Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

I bought mine from https://vacuumsealersunlimited.com/...eVuiInAIGfKSKy2KSbB7MZiZVYjB_CDcaAg_tEALw_wcB

Good service, reasonable shipping.

 

Avid Armor Chamber Vacuum Sealer Machine USV32 Ultra Series - Perfect For Wet Foods, Meats, Marinades And More. Compact Size With 11.5" Seal Bar. Hose For Use With External Containers Now Included!

Avid Armor It has a 1 year warranty but once it arrived said if you post a review they will give you a 2 warranty. I purchased the 4 year extended warranty though Amazon just in case however. Fairly new company but really high reviews so far. Always figured I'd end up with an ARY (VacMaster) but the reviews aren't so great on ARY support. If I went with VacMaster I'd go with vacuum sealers unlimited. But like freezers many models are sold out and shipping dates are out a month or more.

Bags from Walton's. I like them and when I order from them usually purchase a few other things too, usually seasonings. Walton's *Everything but the meat*

 

Maybe consider one of this

$353 Rubbermaid Vertical Resin Weather Resistant Outdoor Storage Shed, 2x2.5 ft., Olive and Sandstone, for Garden/Backyard/Home/Pool

https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Outdoor-Vertical-Sandstone-FG374901OLVSS/dp/B000L0CPPM

You can use any pellets on anything.. a page or two ago I posted a chart of what pellets work with what.. check that out and save it for reference

AWESOME! Thank you for the link.. I'll check it out !

Thank you for the link sir! I'm going to have to check into that whole site when I get some time!

 

Deets on the queso??

 

I was thinking more along these lines.

 

Thank you!! Best ramen bowl I've ever made... and I'm trying to take different pictures thanks to people like @Misplaced Nebraskan and @medic2230 throwing out tips

haha... looks like I have more research to do... I'd considered buying these for small blocks for smoked cheese
https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=97937&clickid=related-slider


i know they're only 3 mil but the cost is significantly less. Thoughts on that ?



Also - side note - if anyone can teach me how to past a link under a word like @Cold Iron did with Walton's above.. I'd be happy!

 

Haven't used them, but I'm sure they are fine. 5"x7 inches is pretty small once you get something with any thickness into it. You need enough length so that the seal area can lay flat on the seal bar. Honestly I think the quart size 8x10 is about the perfect all-around size. They work well for chicken breasts, ribeye steaks, 1lb of ground beef (pressed flat after sealing), Jerky, 8ox/1lb blocks of cheese, etc...

 

Large block of Velveeta cut into cubes
1 jalapeno sliced
1/2 diced onion
1 can of original Rotel
1 can of fire roasted rotel
1lb of jimmy dean hot sausage browned and drained
1 small can of cream of celery (called for mushroom but i dont like cream of mushroom)

225 for about an hour and a half and stirred it every 30.

 

Sounds good

 

it was really good, i could have eaten the whole pan but i had to save room for the ribs.

 

Dip the ribs in queso...lol

 

I've done the Rotel/Velveeta queso for years. I blame my ex-gf for addicting me to it.

For me I just like the Rotel original with Velveeta Mexican in the microwave for a couple minutes.

 

I have a couple hundred 5x7 bags I got on clearance from Bass Pro Shops a while back that are perfect for cheese. I buy the 2 or 2.5 blocks of Tillamook cheese at Costco, then cut each one into 8 smaller blocks for smoking - more surface area that way... and the 5x7 bags are PERFECT for those. The smaller blocks make it easier to share too. Otherwise I prefer the 8x10's like you mentioned for most other things. once in awhile gotta have something bigger but making a bag out of a roll isn't that hard either.

 

I don't care for cream of mushroom either and I usually substitute cream of potato in things like hashbrown casserole or green bean casserole - just throwing out other options for other people.

 

I finally used my new side box on the Char Griller proper like Made my basic AF, but very tasty, mac recipe (in my sig) didn't add any bacon because there was enough meat for sure!
Little get together with the local wheeling crew and some new non-wheelers up in Cincy. The mac was my job, others handled the rest.

I'll say that adding the box was totally worth it! Much easier to control temps and add coals/wood chunks vs offset fire inside the barrel with the item cooking. Took right at 3 hours with prep time @ 250°

 

Yeah that's just on the weber bags, right? I have either apple or hickory in my shed right now. I killed one bag, I think Apple, so I think that I have Hickory....Well, I'm going to the store today anyway so I'll get some chips of whatever wood they have at the wal mart

Hot damn you're not going to be messing around!

I was actually going to recommend something stupid like this:
https://www.wayfair.com/Rowlinson--...N-MbxNR4fFFXXjRkgPUd740lQ5T5H2PsaAjGXEALw_wcB


or this:
https://www.asgardsss.co.uk/bike-storage-x3

Buuuut I like your plans better

 

No.. I think you misunderstood .. The picture I posted is about what flavors go best with which meats/vegetables etc. And it came from the back of a Pit Boss pellets bag which are sold at Walmart, but the "rules" apply the same across the universe. You don't want to be smoking a pecan pie with mesquite etc.

And to further clarify, the picture of the tinfoil pouch .. it's filled with PELLETS not chips

 

1 - Yeah, it's a table of meats/foods and the "right" wood to use. Everyone has one, I just end up with Weber chips usually so that's what I was talking about.
https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/burning-questions/picking-the-perfect-wood-pairing/weber-29711.html

Their bags look remarkably similar though with the meats and woods and a check or X/blank whatever.

2 - Pellets - gotcha. I usually use chips in my smoker, buuut for this go around I can certainly grab a small bag of pellets. Looks like walmart can get a 2lb bag for like 4 bucks (hickory, but I'm sure other woods are similar in price, not like you'll get a surprise 400$ bag). Worth a go, thank you for that heads up! I would have gotten chips.

 

Better smoke with one compared to other?

 

Oh yeah! I also caved and got a Weber Chimney. Freaking game changer!



I've been doing life wrong all along!