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New Groups to Help Everyone on Smokers

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  • S smokin greg

    What about us diy’ers? I built a custom smoker from a commercial all stainless and aluminum refrigerator. Its 30+ cu.ft. At this time it works on 2 1000 watt hot plates which is my issue I am running short on getting it up to temp. Would like any thoughts

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    smokin greg said in New Groups to Help Everyone on Smokers:

    What about us diy’ers? I built a custom smoker from a commercial all stainless and aluminum refrigerator. Its 30+ cu.ft. At this time it works on 2 1000 watt hot plates which is my issue I am running short on getting it up to temp. Would like any thoughts

    You could put a pellet burner in it.

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      Jonathon
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      smokin greg Some sort of extra insulation is probably the best thing as 2 1,000 watt plates in a 30 cubic foot smoker seems sufficient?

      Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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        I have a DIY out of a cafeteria hot holding box it was 110 volt 1500 watt which would get up to around 215 degrees but took a long time. I converted it over to 220 volt and two 8 inch 2500 watt stove top burners.

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          IndianaJohn
          Team Orange
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          So are we just thinking about creating the smoker groups, or have they actually been created yet?

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            Jonathon
            Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
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            IndianaJohn I have created a PK and a Masterbuilt group so far. I will work on getting a Homebuilt, Big Green Egg, American BBQ System, Weber, Traeger, Green Mountain, Rec Tec, Kamado Joes for brands.
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            Eventually we will have Verticle, Pellet, Trailer, Bullet, Offset, and whatever else people want.

            Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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            • JonathonJ Jonathon

              IndianaJohn I have created a PK and a Masterbuilt group so far. I will work on getting a Homebuilt, Big Green Egg, American BBQ System, Weber, Traeger, Green Mountain, Rec Tec, Kamado Joes for brands.
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              Eventually we will have Verticle, Pellet, Trailer, Bullet, Offset, and whatever else people want.

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              Tex_77
              Team Blue Power User Traeger Primo Grills PK Grills Canning Sous Vide Community Moderator
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              Jonathon What no love for Primo’s or PK Grills?

              Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks

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                Jonathon
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                I’ll get 'em added!

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                • JonathonJ Jonathon

                  I’ll get 'em added!

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                  Tex_77
                  Team Blue Power User Traeger Primo Grills PK Grills Canning Sous Vide Community Moderator
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                  Jonathon I think NDKoze had the best best Idea, with his categories, is it possible to create sub groups within groups for specific brands of cookers?

                  Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks

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                    Jonathon
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                    If anyone has a pic of a smoker that fits one of the created categories upload it and I will get it set as the cover photo for that group.

                    Tex_77 I will look into the possibilities of subgroups

                    Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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                    • JonathonJ Jonathon

                      If anyone has a pic of a smoker that fits one of the created categories upload it and I will get it set as the cover photo for that group.

                      Tex_77 I will look into the possibilities of subgroups

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                      Jonathon Refer to the grill thread for pictures of a PK360 and Primo Jack Daniels XL

                      Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks

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                        IndianaJohn
                        Team Orange
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                        Masterbuilt Thanks for creating the smoker groups. Bought Masterbuilt Pro, and plan to use it for the first time this weekend for making snack sticks. I’m putting together slotted side pieces for the dowels to sit in.

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                        • IndianaJohnI IndianaJohn

                          Masterbuilt Thanks for creating the smoker groups. Bought Masterbuilt Pro, and plan to use it for the first time this weekend for making snack sticks. I’m putting together slotted side pieces for the dowels to sit in.

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                          IndianaJohn
                          Team Orange
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                          Jonathon I joined the Masterbuilt group a while ago. Made my first comment from here (New Groups to Help Everyone on Smokers). I’m wondering if we should be able to make new comments/posts or replies from directly within the Masterbuilt group while reading the comments (I don’t see any way to do that - but maybe I’m not supposed to), I’m new to “Groups” on this site. Thanks.

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                            Jonathon I joined the Masterbuilt group a while ago. Made my first comment from here (New Groups to Help Everyone on Smokers). I’m wondering if we should be able to make new comments/posts or replies from directly within the Masterbuilt group while reading the comments (I don’t see any way to do that - but maybe I’m not supposed to), I’m new to “Groups” on this site. Thanks.

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                            Jonathon - Please ignore my previous post about how groups work. I should have looked for Frequently Asked Questions and how to use Meatgistics first. I just read the FAQ, and believe I now understand how everything works (groups are just to identify and notify everyone in a particular group when you make a post you want everyone in that group to see it). Thanks!

