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This weekend I was starting my smoke at the lowest temperature setting. When I turned the knob, significantly under the 100 mark, the power light turned on. I thought, "great, the lower the better for right now." Then it turned off and didn't turn back on until I twisted closer to 110. Does...

I'm a noob to smoking steaks, so pardon what might be an obvious question ... I've always seared my steaks on high heat and then put them in lower heat when necessary. That'd be the case whether I was doing direct/indirect heat on the grill or doing steak on stovetop to the oven. I'd think...

Hello everyone, I got #1 for Christmas and plan on starting the new year off with smoking a whole chicken. I've never smoked a chicken before, but have also been a fan of brine when I cook it in different preparations. My question is whether it makes sense to do a brine and rub, just a brine...