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I used to have my heatermeter setup so that when the alarm went off it would call my phone. I believe I found the way to do this here on these boards but can't seem to find it. I know I had it working, just can't remember how it was setup. Does anyone else have this function setup and can...

Went to local grocer where I buy Tender Quick. When I could not find it and upon asking when it would be in, I was informed that it's been discontinued. Can anyone else confirm this?

Smoked two (2) 7 lb boneless pork butts from Costco overnight at 235 for about 14 hours. Smoked to an internal temp of 200. When I pulled it, I only about about 5.5 lbs. A roughly 40% yield seems very low to me. Usually, I'm averaging about 50-60% with boneless butts. Anyone else experience...

I've got the Weber 7242 hanging rack commonly used for ribs and sausage. Would like to smoke two whole slabs of pork belly from Costco in my 18.5" WSM. Anyone ever done this and what the results. Not sure if the bottom of the slab will get done sooner than the top, being that it is closer to the...

While I mainly use Weber gear, I'm going to be doing an community event and will be using a large 60"x24" charcoal grill. Will likely be using lump charcoal for the fuel and cooking hot dogs. When starting, how many standard Weber chimneys do you recommend using? 1, 2, more?? Appreciate any...

Calling all ham experts! Double smoking (smoking a smoked ham) a couple of hams for Christmas dinner. Only, I can't actually cook on Christmas day as we will be traveling to my parents and I plan to cook one for a friend. Current plan is to cook on the 23rd since I am traveling on the 24th...

Just built a Heatermeter 4.3. Everything seems to work well with the exception of the servo. It does not move smoothly when opening/closing. Instead, it seems to stutter. It will open/close to the desired percentage, it just does not do so smoothly. Additionally, if the Heatermeter while in...

I've got some baby back ribs that I want to smoke. Problem is, both today and tomorrow are busy and we're on a schedule. So, using the 2-2-1 method, I'm thinking about cooking the ribs two hours today on smoke and two hours in foil. Then, tomorrow, just before dinner, cook the final hour on the...

My new Performer Deluxe arrived Friday. Thankfully I was working from home and took some time in the afternoon to put it together. Fired it up that evening and cooked some burgers. The Mrs. made some yummy steak skewers Sunday afternoon and I cooked those. I thought I was in love with my WSM...

Smoked four butts on my 18" WSM last night and into this morning running about 235* and bumping up to 250* at the end when I added some extra fuel and things got a little hot on me. When I went to take the butts off after nearly an 18 hour run, all four stuck to the grates. I've only done butts...

I know that many folks have been getting their pork belly from Costco for some time. The one near my house in VA has not carried until just recently. Was doing the monthly run and happened to check for it, and there it was! $2.89 a pound.

Picked up a case of pork bellies from Restaurant Depot yesterday for about $2/lb with the skin. Got them home and they looked really thin, maybe an inch with the skin. They were large slabs, folded in half and frozen in paper. This seems much thinner than some of the slabs I've bought from the...

Started about 12 pounds of pork belly this morning at about 8:30am. It's about 53, overcast and light rain on and off. It's been running at 175* and the bellies have seemed to hit a wall at 130* and started backing up. I've done a couple batches before and have notice a stall point at about this...

I know that it's been discussed a bit here before, but I've found a way using the popular IFTTT app available for both iPhone and Android to call your phone when an alarm is triggered. The method requires sending the message through IFTTT servers from your email and it does proclude you from...

In my attempt to get the HM to call me when an alarm is triggered, I erased the stock/factory alarm email message script. Could someone who has it kindly post here? Thanks!!!

I've go the HM fan wired up. When setting to Manual and manually ramp up the fan, it initially pulses one time at one seems like 100% and then immediately back down to 10%. The fan will then not ramp up any faster than that, even if I try to run it 100% on the display...the fan will not get any...

First attempt at smoking bacon. I've got two 6.5 lb slabs running at 180*. It's been about 5 hours since I fired up the 18.5 WSM. Put the belly on immediately after adding the coals, so they were added when the smoker was cold. I'm at 123 on the bottom belly and 121 on the top Is it normal for...

I've got my Heatermeter built and it was fully operational. Made some tweaks to the network settings and now I cannot obtain an IP address or connect via the ethernet jack. Is there a way to restore all settings, including network settings, back the default. Or, is there a way to plug the unit...

Attempting my first run on my "new to me" WSM 18". Started the fire minion method with 20-25 pieces of KBB using the Weber large chimney and one of their fire starters. Added them to a nearly full load in the charcoal ring. Came up to temp of 200F very quickly. Closed two of the dampers and...

Planning on doing my first smoke on my new-to-me WSM 18". It'll be a couple racks of baby backs and some bone-in/skin-on chicken breasts. Planning on running with a 2/3 full load of charcoal and some apple wood and maybe a couple hickory. For the ribs, I'll likely do 3-1-1 method at 225*. It's...