Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Not certain about lighting a chimney of charcoal, but Vasoline on cotton balls stored in film canisters is a awesome tender for ferrocerium fire starters. Even when your kindling is damp or wet.

 

I've actually done this with dryer lint and vasoline too, works great.

 

Seems like every time I pour some charcoal out da bag there's just enuf paper exposed to tear off and use to light chimney lol

Also I keep my cast iron grate nice and shiny with bacon grease so I use the grease soaked paper towel for btu's

 

I would have to fit my wife for the dortio's.

 

No smoking for me this weekend. Constant rains plus the need to pack for a week long trip.


Hopefully I can get in a smoke next weekend. If not, definitely Father's Day.

 

There's always time for smoking!

 

Not smokin....but grillin!

 

Busted the mini out for a quick thow down.

 

Sauce was slammed togother and wasn't the best. The meat with the thrown togother injection was slamming thou

 

I received an early Father's Day present

 

Pellet smokers unite!!!

 

Looks like mine!!! Do you get the stainless steal heat deflector? If not you might have heat differences from side to side. Found that out cooking my 14 lb brisket. I love my machine still working on getting it dialed in.

 

Hell yeah!!

 

I'm in on that group

Love mine. Going to order the front shelf for it this week. Still trying to decide if I want to mod it using a Raspberry Pi to work with the controller and make it just all around more stable.

Got some chicken going on it today will be a short smoke then grill session but should be mighty good none the less.

 

I had one large stainless steel heat deflector instead of the 3 pieces that I saw in youtube videos.

I have 3 racks of ribs rubbed and ready to go one in a few hours. Going to do mac & cheese on it too.

 

More info on the rPi mod? I have 3 laying around the house.

 

Notice that the pellets provide fuel for heat on the GMG . Does it use a lot of pellets. Nice looking smoker .

 

I have only ran it for the break in period, will be giving it it's first real job today.

I did find this in my research: