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  1. Smoking Audi

    Prime Rib Questions

    So I have this idea of trying to smoke a prime rib. Its on sale right now for like $7/lb so a $9/lb savings. I know it is supposed to be an amazing cut but I am not a fan of the medium rare parts of the cut. Was considering leaving it on longer to get it up closer to medium. Medium rate is 130...
  2. Smoking Audi

    Got to try a Pit Boss Comp Series

    Visiting relatives last week and got to use their Pit Boss smoker. We did turkey breast 1 day and a brisket flat another day. We have a Traeger Pro 34 so we liked the more digital temp controls on the Pit Boss. Can set in 5F precision on the PIT BOSS while our Traeger can get set to about 25F...
  3. Smoking Audi

    Should I use the thermal blanket to smoke tonight? Mid 60s for a low and patchy rain

    As the title says, gearing up for an overnight brisket and the temps will be mid 60s with patchy rain. Do I let the Traeger just do its thing naked or should I dig out the thermal blanket to help with heat control in the potential wind and rain?
  4. Smoking Audi

    Another Butt Thread

    Decided earlier this week to do a smoke this weekend but wasn’t sure about brisket or a butt. Hit the store and came home with both as it was good prices. Decided to toss the butt on last night about 7:30 PM. Ran it overnight at 180 on the Traeger Pro 34. At 6 AM it was 159 so I turned up the...
  5. Smoking Audi

    Overnight Smoking Times with Smaller Cuts

    So we have grown accustomed to the overnight low and slow smoke and pretty much do that all the time now for butts and the brisket we did. We are getting ready to smoke a beef cut (not brisket) soon and I had questions on size and time. For the butts they have been 8 - 9 lbs and do great...
  6. Smoking Audi

    A Tale of 2 Butts

    We decided to smoke some butts this weekend despite the overnight temps in the 30s. Got the Traeger blanket installed and fired up the 34. Love the blanket in how it helps hold temps and minimize pellet burn. Mixture of oak, apple, and a touch of mesquite for pellets. Put the butts on about...
  7. Smoking Audi

    Gearing up for another overnight pork butt

    Got a 9 pounder that went on tonight for dinner tomorrow. Decided to go with a shelf seasoning. Went on at 8:30 tonight and just letting er run for the night. Trying it fat cap up. Our 34 smokes very well at that temp so no need for a smoke tube. Turn it up in the morning if I am not up to...
  8. Smoking Audi

    Looking for a pork rub that is NOT brown sugar based

    Gonna be smoking a pork butt over the holiday weekend and we usually use a brown sugar based rub but this time we are looking for something different? Anybody have a rub they want to share that does not use brown sugar? Wife is type 2 diabetic so if it has sugar we will be using a...
  9. Smoking Audi

    To Clean or Not to Clean - and How the Heck to do that

    We did a really long smoke this past weekend and the Traeger is looking a bit rough inside it. Normally I just pull the grate, change the foil and vac out the ash but this time it’s looking like it might benefit by a deeper cleaning. To clean or not to clean? And then how to clean?
  10. Smoking Audi

    First Brisket goes on the Traeger tonight

    Going after our first brisket tonight. Trimmed and seasoned last night, got a good portion of the hard fat out of it and trimmed the fat cap best we could. Really did not need a lot of shaping as we had seen in a bunch of the how to trim videos. We thought our knives were fairly sharp but...
  11. Smoking Audi

    Overnight Pork Butt questions

    We decided to smoke a butt for the weekend but also decided to try it for an overnight smoke. Traeger Pro 34 pellet pooper for the smoke. Love the Traeger but would like to have more temp options. My choices are SMOKE, 180, or 225 for the lower end of things. We were thinking of setting it...
  12. Smoking Audi

    First Brisket gonna happen this spring or summer but first I have questions.

    Traeger Pro 34 pellet smoker is what I will be using . So we have sone a couple of pulled beefs and sone pulled pork and several racks of ribs. We pretty much now what we are doing with our smoker now but have yet to try a brisket. Went to Lowerys in Michigan to stock up on brats for the...
  13. Smoking Audi

    Pork butt might still have a slightly frozen center

    Threw an 8 lb butt on the Traeger this morning thinking it was fully thawed only to find out when we put the temp probes in that the center might still be frozen. 34 on 1 probe and 29F on the other. Did we eff this up before even starting the smoke? Running a Traeger Pro 34 at 225F.
  14. Smoking Audi

    Traeger Pro 34 Shear Pin

    Went to fire up the Traeger today and clean it first. Last smoke I used it I probably had an auger fire starting as it was rolling smoke from the hopper which is why I wanted to get a good cleaning in. Well I cleaned out the hopper and vacuumed it the best I could then went to start it to...
  15. Smoking Audi

    Do Different Brand Pellets Produce Different Amounts of Ash?

    Over the weekend I smoked a pork butt at 250 for about 9.5 hours. Somewhere in the last hour it started billowing smoke from the hopper so I likely started having an auger fire, not totally sure yet. I suspect that my firepot is quite full of ash which likely contributed to the problem. I...
  16. Smoking Audi

    My butt is on the smoker

    Smoking a pork butt today. Traeger Pro 34 Apple pellets We usually start out with 225 but I am gonna bump it to 250 after 2 hours and see how it goes. Running an 8 inch or so smoke tube which typically gives us about 4 hours of smoke. We will wrap at the stall with butcher paper. Want to...
  17. Smoking Audi

    First time smoking 2 butts at the same time

    Planning pulled pork for dinner tonight for several people so I decided to smoke 2 butts. 7.8 and 7.77 lbs each. Seasoned them up last night and they went on this morning about 4:30 AM. Got the Traeger set at 225F and the smoke tube rolling smoke as well. I am expecting to stall around 10 AM...
  18. Smoking Audi

    Trying pulled beef again……..

    Trying pulled beef again on the Traeger. Got it loaded up with Lumberjack Competition Blend along with burning a smoke tube. Put it on about 7:15 this morning and just gonna let it go until it’s done. We will wrap it up in butcher paper when it hits the stall. Aiming for around 210 this time but...
  19. Smoking Audi

    Pulled beef - what am I doing wrong?

    So we have tried pulled beef twice now and while it smoked up great, it did not pull apart like a pork butt will. Do I have to go with a higher IT? Is it the type of meat? This last time we did an arm roast for over 8 hours and pulled it off the pellet smoker about 201 or so. Like I said...
  20. Smoking Audi

    Thinking about getting an insulated blanket for my Traeger Pro 34

    We have been kicking around the idea of getting a blanket for winter but were not totally sure about it. This past weekend we did some steaks when the ambient temp was 32. Took a long time to heat up and OMFG the heat loss with the door open. So I humbly ask that you educate me on blankets...
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