Hey there – Seth (Food Biker) here, and just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve been a culinary professional for 12+ years; some people call me a chef (call me whatever you want, but just don’t call me late for dinner). It’s nice to meet you all.
On to the Q. Living in Boston (specifically Cambridge) in a rental apartment has unfortunately forced me to curtail my smoking activities over the past two decades outside of propane grilling, but I’m finally getting back into smoking again. One of my final projects at Le Cordon Bleu Boston years back was a cold smoker I built using a soldering iron, which worked great. Back in Ohio in the ‘90s, I used to have a Brinkmann propane bullet smoker (which was stolen off my front porch), followed by a charcoal Brinkmann bullet. Both turned out great results, but I can’t really do either on my apartment balcony and unfortunately don’t have the time as I did when I was younger. We used an electric smoker back in culinary school (likely a Cookshack), which turned out a ridiculously amazing pastrami…so the magic of a stainless steel electric smoker with latches and minus a water pan -- that's always been on my wish list.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, when on Craig’s List I snagged a Smokin-It Model 2 (new in box!) for about 40% off new – which apparently is really simple to run and won’t smoke out my neighbors. The seller was a really nice guy who had a Model 1 and wanted to upgrade. Well, he bought the Model 2 and then decided to go for the Model 3 for more BBQ real estate…but he never got around to opening and reselling his Model 2 -- until now. So, my smoking adventures will begin again in a few weeks and I can’t wait. I also just picked up an Inkbird IBBQ-4T on sale and looking forward to messing around with it. Toying with the idea of creating a quick IFTTT applet to shut down the smoker once a certain temp is hit (not sure I really want to mess with Auber PID stuff yet), but we’ll see once I master the analog temps first.
Again, nice to meet everyone and Happy Q-ing. Cheers.
– Seth (foodbiker)
On to the Q. Living in Boston (specifically Cambridge) in a rental apartment has unfortunately forced me to curtail my smoking activities over the past two decades outside of propane grilling, but I’m finally getting back into smoking again. One of my final projects at Le Cordon Bleu Boston years back was a cold smoker I built using a soldering iron, which worked great. Back in Ohio in the ‘90s, I used to have a Brinkmann propane bullet smoker (which was stolen off my front porch), followed by a charcoal Brinkmann bullet. Both turned out great results, but I can’t really do either on my apartment balcony and unfortunately don’t have the time as I did when I was younger. We used an electric smoker back in culinary school (likely a Cookshack), which turned out a ridiculously amazing pastrami…so the magic of a stainless steel electric smoker with latches and minus a water pan -- that's always been on my wish list.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, when on Craig’s List I snagged a Smokin-It Model 2 (new in box!) for about 40% off new – which apparently is really simple to run and won’t smoke out my neighbors. The seller was a really nice guy who had a Model 1 and wanted to upgrade. Well, he bought the Model 2 and then decided to go for the Model 3 for more BBQ real estate…but he never got around to opening and reselling his Model 2 -- until now. So, my smoking adventures will begin again in a few weeks and I can’t wait. I also just picked up an Inkbird IBBQ-4T on sale and looking forward to messing around with it. Toying with the idea of creating a quick IFTTT applet to shut down the smoker once a certain temp is hit (not sure I really want to mess with Auber PID stuff yet), but we’ll see once I master the analog temps first.
Again, nice to meet everyone and Happy Q-ing. Cheers.
– Seth (foodbiker)
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