Hello All,
Long time lurker and new smoker, decided it's time to make an account and start being part of the group. I grew up around a ton of smoking by friends and family with Pitts and Spitts/Lang stick burners. Recently decided to pick up a small little electric smoker with no product research ($50 sale refurb portable electric masterbuilt) as the price was right and I was feeling impulsive. Also may have had a little too much Lagavulin. That, and I do a lot of fishing and wanted a sacrificial smoker for my monthly catches. Got an A-MAZE-N AMNPZ that I run in it, and so far its been a good little setup. Done some tri-tip, pork loin and jerky. It actually does a pretty good job! Temps wander, that is to be expected, and in the cold weather here I can get it to maybe 260-270 (front thermo says its 225, because masterbuilt.)
Also took the free-99 charcoal grill I got and retrofitted it for a little redneck smoker. Pics attached, using a cookie sheet as a chamber separator to deflect some of the radiant heat from the coals, terrible temp gradient, but it turned out just fine. It was really an ugly setup, but decided I was bored and wanted to try a little project. You will see the steak and pork chop. Thought it is what I had, so if it fits, it sits, it smokes. They look a lot drier than they were, still beat what you get at Applebees but not by a whole lot.
Have a thermo pro for temps, and a lot of cooking/grilling gear so its just the main hardware I'm lacking.
Looking forward to the group and the future. Right now, working on plans for a relatively hands off smoker setup and something that can hit a little hotter for birds. Then in the future would definitely like to continue the legacy with a Lang or Spitts. Kinda also want to build an ubs just for the fun of it.
For work I am a Mech-E, have lived into a few other states for a while but came back to the frigid mn tundra a few years ago. Other hobbies that you can feel free to chat with me on: Ice Fishing, Brewing, Hunting, Fishing, Shooting, Reloading, Scotch and Burbon, Sous Vide, Camping and Hiking, Off-roading, and High Power Rocketry.
Long time lurker and new smoker, decided it's time to make an account and start being part of the group. I grew up around a ton of smoking by friends and family with Pitts and Spitts/Lang stick burners. Recently decided to pick up a small little electric smoker with no product research ($50 sale refurb portable electric masterbuilt) as the price was right and I was feeling impulsive. Also may have had a little too much Lagavulin. That, and I do a lot of fishing and wanted a sacrificial smoker for my monthly catches. Got an A-MAZE-N AMNPZ that I run in it, and so far its been a good little setup. Done some tri-tip, pork loin and jerky. It actually does a pretty good job! Temps wander, that is to be expected, and in the cold weather here I can get it to maybe 260-270 (front thermo says its 225, because masterbuilt.)
Also took the free-99 charcoal grill I got and retrofitted it for a little redneck smoker. Pics attached, using a cookie sheet as a chamber separator to deflect some of the radiant heat from the coals, terrible temp gradient, but it turned out just fine. It was really an ugly setup, but decided I was bored and wanted to try a little project. You will see the steak and pork chop. Thought it is what I had, so if it fits, it sits, it smokes. They look a lot drier than they were, still beat what you get at Applebees but not by a whole lot.
Have a thermo pro for temps, and a lot of cooking/grilling gear so its just the main hardware I'm lacking.
Looking forward to the group and the future. Right now, working on plans for a relatively hands off smoker setup and something that can hit a little hotter for birds. Then in the future would definitely like to continue the legacy with a Lang or Spitts. Kinda also want to build an ubs just for the fun of it.
For work I am a Mech-E, have lived into a few other states for a while but came back to the frigid mn tundra a few years ago. Other hobbies that you can feel free to chat with me on: Ice Fishing, Brewing, Hunting, Fishing, Shooting, Reloading, Scotch and Burbon, Sous Vide, Camping and Hiking, Off-roading, and High Power Rocketry.
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