ventrman
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Nerak wrote:We did it! It works fine except the hot plate has to be turned to the highest setting for 8 hours and it burns it out. We did it a couple of times and it burned the hot plate up and no longer functioned. The meat was exceptional though. I would take the advice of the other and buy yourself an inexpensive smoker grill.
What Temperature was it outside when you did it? I imagine the Temperature outside would have some bearing on how high of a Temp the Hotplate needs to be set on.
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Super_Dave
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Get one of these and an old barrel or a garbage can and go redneck!
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SWMO
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You might try one of these in your heating carcass.
I've had one of their insulated smokers for about 15 years and the original element is still going.
With the insulated unit I have to keep it on it's highest setting when the ambient temperature is about 50 or below.
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ventrman
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SWMO wrote:You might try one of these in your heating carcass.
I've had one of their insulated smokers for about 15 years and the original element is still going.
With the insulated unit I have to keep it on it's highest setting when the ambient temperature is about 50 or below.
Try one of those what?
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SWMO
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Sorry, I thought I had put in a link.
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Big Katuna
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Thanks for the link. The nice feature is the thermostat. My cheapy Brinkman is one temp. I have been toying with adding a thermostat from a heater or electric appliance somehow. Also was watching for a used Variac on Ebay (at a reasonable price).
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jimjr
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rray37367 wrote:Smoking pork...how do you keep it lit?
And don't your lips get tired 
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Bluetruck11
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Try smoking half the time in the brinkman, and then finnishing in the oven at 225 degrees till finnished (wrapped in foil). The bonus is the house smell like BQ and it taste the same as being in the smoker the whole time with the extra babysitting.
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myway2rv
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Bluetruck11 wrote:Try smoking half the time in the brinkman, and then finnishing in the oven at 225 degrees till finnished (wrapped in foil). The bonus is the house smell like BQ and it taste the same as being in the smoker the whole time with the extra babysitting.
Dittos. One of my favorite tricks. Even Alton Brown admits to doing this. Additional smoke penetration tapers off after the outer layers get done, so why not use the oven to finish and "perfume" the house.
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