Finally gave in and ordered the AMNTS...
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Sherry,
Please excuse my terribly late reply!
I ordered mine delivered to the store, then picked it up.
I am pleased to say I was notified about 40-45 minutes after it arrived there. I went right over.
As is typical around my town, some people decided to use the pick up line to order something for their home, and I got stuck behind them.
But eventually a gal realized I was standing there with my finger in my.... nose, and asked if she could help me. I told her I had an order to pick up. She took me to another customer service register and got me taken care of immediately.
It was paid for, just needed somebody with a brain to help me get it.
All in all, a good transaction. It did indeed come from Todd in Minn-ah-sota, and only got stuck in 3 snow banks as it traveled.
I'm really big on service after the sale. I watch my orders. I also do a lot of reviews. Walmart found out how P.O'd. I could get when an order through their website took 11 days to arrive. This dog bites.
I hope you are enjoying your AMNPS as much as I am. Today finds Salt, Pepper, Onion Powder, Granulated Garlic, and some Cyan Pepper in the smoker being smoked with a tray full of Hickory pellets.
I wanted to see how it would go. So far, so good.
I bet your Rye bread is about all gone by now. ;)
Well, I'd LIKE to enjoy using my AMNPS, but...
I ordered it (from Amazon) on May 30, had to wait until Apr 1 to get the order confirmation saying it would arrive "between Apr 5 and 6", didn't get a ship notification until LATE on Apr 4, then got ANOTHER notification today on Apr 6 saying it wouldn't arrive until Apr 16...they said it "was sent to the wrong carrier location" in Jasper GA (which, BTW, is only about 150 miles from me).
So I guess now they have to send it BACK to the whse and start over or something?
Not looking too promising at this point.
The bad reviews of HD's shipping wasn't due to damage, but rather delivery problems/times...but looks like I couldn't avoid it, even with Amazon.
I'm beginning to think I wasn't meant to have this gadget! o_O
Mine was packed well, Sherry.
The outer box had been opened and I asked who opened it.
I was told the receivers checked it for damage. I was not amused by that. They should open it in front of the person who ordered it, if they feel the need to stick their nose in the box.
But all was well.
I ordered something from a supplier in Idaho, who I'd done a bit of business with before. I watched helplessly as it headed due East. I contacted the folks and asked them to lodge a complaint with their small town postmaster on my behalf. And that things like this could make me stop doing business with them. (I really needed the part, and not s run-around.) The gal said, "Surely you don't blame us for the Post Office's mistake?"
I told her, "No, I don't. But if the Postmaster understands a loose moron in the sorting room could cost YOU business, maybe they'll remove the moron. Because I could decide to order elsewhere."
I live in a town called Saugus, in California. My order finally surfaced in Saugus, Maine.
It was sent to me overnight. No doo-doo!
All I could hope was that the turd bird in the Idaho post office got fired. Incompetence in my business could be deadly.
I hope they get it right soon. :(
Rings Я Us
Smoking Guru
:D .a year.. she is saying two weeks. LOL I think I got mine in 2 days and it came on a Sunday .
Oh, reminds me. I'm going to use it for my ham I'm curing. I was going to order a 10 lb bag of Apple pellets. I must do that like now!
Oh, reminds me. I'm going to use it for my ham I'm curing. I was going to order a 10 lb bag of Apple pellets. I must do that like now!
Good catch . Thread is March 30 date , Guessing that's when it was purchased .
LOL! No, I meant to type MAR instead of May!
If it HAD been a year and I still had not received it, there would have been a suspicious explosion at Amazon HQ by now! :D
(just kidding...I'm not THAT crazy!)
FINALLY!!!
So...let's summarize:
Ordered on Mar30
ORDER conf 2 days later w/a delivery date of Apr 5 - 7
It didn't SHIP until April 5 (see above)
Then it went to Jasper GA..."wrong carrier location"...new delivery date of Apr 16...it sat there for a couple of days
Then it went to Memphis TN
Then it went to Atlanta GA
(this is where I sent Amazon a lengthy email that left NO room for doubt about my level of frustration)
Then it went to Montgomery AL
Finally arrived today
I sure do hope this thing brings me joy!
So...let's summarize:
Ordered on Mar30
ORDER conf 2 days later w/a delivery date of Apr 5 - 7
It didn't SHIP until April 5 (see above)
Then it went to Jasper GA..."wrong carrier location"...new delivery date of Apr 16...it sat there for a couple of days
Then it went to Memphis TN
Then it went to Atlanta GA
(this is where I sent Amazon a lengthy email that left NO room for doubt about my level of frustration)
Then it went to Montgomery AL
Finally arrived today
I sure do hope this thing brings me joy!
Rings Я Us
Smoking Guru
I put it above the heating element on a rack covered with 3 layers of foil. It works good as long as it's not over 250 in the smoker.
Glory Be, Sherry!
Makes me think of a Roulette wheel.
Damn ball bounces, and flops around, until finally, it finds a home.
I fully understand your frustrations!
