifi on phone app * 110 v power supply to the pid * Control either a 110 v or 12 v...

What to do on a very cold snowy day? Calling for 10-16” last i checked. Prepare for warmer days to come. Had 17 lbs of boneless pork shoulder from costco in the fridge. Also had a Leggs spicy italian seasoning packet I had added to my cart a while back to get free shipping. Ground up using...

What better for dinner for four than a 21 lb SRF whole ham. This is the best ham I have ever had. I used to not care much for ham til I bought my first one several years ago. My parents used to get theirs from a small butcher near home that they made in house. Got my parents and nephews hooked...

Family started arriving yesterday. Rest will be here this afternoon/ evening. Cooking a brisket for those here by dinner and those that show up after can have something if hungry and lunch for rest of week. Cleaned up a 16.5 # prime packer from costco yesterday. Trimmed fat and mostly...

Have had our community dock broken into twice in last couple of months. Cleaned it out both times. It is poorly lit at night. Will be adding motion detected flood lights and dusk to dawn led string lights at the end of it. We want to add security cameras too. Looking for recommendations. There...

Looking to keep the dust down in the shop and would like to add a dust collector. Prefer to wheel it around rather than run pipe everywhere. I have a table saw, jointer, planer, compound mitre saw, band saw to use it with. Looking for recommendations. I am thinking two stage but unsure of brand...

My Foodsaver vacuum sealer broke yesterday. The sealing strip broke loose and it was only sealing about 6 bags before flashing and refusing to seal anyway. It was about 15 years old, so time for a new one. Things I like about the one I have: * Selection between moist and dry modes * Can make...

Ran out of breakfast sausage and bacon with all the summer visitors. Have two pork belly in freezer waiting for cooler weather. Picked up a cpl pretty nice ones from costco a while back when they had them $10 off per belly. Had the better half pick up a package of two pork shoulders from costco...

More rain in forecast on Sunday so cooking the plate ribs up a day early. Planning on some lake time this afternoon so using the pellet pooper. I am early riser so got up around five this morning and trimmed the silver skin and extra fat off the meat side. Added rough ground sea salt and back...

Dry brined and cured a pork belly I picked up from costco for 14 days on stainless racks. I forgot to square off the edges so they dried out too much. I cut them off after smoking. It was seasoned with white pepper, onion powder, garlic, and habanero during the 2 weeks. Next time I think I will...

Forecast is rain, rain, and more rain. Had invited several friends over for bbq sat. I have been wanting brisket since it has been several years since i cooked one. The wife decided a long time ago that she no longer liked brisket for some unknown reason even though it used to be her favorite...

I have read through several build threads (havent made it through that many, maybe ten) and was wondering why nobody uses galvanized metal studs in their builds for a warm/cold smoker. I agree if it is a hot smoker ≥ 200° should probably not chance it. I read it has potential to off gas but as a...