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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Are there typically noteworthy Black Friday deals on smokers? Check Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Just looking at my local area, there are a bunch of Masterbuilt electrics up for $50-100.
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Drunk Beekeeper posted:So this past weekend I decided to familiarize myself with the spatchcock technique and see if I can use my Brinkmann Professional charcoal grill instead of my MES for a Thanksgiving turkey. Here is what this grill looks like: Ah, I think everyone uses high temps for poultry, like 325 to 350 even. 225 would take a lot longer, but even that seems *very* long for a normal 4-5 pound chicken to get up to 150 in the breast.
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Nov 25, 2019 23:50
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I had made way too much brisket a while back so I took a flat, chopped it up into 1 inch cubes, then froze it. Just defrosted it and made beef stew out of it in the Instant Pot. Pretty drat good, I must say. The wife texted her family bragging about it. So if you have extra brisket... just an idea I thought I'd share!
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Nov 26, 2019 05:19
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Internet Explorer posted:too much brisket 
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Nov 26, 2019 06:40
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I made 2 full packer briskets. Took one in for the folks in my department and that was lunch for the entire department for 2 days. The other point was 3 days worth of meals for the wife and I, then I froze the flat. It was a glorious amount of meat, but it was indeed too much.
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Nov 26, 2019 07:56
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Drunk Beekeeper posted:
What are the vents like? Is there anything to force convection of air from the fire side to the bird side? Ideally you'd want to open a top vent on the bird side and close the top vent on the fire side, so you force the smoke and hot air to travel over the bird.
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Nov 26, 2019 08:11
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Canuckistan posted:What are the vents like? Is there anything to force convection of air from the fire side to the bird side? Ideally you'd want to open a top vent on the bird side and close the top vent on the fire side, so you force the smoke and hot air to travel over the bird. There are no adjustable vents on it. There's a gap along the back of the lid that has sort of a flange that sticks out, the gap is maybe about an inch wide and 3/4 of the length of the grill long. There are holes on either side of the grill designed to hold a rotisserie as well, and some smoke comes out of those as well. I'll get some proper photos when I get home. I'm leaning toward just throwing it in my MES so I don't gently caress up the timing of Thanksgiving at this point.
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Nov 26, 2019 18:19
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Internet Explorer posted:I had made way too much brisket a while back so I took a flat, chopped it up into 1 inch cubes, then froze it. Just defrosted it and made beef stew out of it in the Instant Pot. I do this too but I put it in my chili.
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Nov 27, 2019 18:34
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Trastion posted:I do this too but I put it in my chili. I might have posted this before, but I made this for a chili cook-off and won: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKNk0tLGEpc It's really, really good. Use less sugar than he recommends though.
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Nov 27, 2019 20:52
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My turkey is spatched and prepped.  This pot is metal and we weren’t sure if it was reactive or not, so we lined it with clean trash bags.   Bonus cool thing:   This bell is apparently a family heirloom. It was a dinner bell that belonged to my grandmother that she used to call my dad and his siblings to meals. Supposedly it dates back to at least the early 1900s. It’s still in use to this day.
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Nov 27, 2019 21:02
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Dango Bango posted:I might have posted this before, but I made this for a chili cook-off and won: Awesome, will have to try this next time. Thank you.
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Nov 28, 2019 00:42
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Just want to say, for those doing a turkey today, I wish you all the best and enjoy the times with your family and friends.
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Nov 28, 2019 12:02
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Colostomy Bag posted:Just want to say, for those doing a turkey today, I wish you all the best and enjoy the times with your family and friends. What about those of us doing briskets?
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Nov 28, 2019 15:33
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ada shatan posted:What about those of us doing briskets? What time is supper, and can I bring anything?
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Nov 28, 2019 17:09
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Colostomy Bag posted:Just want to say, for those doing a turkey today, I wish you all the best and enjoy the times with your family and friends. I’ll try.
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Nov 28, 2019 17:14
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Dango Bango posted:I might have posted this before, but I made this for a chili cook-off and won: Yo I'm not a huge chili lover, but that recipe looks incredible. I'll have to try it one of these days.
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Nov 28, 2019 17:14
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I. M. Gei posted:I’ll try. Tell us hi to your uncle.
