Recent content by JBail

Finally got around to doing another cook. This time it was a pork shoulder. Still having issues with the temps not being correct on the HM compared to my dial and handheld probes (both digital and analog). It would start approx 25f off and throughout the 8hr cook it would slowly correct...

Thank you, I wouldn't say it's what's causing my probe issue but I noticed that position of the damper (Using Adapt-A-Damper with Delta Fan and unknown servo) was off (almost 45 degrees) and wasn't fulling closing. It explains some of temp issues I was having. I was able to adjust for it in the...

That was set to off, I set it to 60Hz. Didn't even see that. I'll do some more tests tomorrow. I'll see if it helps today. Thanks

I'm finding that I have to constantly adjust my pit probe offset which I know is a no-no. I started off with cheap wal-mart probes. It would run fine for the first hour or so then it would "run away" even though the analog dial on my smoker still shows (250f which I set for). Of course I...

Thanks for the insight. I guess It's personal taste but I am not a fan of ribs that have a hard crust I have to knaw on.

I did my 2nd set of ribs this weekend and it didn't turn out the way I liked compared to my first. Of course I was BBQing for a group I did a dry brine with coarse salt followed up a few hours later with a "Memphis Dust" rub (Amazing ribs recipe) and sat overnight. Went on the smoker for almost...

I'll give that a try. I've been running it for a few days now. It seems to be okay.

Thanks all. This weekend another set will go on. I want to use the 3-2-1 Method but this time I have family coming over so I'll just stick to what I did before.

Being the "Frugal" person I am. I saw that wal-mart has temperature probes for their thermometers. Since they are $8 for a two pack, I figured it was worth a gamble. In the config page of the heater meter I set them up as TX-1001X-OP (Thermoworks Pro Series) with the resist value at 10000 and 0...

Sure. It started off as a Char Broil H2O. Very similar to the brinkman ECB's. I'm interested in smoking but didn't want to invest any major amount of $$$ if it ended up that I didn't like it. https://i.imgur.com/P5Qh3xd.jpg How I got. I've read quite a bit on ECBs and the big issue is...

After about a month of modifying my $20 craigslist char-broil H2O smoker, I finally got the nerve to actually smoke with it. Decided to do some ribs because I was at Costco, saw some and said "Why Not?" I mostly followed the articles on AmazingRibs. Once I got the St. Louis style ribs homes...

Even though I grew up in Holyoke and live in West Springfield, I've never been to Lake congamond. Thanks!

Hello, Name is Jeff from MA. Recently introduced into smoking after visiting a smoke house nearby and was amazed with the food (not to many nice BBQ joints around). I wanted to mess around but of course I didn't want to invest too much money but I also didn't want to fight everything. Ended up...