Some of mine are more like a toilet. You know it's going to get somewhere, but how many times around until it does?
Long will you tell of these asinine frustrations.
Now fill that rascal up, light er off, and sit back while it breaks in. Takes ~11 hours, but depends on the moisture level of your fuel.
(If there is any odd substances on it, better to burn them off away from your smoker.)
OK...1st buckboard is done!
Used a dry cure this time (simply to see how it went), cured for 9 - 10 days, left in fridge for 3 days to dry, but ended up putting it in a gallon ziplock due to delayed delivery of my AMNPS (I didn't want it to get TOO dry).
Today, I filled 2 rows of the tray with maple pellets, placed it onto the upturned waterbowl in the bottom of my ECM close to a vent, placed the lower grate on the bolts I inserted to hold the main body of the smoker (bucket mod), placed an old pie pan directly under the meat (didn't want to take the chance of another flame-up fiasco), hung the meat from the bottom of the top rack, hung my temp probe through the top rack a couple of inches away from the meat, and smoked for 7 - 8 hours (I say I closed the lid at 1PM...hubs says it was 2PM, sooo). Highest temp I saw was 96deg.
Anyway, here are the pics...
As you can see, I whacked off a couple of slices and did a test fry...the smoke is STRONG, but it "should" mellow out in a few days. I placed the remainder into a gallon ziplock and put it into the fridge. We'll see!
One thing I have to say, though...you guys who always suggest to "order the AMNPS" are right! While I did manage to fashion one myself, it burned THREE rows of pellets in less time than it took to burn only TWO in the AMNPS.
Money well-spent ALWAYS makes me happy!
Used a dry cure this time (simply to see how it went), cured for 9 - 10 days, left in fridge for 3 days to dry, but ended up putting it in a gallon ziplock due to delayed delivery of my AMNPS (I didn't want it to get TOO dry).
Today, I filled 2 rows of the tray with maple pellets, placed it onto the upturned waterbowl in the bottom of my ECM close to a vent, placed the lower grate on the bolts I inserted to hold the main body of the smoker (bucket mod), placed an old pie pan directly under the meat (didn't want to take the chance of another flame-up fiasco), hung the meat from the bottom of the top rack, hung my temp probe through the top rack a couple of inches away from the meat, and smoked for 7 - 8 hours (I say I closed the lid at 1PM...hubs says it was 2PM, sooo). Highest temp I saw was 96deg.
Anyway, here are the pics...
As you can see, I whacked off a couple of slices and did a test fry...the smoke is STRONG, but it "should" mellow out in a few days. I placed the remainder into a gallon ziplock and put it into the fridge. We'll see!
One thing I have to say, though...you guys who always suggest to "order the AMNPS" are right! While I did manage to fashion one myself, it burned THREE rows of pellets in less time than it took to burn only TWO in the AMNPS.
Money well-spent ALWAYS makes me happy!
Rings Я Us
Smoking Guru
You did good. I think you could make a cover to go over the pellet tray with some kind of piece of aluminum foil pan just bent on the ends to rest over the tray but not sit right on the pellets. If you didn't have room for a drip pan above it.
Looks great!
Oh.. forgot to say, I like how you cut it up before you cured it. It looks like a slab of bacon.. neat.
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Looks great Sherry!
So maybe next time 4-5 hours, depending on who's watching the clock. LOL!
I have one of these smart phones. Or in my case, smarter-than-me phone. o_O
It has a timer app in it. I can use the alarm to remind me it's time to check.
But also a stop watch part I can independently use, to start when I close the door.
There can be no doubt when something started, when it's time to flip, turn, check, baste, or what have you.... :rolleyes:
Keeps me honest. And helps me burn things evenly... :eek:
I do believe the smokyness will mellow with a little time. I eat my mistakes.
Now you can really enjoy smoking! :)
So maybe next time 4-5 hours, depending on who's watching the clock. LOL!
I have one of these smart phones. Or in my case, smarter-than-me phone. o_O
It has a timer app in it. I can use the alarm to remind me it's time to check.
But also a stop watch part I can independently use, to start when I close the door.
There can be no doubt when something started, when it's time to flip, turn, check, baste, or what have you.... :rolleyes:
Keeps me honest. And helps me burn things evenly... :eek:
I do believe the smokyness will mellow with a little time. I eat my mistakes.
Now you can really enjoy smoking! :)
Looks good!
I believe that your strong smoke flavor may be coming from smoke that isn't circulating very well. I noticed this with the little bit of cold smoking I do. I built a little contraption that creates draft to assist with my cold smoking and it eliminated the strong/stale'ish smoke flavor I was getting from cold smoking.
Here is a picture of my little contraption. It is basically a tube with a fan that blows up the tube. I place the tube over my vent hole and the act of blowing air up the tube creates daft/suction pulling the air and smoke up from inside the smoker. This solves the strong stale smoke flavor from cold smokes:
Tall looks good my son built me one haven’t got to try it yet have some dried beef curing so hopefully will get to try it out this weekend
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