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                              Jonathon
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                              IndianaJohn It is an interesting idea though. If there was a way to go to the group and see posts that the group page you are on had been mentioned (@) in a thread. I’m not sure how…oh, it actually does that I think! If you guys see some weird stuff posted on other threads it is just me testing some stuff!

                              Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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                                Jonathon
                                Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
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                                Okay, I tested it and I think that is how it will work. IndianaJohn let me know if that is not what you are talking about and if it is something we can do, we will try to get it done! Groups are new to everyone, before a few weeks ago we only have the Employee, admin, regular contributor, and power user groups. I wasn’t 100% sure how they would work but I think it will be nice in the end!

                                Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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                                  Okay, I tested it and I think that is how it will work. IndianaJohn let me know if that is not what you are talking about and if it is something we can do, we will try to get it done! Groups are new to everyone, before a few weeks ago we only have the Employee, admin, regular contributor, and power user groups. I wasn’t 100% sure how they would work but I think it will be nice in the end!

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                                  IndianaJohn
                                  Team Orange
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                                  Jonathon Masterbuilt - Yes, if I maneuver directly to the Masterbuilt Group page, I can see who all of the other members of the group are, and I can see all of the comments that have been made or posted to the Masterbuilt group (even though their comment/post was actually made while the user was elsewhere on the site where a comment box was available to them). The part I was wondering about, was having the ability to read and respond to comments from others while I am physically on the Masterbuilt group page. If I see an interesting comment or post that I might want to respond to, I have to maneuver away from the Masterbuilt group page, back to a different page that has a comment box I can use to respond to the individual or the group. Does that make sense, or is it possible? To make comments while I am on the group page? Thanks.

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                                  • JonathonJ Jonathon

                                    We are testing out creating new groups based upon what smoker you own. Right now I have 1 for the Pk-100 and 1 for Masterbuilt. If people want I can split masterbuilt into a few different categories (but I don’t want to go totally nuts here) as I know they make a bunch, but to start this will make things easier. So, now if you have a question on a Masterbuilt or PK100 you can simply Masterbuilt or PK100 and it will notify everyone in that group!

                                    So, to be useful people would have to go and join those groups. Let me know if you guys like this idea and what other groups for smokers or other pieces of equipment you want. Right now I have the badges showing but we can hide that if it starts to get too many badges next to our names.

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                                    Jonathon I just waited over 3 months for Masterbuilt to replace a warranty ridden MB40 only to have the replacement arrive damaged from FedEx. It took 3 months to get the first one fixed and a few months later it completely malfunctioned and fried about 8 racks of ribs in a matter of minutes. I even had the owner of the company’s son reach out and offer help and then he just quit communicating entirely. I am beyond fed up with Masterbuilt.

                                    Better Living Through BBQ!

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                                      calldoctoday
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                                      I used to have a custom designed & custom built combination vertical/reverse flow horizontal from Pitts & Spits when we lived in Texas. I designed the thing for the most part with help from Pits & Spits & they built it. When I got transferred to Alabama we ended up having to leave it in Texas as at the last minute the buyers decided they wanted it. Margaret really ragged me about that & I felt it, then salt for the wound was I found out years later that it turned out that the basic design ended up being one of their top sellers. Life in the Big City. There was no way I could afford one of those like what I had years later after the transfer. So, for the longest time I used a “Hole in the Ground” that my two sons helped me dig. We could do some really, really, good stuff with that & we could really ruin some stuff. They bought me one of those basic Brinkman smokers after several years of “God only knows how it will be” & I still have it believe it or not after extensive use over 15 years later. I am really working to keep it going, but I really like stick burners. I also have a Smoke Hollow Pro 40 that I like a lot & it is easy to use & reliable. I did have some problems (similar to Joe’s) & initially warranty service was a joke, but they eventually got it right (it took longer than Joe) & I am very satisfied. I think they were going through some corporate merger issues based on what I could see with e-mails, etc. I would love to figure out a way to get another super high quality built for life reverse flow stick burners like a Mart Gallahger, Lane, or somebody & be able to afford it. However, that is a big wish list!

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                                        I have the Masterbuilt 20077515 model. 30" with the digital display up front by the door. It has the glass door but it’s hard to see inside when smoking. Never had a problem with it.

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                                          I have the Masterbuilt 20077515 model. 30" with the digital display up front by the door. It has the glass door but it’s hard to see inside when smoking. Never had a problem with it.

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                                          Team Blue
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                                          Randyman I’ve had 3 of the 30" models fail on me and 2 of the 40". They work just fine…until they don’t.

                                          Better Living Through BBQ!

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