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Nice! I hope you can get .2 tomorrow as I will be doing a brisket starting early Saturday morning and going back to bed :)

Thanks everyone! I know I need to be less critical. I just like doing well at anything I take on. It is a personality flaw :) I have taken on the attitude that if it fails, we will just order pizza! So this brisket is 7.68 lbs. Conventional wisdom says brisket take 1hr to 1hr 15m at 225 if you...

The admin has Presets for both type of probes coefficients. I use a mix of 73s and 732s since I have them around.

Sweet! I'm doing a smoke this weekend so I will test it out.

I am the biggest self criticizer there is. I am always tearing apart my smoked meats and getting upset with this and that. Everyone else is happy but not me! Hah, its a flaw. After soo much work and time that goes into one of these, I want it to be perfect! This weekend I am doing my first...

How little rub he applied was pretty interesting. Most people say to put on as much as will stick. Thoughts?

Nope no worries... In the middle of a test cook the other day I put my hand to the radiant barrier side o the smoker cart I built and there was no heat whatsoever... So don't bother buying a radiant barrier shield. Just get normal plywood rated for outside use.

I too had issues with my first test burn. Things you need to know is the ATC needs to be the only source (if possible) letting air into smoker. I think you may have over fired it. Using the HeaterMeter rPi ATC, I literally lit 2-3 coals (Actually I used one weber fire cube starter and it...

Nice and these work best with the HeaterMeter as they can be pushed in all the way. I am good for now, but that is a good price.

Thanks I will vacuum seal it, and freeze it for a week and see what happens :)

Should I vacuum seal it? Will that give the meat the option to mellow out?

I used a brinkmann charcoal pan with water as well. However, on my overnight smoke test it had dried up and caused a mess. I am thinking maybe an empty pan covered in foil would be best since the water is there to help maintain temps. Since the HeaterMeter does that itself, it may not need the...

I think the thinner slab (dry cure) is still too smokey. Im not really a fan. I liked the flavor better than the wet brine using the McCormick's pickling spices. It tasted too savory like ham. I dunno. Not really happy with either. Can someone give me some direction on how much wood to use? I...

Cool man! I look forward to helping out with testing. I also like the icon you made up.

So after using both, how do you compare both the ATCs?

It is an 18.5. I get quite a bit of leakage through the door sides. I figure since i have left over seal, I might as well use it.

Well the problem with sending a text via ATTs email gateway, is it changes the sender number every time. It is in the format of "1410000027". It auto increments. If you look at the attachment, you will see what a text message looks like. So in the next message, the sender would be 1410000028...

SO excited for this. You do not understand! Sometimes I wish I went the programmer route instead of becoming a project manager. One thing I would love to see in an Android app is the ability to sound and alarm if a condition is met. I.e. if the pit temp gets over XYZ temp ect. I have been...

Awesome! Sounds like a good setup. Unfortunately the picture is broken because my work blocks DropBox. But I saw it on my phone and it looks great. I think my gasket idea is overkill and not needed. And the can stays super cool, so the zip ties work just fine. Glad to see another Austinite...

Well I think I over smoked the bacon. It had a harsh smoke flavor and a little soot on it. From the picture above, does it look like I used too much wood? UPDATE: After cutting them and not eating an end piece, the smoke flavor seemed to be fine. Tasted pretty decent. I still think I need a...