Recent content by eclecticitguy

Hey All, I'm trying my first pork butt tomorrow / Sunday and had a couple questions.  The pork is brining right now in DM's brining recipe.  The pork butt I got is only 5 lbs (biggest I could find at either store I went to).  I have read that pork butts this small take up to 3 hours per pound. ...

Does anyone have a good source for Alder wood?  It doesn't appear that Smokinlicious sells Alder.  It appears that Fruitawood does but I don't know that I need to buy 10 pounds worth of Alder when my main goal is to smoke some Salmon.  Anyone have a source for a smaller amount of Alder? Thanks.

First things first, my model #2 arrived tonight!  Woohoo!!  After the regular steps of taking it out of the box, attaching the casters, etc, it was time to season that bad boy.  Following the instructions in the box, along with the great summary provided by Tony/DM, I put two pieces of hickory...

I just purchased a Model #2 that should arrive on Wednesday.  A couple buddies of mine both have smokers (Neither of them have an SI) and were excited to hear about my smoker purchase.  One of the first things both of them said is that I should wipe down the inside of my smoker with olive oil...

Hey All, I just bought a model 2 smoker and am having some people over to break it in. There will be 10 adults there and I was reading that you should plan on approximately 4 ribs per person.  Also from reading and experience, most racks seem to have 12-13 ribs per rack.  With this math, it...

Hello Guys and Gals, This is Will from Southern California.  I stumbled upon the 'Smokin-It' smoker a couple weeks ago while looking for electric grills and smokers.  Being from Southern California, this area is very susceptible to fires and there are many State laws that ban open-flame...