Time to get serious about a new smoker.

[falafel]

smoked turkey is the only kind of turkey

Have you never had boiled turkey?

[old_gregg]

Have you never had boiled turkey?

the only boiled poultry i eat is game hen

[Shaka]

Clean that hopper and auger out ASAP! If you don't the glue that holds the pellets together will turn them to mush. If the mush dries in your auger it will act like a glue and your auger will not spin. This problem is a HUGE PITA! If I were you I'd take that auger out and make sure everything is clean.

I finally fixed my Traeger. When you're GF dumps apple juice in the firebox to put out the fire so we can leave for a party, it's not a good thing. It got in the auger tube and everything seized up. I took off the hopper and auger motor and went to work on the auger. Pounding it with a hammer to break it loose didn't work. I finally had to put a large set of vice-grips on it and spun it out. The thing acted like a screw. I put a flashlight in the tube and the thing was blocked up for several inches. I tried to blow it out and force the crap out with a broom handle but no dice. I then used the new auger to act like a drill bit while hand turning and it started to bite into the blockage and I was getting the hardened pellet goo slowly. It was too slow so I decided to use brake fluid and burn the stuff out. I put the hopper end of the Traeger up on a brick so the fluid wouldn't come out and sprayed away. Then I lit her up. If anyone ever tries this method be careful because anything the brake fluid gets on will burn. I was careful and it worked! It burned the goo up enough that the auger-as-a-drill-bit method became much more productive. I repeat the burn/auger drill process a few times but eventually all the crap came out.

I jammed a bunch of steel wool in the auger tube and used a broom handle to push it into the firebox. I did this several times until the steel wool came out clean. I then lubed up the new auger with some WD40 and installed it. Everything went together great and the next day I a sweet tri-tip.

That sucked.

Never dump any liquid into your firebox trying to put it out. You will pay for it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I finally fixed my Traeger. When you're GF dumps apple juice in the firebox to put out the fire so we can leave for a party, it's not a good thing. It got in the auger tube and everything seized up. I took off the hopper and auger motor and went to work on the auger. Pounding it with a hammer to break it loose didn't work. I finally had to put a large set of vice-grips on it and spun it out. The thing acted like a screw. I put a flashlight in the tube and the thing was blocked up for several inches. I tried to blow it out and force the crap out with a broom handle but no dice. I then used the new auger to act like a drill bit while hand turning and it started to bite into the blockage and I was getting the hardened pellet goo slowly. It was too slow so I decided to use brake fluid and burn the stuff out. I put the hopper end of the Traeger up on a brick so the fluid wouldn't come out and sprayed away. Then I lit her up. If anyone ever tries this method be careful because anything the brake fluid gets on will burn. I was careful and it worked! It burned the goo up enough that the auger-as-a-drill-bit method became much more productive. I repeat the burn/auger drill process a few times but eventually all the crap came out.

I jammed a bunch of steel wool in the auger tube and used a broom handle to push it into the firebox. I did this several times until the steel wool came out clean. I then lubed up the new auger with some WD40 and installed it. Everything went together great and the next day I a sweet tri-tip.

That sucked.

Never dump any liquid into your firebox trying to put it out. You will pay for it.

Dude, you need to dump that woman. Inexcusable.

[Shaka]

Dude, you need to dump that woman. Inexcusable.

She's long gone.

[Jeff Lebowski]

She's long gone.

[Green Monstah]

I haven't smoked since September, so I busted out a rack of babybacks and a small whole chicken (used the Dude's rub) last night using Pecan. It was good to be back in the saddle again.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I haven't smoked since September, so I busted out a rack of babybacks and a small whole chicken (used the Dude's rub) last night using Pecan. It was good to be back in the saddle again.

I have done two big cooks lately, each involving both brisket and pulled pork. One for 100 people, the other for 30. My wife told me stop volunteering to cook for a while.

[Art Vandelay]

This is an interesting gadget. Has anyone used something like this with smoker?

https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Gri...XPBDRNWRK1R2QD

[Moliere]

This is an interesting gadget. Has anyone used something like this with smoker?

https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Gri...XPBDRNWRK1R2QD

My grill has built in lights


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[Jeff Lebowski]

My grill has built in lights

OMG, me too!

[Drunk Tank]

I'm back to a ceramic cooker again. I just can't quit them. The wife bought me a Kamado Joe Big Joe for Christmas. No pics but it looks like an orange/red Big Green Egg. Looking forward to cooking on this.

[Green Monstah]

I'm back to a ceramic cooker again. I just can't quit them. The wife bought me a Kamado Joe Big Joe for Christmas. No pics but it looks like an orange/red Big Green Egg. Looking forward to cooking on this.

I've been really tempted to pick one up, but I'm not sure my wife will let me have another charcoal powered cooking device, and I'm not sure I blame her.

[Joe Public]

I'm back to a ceramic cooker again. I just can't quit them. The wife bought me a Kamado Joe Big Joe for Christmas. No pics but it looks like an orange/red Big Green Egg. Looking forward to cooking on this.

[Moliere]

Impressive JL. I can't imagine smoking that much meat at one time. Hopefully you have a decent sized Ward budget

I've been looking around and have really liked the idea of a Yoder smoker. They have a decent sized one and the temp control seems easy enough and you can set it in 5 degree increments.

http://www.yodersmokers.com/ys640-pellet-grill.html





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