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Nov 28, 2019 19:54
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ada shatan posted:What about those of us doing briskets? yeah well im doing brisket AND turkey what now
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Nov 28, 2019 19:59
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Is this a worthwhile first electric smoker? Or is it hot garbage? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dyna-Glo-Vertical-Digital-Electric-Smoker-DGU732BDE-D/301737755
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Nov 28, 2019 20:05
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Gwaihir posted:yeah well im doing brisket AND turkey what now Next step is to add a rack of ribs and ascend to the heavens.
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Nov 28, 2019 20:11
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ada shatan posted:Next step is to add a rack of ribs and ascend to the heavens. Amateur. Try a frozen lasagna.
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Nov 28, 2019 21:02
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Is this a worthwhile first electric smoker? Or is it hot garbage? I can't say anything about that model specifically, but Dyna-Glow is just a maker of bottom-barrel grills. An electric smoker isn't exactly rocket science, but I'd trust a Masterbuilt a bit more and one of the 30" models will almost certainly drop to a lower price than that on Amazon, etc. this weekend. The major thing in Masterbuilt's favor is that they've traditionally been very good about having parts in stock if you need to replace something.
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Nov 28, 2019 21:04
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Thanks, glad you talked me out of an impulse buy.
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Nov 28, 2019 21:58
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I know there was some talk of turkey and electric smokers and skin crispiness. So these were in the MES 30 for 2 hours at 275. To me this seems crispy enough. I'll probably throw them in the over for another hour or so at 350, but really only to see what I've been missing out on.
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Nov 28, 2019 22:58
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My MES30 cranked up gets to 310ish inside, never trust that little computer.
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Nov 28, 2019 23:01
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My turkey smoke went perfectly. Pics coming soon. EDIT: I’m waiting for the pics to download to my iPad. Wifi is almost nonexistent out here so it’s taking awhile. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Nov 29, 2019 |
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Nov 29, 2019 00:32
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 Smoked this turkey in my MES 30. Around 9 hours total. Used the beer can chicken method, using a large can of Fosters beer up the rear end of the turkey, poured halfway out. Rubbed herbed butter under the skin. Cranked up the temperature to the max for the last hour. This resulted in nice crispy skin all over the bird. Pulled at internal temp of 175. Used the amazen pellet smoker as well.
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Alright you all have convinced me an MES is the way to go. Now to just find a deal on a 40”. Tractor supply club has the 340g for $229 but it says none are in stock.
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nwin posted:Alright you all have convinced me an MES is the way to go. Not sure if the 340g is better, but Amazon has this: Masterbuilt MB20074719 Mes 140g Bluetooth Digital Electric Smoker, 40" Stainless + Window + BT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQPLB19/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Mhh4DbKQZRVTF
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Nov 29, 2019 02:21
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How was Thanksgiving at Uncle Gei's
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Not sure if the 340g is better, but Amazon has this: Yeah I saw that one too. According to the old guys on another forum, the 340g has more even heat distribution. I’ll wait to see if it comes in stock tomorrow and then likely pull the trigger on either one of them.
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First smoked turkey turned out amazing. Brined it yesterday and smoked it for 4-5 hours today. One of my kids said it was the best thanksgiving ever.    Even my 8mo old twins got in on the action: 
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Nov 29, 2019 03:28
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Little Bam-Bam Flintstone in the making there
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20 lb bird on a WSM 
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Not sure if the 340g is better, but Amazon has this: So it looks like it’s going to be this one (140g for $229)-tractor supply club doesn’t even list the 340g anymore. They have a 440 listed for $349, but at that price I can get this pellet smoker: https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/...60:10451:320230 Haven’t read too much about pellet grills but this one seems pretty great from what I’ve read. Just not sure I need to pull the trigger on that if an electric for $229 should work good too. I think the only benefit would be the higher temps to finish stuff with.
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Apparently they only deliver to the roadside 130kg. gently caress
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Time to bust the pallet jack out of the garage.
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nwin posted:So it looks like it’s going to be this one (140g for $229)-tractor supply club doesn’t even list the 340g anymore. They have a 440 listed for $349, but at that price I can get this pellet smoker: You realize that in the amount of time you've been hemming and hawing about a smoker you could have purchased one and used it multiple times to determine whether it suited your needs and probably sold it if it didn't, right?
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Blinkz0rz posted:You realize that in the amount of time you've been hemming and hawing about a smoker you could have purchased one and used it multiple times to determine whether it suited your needs and probably sold it if it didn't, right? Thanks dick
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