Recent content by beckhamk

Last night I smoked a brisket and with this smoke I also just got a maveric. I had the mav and auber running so I would be alerted at certain temps.    When I started the smoke for the first few hours the auber temp and the maveric temp had been the same.  In the morning the mav said 194 while...

Are you guys soaking your wood before placing it in the smoker?  I have been watching youtube videos and seems everyone is soaking wood and then burning it.  I have so far only placed dry wood in the burn box.

Today was my 2nd smoke, and I did a 3.5lb brisket. It came out ok - good enough to eat. But it didn't seam to be as tender as I thought it should be.  I had the auber set for 140 for half hour and then 225 for 5.5 hours. Then I let it rest for two hours.  Everything looked great outside inside...

Ok I have a #3, with the bypass and auber perm wall probe mounted. I seasoned the smoker for 4 hours last might using the stock controller. This am did the auto tune of the auber - placed foil in bottom, over top of wood box. Had metal container for the water. Place all shelves and a paver...