Recent content by pax238

I've noticed that, particularly as the outside temperature goes down (and I do more cold smoked salmon), the door on my #1 gets stuck (and I mean STUCK). I've looked at different posts and see that it seems that a few people have had the same issue. Solutions that people talk about are running...

Now that I have a vacuum sealer, I'm looking at smoking larger quantities, and wondering how long vacuum-sealed hot smoked salmon and cold smoked salmon will last in the refrigerator. At what point is it better to just freeze it? And just to beat the first wise-cracker to it... I know the REAL...

I'm wondering if anybody has any experience with or opinions on the Weston (either Realtree or Professional) Advantage vacuum sealer? The model number of both starts with 65-0501- and is either RT or W after that hyphen...

Hi: After thinking about it for over a year, I finally got my first smoker, a #1 (and am now wondering why I waited so long). All set up, seasoned and the first smoke is now history (but not without a little adventure). Wrote it up here: http://smokinitforums.com/index.php?topic=4478.msg40584#new.

I took my #1 for its maiden voyage yesterday. I had checked the weather forecast on Saturday and thought I saw that they were predicting low to mid 40’s for Monday. Did my seasoning smoke on Sunday and prepared the salmon with a 4:1 mix of sugar:salt overnight for 9 hours in the refrigerator...

Total newbie here, looking for advice. I just got my #1 and am thinking about my setup. I don't really have a good, level outdoor area for a permanent setup without major exposure to the elements. One option (the obvious one) I was thinking about is storing it in the garage on a cart and...