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  1. trickyputt

    New Brinkmann Trailmaster Vertical Smoker

    Did you seal it with stove sealant or just the door seals are you running the firebox as it came from the store? Oxygen makes it run hot of course and the split around the firebox, and the plenum alone can run it warm. Rather than ask, why dont you tell exactly what you did, have done, and are...
  2. trickyputt

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    Ok 40 lbs of hickory charcoal down. Maybe 15 lbs wood chunks too. I actually went to work and left the damned thing because I got pissed off after a while. So I come home and grab a very blunt knife and put it in the meat... butter. Damned if I am doing this again. Well after eating some...
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    Man that was crazy. Freezing temps and no blanket. 25 lbs of charcoal burned and two smallish bags of hickory chunks. Put 15 more lbs of charcoal to go to the finish. I wanted to do a long burn on the TMV just to do one but they really need to be full or its cheaper to eat out.
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    4am. I knew I shoulda foiled it and put it in the oven. I got bit by a scorpion once stomping around at night checking a cooker during the summer. 32 degrees outside now though, no bugs. Fire has ebbed. Meat 155. Reloaded fuel and chunks so back to bed. Smoker was down to 160. Dreaming of a WSM...
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    11pm. 155 IT. Just sitting. hot fire so I added a few chunks. Time for a late nite movie. Stealth is on. Jessica Biel. Hotness.
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    There is some crusty louisianna goodness coming here. So what is the best sauce for aligatacatamouseamongus? Dunno. Ask a Cajun. They figured it out..I just follow the recipe.
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    Temps were down because I loaded and close the vent to 1/3. Better to start from cold than blaze it.
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    40 degrees. No wind. Poor bastards got a proper nor'easter and we get great weather in bama. Still, more fuel than usual.
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    Reloaded water but it didnt need it. Showing some 160 temps so here comes the steam plateau. I chose pure coals with hickory for the water release phase. And a couple of chunks.
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    Its a sirloin cut with french's aged wistershire, spog and a dash of some weber compound for steak. Wet leather..still gonna take a while.
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    Baby deer came through. Dog episode makes the smoker the warmest place to be at my house. Deer was cool. We have fed them for 20 years so they are around. Whitetails. Saw a perfect 12 with heavy bases the other day. Beautiful God.
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    4.5 hrs in IT 131f water had to be refilled. The wood runs hot. No sign of the dog I dropped back off in HER probable neighborhood. I liked that dog.
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    Added hardwood layer...which is about 3inches of fuel by the way. The rub was injected, because its about half roue. And the rest Dreamland Rub. And applejuice. Well apple juice inside anyway.
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    4 hrs. Dog was awesome. Wife got pissed because of 4 cats and her dog. Dang. Oh well. Bye. Oh chicken I forgot. I Skin it off inside.
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  20. trickyputt

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    Have made friends with someones pitt bull. He is young. I may keep him. They are tough breed when they get older though. Biting.
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