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My SI-2 under smoker drip pan has at least 12 pin holes which I found the hard way after a 14 hr. overnight 2 butt smoke with grease running down the cabinet the smoker sits on.I don't know how long they've been there because most of the time I line the pan with foil, but I didn't this time. I...

I'm trying to post a pic that I have saved on my desktop for a question about cleaning #2. I've clicked on attachment and other options and then clicked on choose file and nothing happens, I've clicked on insert image, dragged image into it and this shows up... with no pic What must I be doing...

Have had a lot of rain and high humidity recently. I keep several species of smoking chunks in an enclosed cabinet outside but under a roof. most of the chunks have got mold on them, especially the pecan. Can I use? clean? throw em out? I'm guessing smoking mold will not make for good eats.

Found an old fan in my box of junk, 120v 23 CFM, mounted it to a plastic jar lid with a fan sized hole cut in it and with a smoker blowhole sized hole drilled into the bottom of the jar, connected a switch and set it over the blowhole, works perfectly. If the jar cracks, breaks or gets covered...

My first polish sausage, recipe a compilation of several recipes I read.  64% pork, 36% beef, 1.8% salt, .25% cure #1, .2% BP, .25% sugar, .35% garlic powder, .4 % Blk mustard seed, .05% marjoram (all I had) so also added .05% oregano, 10% ice water, grind all thru 6mm plate, mixed throughly by...

Did my first ribs, St Louis, rubbed with yellow mustard and my dry rub, (red pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, MSG, salt.)  235 degrees with 5 oz cherry chunks for 5 hours, pulled out and quickly closed door and put on a coat of Sweet Baby Rays on just the top side, then back in...

Just showing off my cold smoking set-up, as shown in pics, made a maze for pellets, cut the bottom off a balloon helium tank, cut the right sized hole in the top and attached the small Smoke Daddy to the top with an aquarium pump, load pellets in the maze and place big tank on top and attached...

Got my S2 for Christmas and built a cabinet for it out of some scraps I had lying around. Left casters off and screwed smoker to top of cabinet. Under a shed roof. Mickey Mouse peeking over the top is the top off one of those sippy drinks glued to a wine cork to plug the blow hole to keep...

Noob using Smoke-it. Just finished smoking 30 wings, tips off, drums and flats separated, brined 4 hrs with 1 gal water, 1 c. salt, 1/2 c. br sugar. Spread out on tray in fridge overnite to dry, then coated with Penzey's jerk seasoning and olive oil in ziplock for about 4 hrs. Smoke at 250 with...

brand spankin new here, learned a few things already and am excited to learn much more about meat, smoking and stuff. Think I'll hang out here more than I should, hope it doesn't cut into my smoking time.