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  1. pi guy

    Smoked Corned Beef for Sammiches and Whatnot

    I'm currently smoking 2 corned beef briskets I had in the freezer. I'll post pics and details later, but as I'm nearing the end of the cook (currently in the smoker, in pans, covered) I need to know how long I can let it sit in there before cutting. We have to run to a funeral visitation for a...
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    Is this a good deal??

    Found on Marketplace, $50 each. I'm not familiar with either brand, been using MES40 for years. Thanks.
  3. pi guy

    Adding Temp Control to old MES40 - Question

    I'm pretty convinced that I want to mod my MES40 instead of getting a whole new rig. My controllerand/or heating element has gone out so I'm investigating options. For the controller, INSTEAD of a traditional PID setup, could I use this from Inkbird...
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    Christmas Beef tenderloin and leftover shaved beef sammies

    Did a nice beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner and it turned out great!! Had about half the loin left so refrigerated it and then sliced it on my meat slicer fairly thin. Used that on Friday to make beef sammies on toasted onion rolls with Swiss cheese with Horseradish cream sauce, lettuce and...
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    I need a new rig!

    I posted not too long ago about starting to hate my MES40. Well, I guess there was a reason it was misbehaving: it's basically dead now. The cheap a$$ seven segment display has most of the segments out. And now the thing tells me it's heating but it won't even get the chips to smolder. So I...
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    Beginning to hate my MES40

    Every time I smoke my experience gets worse and worse. The way this MES40 is set up is not conducive to productive smoking. The tiny little chip tray holds enough wood to smoke for about 20 minutes. That's a lot of babysitting for a 4-16 hour smoke. (Yes I know I can hook some sort of mod to...
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    Smoking a Chuck. Timing question

    Hey everyone, the wife bought a chuck roast she was going to do as a crock pot dinner, but forgot to get it going. So I think I'm gonna take it over and smoke it. It's only 3.5 lbs; any idea of how long it might take? Just trying to figure out when to put it on tomorrow. I don't think I've...
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    Salt/Sodium in Homemade Rubs

    Hey everyone, looking for some direction. Doc recently told me (although I already knew it, but put it off for too many years unfortunately) that I have extremely high blood pressure. Got on the meds and I'm hoping that helps me; just started last week. I love to smoke and try new stuff as...
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    Throwdown Entry - Belgian Beer-Cheese Soup With Fresh Smoked Sausage In A Homemade Pretzel Bread Bowl

    Again I'll say how cool it was to participate in my first ever throwdown. Didn't bring home that beautiful knife (man that thing is sweet!), or the other great prizes, but the winners were more deserving than me for sure, great entries!! My inspiration for my soup was an appetizer called...
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    Thanksgiving Leftovers Quesedilla

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm thankful for the support so many of you give to folks like me, who are adventurous enough to try new things with food, but need a little direction. Did a traditional Thanksgiving (on Friday) this year for only 7 people so had a lot of ledtovers. Decided to do a...
  11. pi guy

    Best Memphis BBQ on or near Beale St.?

    Wife and I are headed to Memphis tomorrow for a couple days. Never been there, but as they're obviously known for BBQ, I plan on eating a lot of it!! Can anyone suggest the best place(s) on, or right near Beale St.? We're staying right there so looking for walkable places for great BBQ, brews...
  12. pi guy

    Store bought corned beef smoke

    I'm going to smoke a little corned beef (about 2.5 lbs) today. Bought the corned beef around St. Pattys time and froze it. Thawed it out over the last couple of days, and today I soaked it for an hour, patted it dry, and it's now in the fridge uncovered. Smoker's set to 275. I want it to eat...
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    Picture Quality on YoutubeTV

    Does anyone else use YoutubeTV with a large high def flat screen? I just bought an 85" Samsung QLED with 4K upscaling (I don't pretend to know all of what that means, but have some idea). YoutubeTV looks horrible on it, however all of the other apps look perfect (Disney+, Hulu, Netfilx...
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    My brisket (with pics)

    Ok, I pulled my brisket at 10:30 this morning, wrapped in 2 layers of foil and towels and put in a cooler. It's now 1:00 pm, but we're not ready to eat for at least a couple of hours. What should I do??
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    Fed up!

    I'm getting to the point where I can't deal with my MES40 anymore. I'm so tired of babysitting it to add chips every 30 minutes. I use an AMNPS, but getting that thing to keep smoking and not go out is a chore unto itself. Love smoking, but this is making me crazy. Currently have a brisket in it...
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    Brisket advice please

    It's been a long time since I smoked a brisket and to be honest I don't remember how I did it before (my one and only time I think). Local place had what I thought was a great deal on whole brisket at $3.98/lb. Couldn't pass it up, so I'm throwing it in the freezer and will bring it out the...
  17. pi guy

    Son's Grad Party - Say A Prayer For Me!

    A while back a bunch of you were VERY helpful answering some questions I had about pork butts for my son's grad party on the 16th of this month. Since then I've been hard at work trying to perfect the process. Well, we're a week away and this has snowballed into us doing just about every part...
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    Trial run of Pork Butt to do for a crowd in 3 months with pics

    Thanks to those of you who commented on my question about Pork butts for a crowd. I'm doing a trial run tonight/tomorrow to see how to best do Pork butts ahead of time for over 100 people. For this smoke I'm doing a 10# butt on my MES40. Planning on higher heat (thanks for the suggestions)...
  19. pi guy

    Shredding Pork in a Kitchen Aid?

    Has anyone else done this? Can you do this and still have some chunks? I don't like it when the pork is shredded too fine...
  20. pi guy

    Need advice please - Pulled pork for many people

    I'm considering doing pulled pork for my son's graduation party in July. We're not positive how many people we'll be having, but estimating between 100-150. I have a few questions I'm hoping some of you may be able to answer... 1. About how many butts should I plan on for this amount of...
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