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    Heat shrink tubing size?

    What size of heat shrink tubing for a maverick et732 probe? I picked up a pack of 3/16 and put it on what looks like the same size cable and probe from an old off brand therm I have and it all sealed well on the probe but looks like it doesn't tightens up enough on the cable. I had my hands on a...
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    What if...

    What if you were was to have xmas dinner on Sunday and had a turkey to smoke for a noon meal call and the weather called for a temp of 33 degrees and a 50% chance of rain? The day before,(Saturday),the forecast was in the low 40's and no rain in the forecast for that day. Would you, start the...
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    Cheap Turkey

    I was at my local TARGET STORE today and checked on Turkey prices since we are doing our xmas on the 13th. I found the SIMPLY BALANCED brand at .89lb! I bought a turkey marked at 44.00 and got it for half price!  A 20 pounder. could have gotten a market pantry brand for .59 lb but didn't need...
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    When the fire Marshall shows up...

    You feed him! I worked several years on the railroad as a maintenance worker.  There was a  crew that would carry a charcoal grill with them and each day they would designate one crew member to cook while the others worked up to dinner time. They were right down town in Cedar Rapids IA and as...
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    Makings of a big baby smoker

    I have 2 food grade barrels that had sunflower oil in them. I have added a volzeg door kit and the double barrel kit. I have some grates and the top barrel lid is ready for hinges. I have some black flue pipe with damper . I need to sell the project due to health reasons. I was asking 100.00...
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    Long winter

    Last winter after about our umpteenth snow storm, I saw my wife standing and staring thru the window! The more she stood there the more snow fell and the colder it got as night fell, about three hours later, I got up around midnight and she was standing in the same place as she did all the...
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    Riddle me this???

    I got rid of the red sealer for the gasket on my BTMLE and added a flat gasket and stopped all door leaks and have no leaks now. (tight as a drum). I took out the tuning plates and left the baffle plate on the FB end. I got a chimney going and put it in the FB nearly 2 hrs ago. I have my cheap...
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    Being paid in wood

    Last week I posted that my wife had volunteered me for a smoke job for a co-worker of hers and even told her that he wont want paid for it. Ugh!  When the lady picked up her meat, we were talking and she said that they had some peach and pair trees on the farm that they were going to cut down...
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    Freezing your smoked meats???

    The wife took some pork chops that I smoked to work last week and when she heated it in the microwave the aroma filled the room. A co- worker of hers asked if it was smoked and wanted to know if I would smoke some meat for her which I was glad to. The suggestion was to do some Iowa Chops...
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    Free Trailmaster???

    Well not exactly. Today I went into HD with the wife and she did her shopping and I did mine and mine included looking at and waiting til next week to collect money on a truck sale to buy the trailmaster smoker. The wife decided that I should have it today so she insisted and made an exception...
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    Do you split the fish?

    I'm doing some Tulibee for the grandson on Sunday. I just got the fish and had I had the brine ready for them. The fish are gutted and the scales are still on. I will smoke them skin side down. My question is, since its basically the whole fish body, should I split them to smoke both sides...
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    Yes kids do pay attention to commercials

    After reading the post about the baptist preacher, and the commercial reference. I am reminded when I had a reaction to  a penicillian prescrition. I got hives and they were bad. This was nearly 32 years ago or so, but my #2 son sat with his brothers on the floor as we watched TV. I itched so...
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    Frozen before expiration date

    There is a store around here that sells groceries dirt cheap, including meats like ribs chicken roast, ground beef hams etc. The meat packaging has a stamped on it "FROZEN BEFORE EXPIRATION". What I saw was at least a year after expiration but was told that its good as long as it has never been...
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    Housing a smoker in a shed?

    Has anyone put their smoker in a building like a garden shed and vented it to the outside for the reason of getting out of the weather rain, snow or just cold? Seems like it would make a nice little man cave with beer, Smoke and protection from the elements! I dont see why it wouldnt work except...
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    Smoker material?

    Im sure I have seen it brought up before here. Is galvanized metal suitable for a smoker? I have a galavanized tank in my basement that is about a 40 gal. tank by my estimation from the old well system. Ok to use or move onto scrap pile?
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    Cherry 7-up

    Im am going to be putting on a 5 lb brisket in the early morning on Tues. Years ago I did maid rites in and steamed to ground beef in 7-UP and it turned out great, in fact tasted just like an original maidrite. They were moist but not greasy. Has anyone tried 7-up or in this case cherry 7-up on...
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    Pure torture to myself

    Getting discharged from the hospital today. I am on day 14. Of those days beginning the 29th of Jan. It seems I had an abdominal obstruction that resolved itself but I have tons of scar tissue from a colon cancer surgery in 06. They started me out by trying to get me moving with all the old time...
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    My 2nd Brisket

    This is brisket #2 for me and it was only a 4 lber but its tender and  and has a good taste. Not sure if I like the red wine and red wine with salt and mustard and  olive oil, I used the drippings for the mop and added some Veggie broth and beef broth for enhancement, but its turned out edible...
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    Red Wine question

    I know it wouldbe just as easy to go out and buy a new bottle for nomore thah it cost. But I have a bottle of Red Wine vinegar that has a best by date of June 28 2010. It has never been opened. DIL says she thinks it would be good yet since its unopenened and vinegar doesnt spoil and wine gets...
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    Perfect timing

    I did the 20 lb turkey last week for our immediate family Christmas. My Sis in law was out for her daily morning  walk that day and stopped to see if I would want to do one for the big family Christmas on the 25th. I told her I would and she brought me another 20lber. Taking into consideration...
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