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As a beginner smoker I'm really curious to what you more advanced guys use. Everything from equipment to recipes, tricks and tips. What's your summer setup look like.

Me? I have an old ass grill that I'm replacing. Where I work is having a sale on Traegers and I'm thinking this would be a good starter grill/smoker.
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Vuuxo said:
As a beginner smoker I'm really curious to what you more advanced guys use. Everything from equipment to recipes, tricks and tips. What's your summer setup look like.

Me? I have an old ass grill that I'm replacing. Where I work is having a sale on Traegers and I'm thinking this would be a good starter grill/smoker.
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Vuuxo said:
As a beginner smoker I'm really curious to what you more advanced guys use. Everything from equipment to recipes, tricks and tips. What's your summer setup look like.

Me? I have an old ass grill that I'm replacing. Where I work is having a sale on Traegers and I'm thinking this would be a good starter grill/smoker.
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Go to this thread Smokers / Grills

Also, don't buy a Traeger. They have gone to shit over the years. If you want to start with a pellet grill, spend a bit more and get a Rec Teq
 
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Haven't posted here in a while so this may be dated info. But for you guys talking about storage for your pellets, I bought 2 of these. They have held up absolutely amazing.
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Looks like those are out of stock but I am sure you can find them somewhere still.
 
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Vuuxo said:
As a beginner smoker I'm really curious to what you more advanced guys use. Everything from equipment to recipes, tricks and tips. What's your summer setup look like.

Me? I have an old ass grill that I'm replacing. Where I work is having a sale on Traegers and I'm thinking this would be a good starter grill/smoker.
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best advice I ever got was re baby back ribs. Do em up however you like and put them on at 225 (true temp not your grill setting) for 6 hours, no wrap, no touch, no spritz, no looksies. They come out near perfect everytime without the 321 bullshit hassle.
 
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Vuuxo said:
As a beginner smoker I'm really curious to what you more advanced guys use. Everything from equipment to recipes, tricks and tips. What's your summer setup look like.

Me? I have an old ass grill that I'm replacing. Where I work is having a sale on Traegers and I'm thinking this would be a good starter grill/smoker.
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For beginners I would recommend Green Mountain Grills. They are basically old Traeger quality with current designs. If you live anywhere where it gets cold I would recommend getting a thermal blanket for your Smoker as well. I use mine for overnight and winter smokes. For recipes I use Amazing Ribs as a starting place. It rambles like a mom blog at times but the recipes and science are solid. Pork butts are a great starting point as they are very forgiving to smoke.
 
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Witless said:
For beginners I would recommend Green Mountain Grills. They are basically old Traeger quality with current designs. If you live anywhere where it gets cold I would recommend getting a thermal blanket for your Smoker as well. I use mine for overnight and winter smokes. For recipes I use Amazing Ribs as a starting place. It rambles like a mom blog at times but the recipes and science are solid. Pork butts are a great starting point as they are very forgiving to smoke.
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I bought a Green Mountain after I was upgrading from my small Traeger, and the thing was a total POS. I had so many problems with it, and after like 3 months ended up returning it.
 
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I use a Lowe’s blue 5gal for my pellets i am lazy it lives outside with the smoker… kept them fine till the lid cracked its seams after 2 years, bought a new lid..7$ wtf Biden
 
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So this is kinda dumb but I tried doing smoked cream cheese Sunday and it was legit delicious dip mix.

I just coated a brick of Philadelphia with butchers all purpose rub and sliced a cross hatch pattern into the top and put it on a platter in the smoker for about 2 hours.

Going to try it with crab meat and old bay at some point.
 
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Palum said:
So this is kinda dumb but I tried doing smoked cream cheese Sunday and it was legit delicious dip mix.

I just coated a brick of Philadelphia with butchers all purpose rub and sliced a cross hatch pattern into the top and put it on a platter in the smoker for about 2 hours.

Going to try it with crab meat and old bay at some point.
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Youd think it would melt
 
Tarrant

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I assume he cold-smoked it, but maybe not? I do cheeses and dips fairly often. Hard cheeses are hard to have patience for because you have to let them mellow for weeks.
 
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Tarrant said:
I assume he cold-smoked it, but maybe not? I do cheeses and dips fairly often. Hard cheeses are hard to have patience for because you have to let them mellow for weeks.
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I have a Pit Boss pellet grill, I set it to smoke and then 200 for a bit.
 
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Yeah I have a pitboss as well. Usually I’ll cold smoke with some smoke tubes, that way I don’t compromise the cheeses integrity. Dips though are fine, throw them in a tin and stir every hour or so until you get the profile you’re looking for.
 
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