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  • craigriceC craigrice

    hotkarl as a retired hillbilly truck driver I need to ask what part of nasa do you work for ???

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    craigrice Ha! Not NASA. Just a former Army avionics guy that needs to keep too many projects going at the same time.

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    • hotkarlH hotkarl

      Jonathon the controller is from Auber Instruments. I ran PID controllers for 8 years and wanted the WIFI / App capability and also program capability to help drive consistency. It is capable of handling 1800 watts but I knew that I would be drawing more than that running 2 heating elements with fans from a convection oven so I hooked up a solid state relay in line to handle to load. The controller has 6 steps that can be programmed to jump to the next step based on time or temp from probes. It also lights the igniter in my smoker attachment when programmed to.

      The other app shown is for the Fireboard thermometer. I purchased this so I could have a thermometer that I could move around to the grill or oven, access remotely and log sessions . It really helped me become aware of the heat variation that I had in my custom 1950 International Harvester fridge / smoker that was my grandfathers. This is why I added the convection oven fans and also the two fireplace fans.

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      blackbetty61
      Team Blue Regular Contributors Canning Green Mountain Grill Veteran Cast Iron
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      hotkarl wow that is a kick ass setup

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      • hotkarlH hotkarl

        In 10 years of smoking sausage and snack sticks I’ve never came close to the results at home that I have now. All thanks to you guys and the community here. Lifetime Walton’s customer earned for sure!

        Thank you!

        Now if only I could figure out how to load my pictures in the right orientation from my phone 🤦‍♂️

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        hotkarl Impressive to say the least!

        Better Living Through BBQ!

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        • JonathonJ Jonathon

          hotkarl LOVE the sponges! In my opinion that is the 3rd best thing we have don here (#1 being tender jerky and #2 finishing in water and Parksider really gets the credit for that)
          But talk to me about your control panel!

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          Jonathon hi am from the Caribbean my family don’t eat pork or beef so I make chicken hotdogs but I would like to put a filler in them and get them the reddish/pink colour normal sausage are can u help thanks

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            Jonathon hi am from the Caribbean my family don’t eat pork or beef so I make chicken hotdogs but I would like to put a filler in them and get them the reddish/pink colour normal sausage are can u help thanks

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            AdamCA
            Team Blue Regular Contributors Green Mountain Grill Masterbuilt
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            roxy2500 Do you use any type of cure? I’d recommend trying some Sure cure, you don’t need much. 1 ounce is enough for 25 lbs of meat.

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              roxy2500 Do you use any type of cure? I’d recommend trying some Sure cure, you don’t need much. 1 ounce is enough for 25 lbs of meat.

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              AdamCA yes I do use Walton sure cure but its still white in colour and my kids don’t want to eat it cause they are a custom to reddish hotdogs

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                AdamCA yes I do use Walton sure cure but its still white in colour and my kids don’t want to eat it cause they are a custom to reddish hotdogs

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                AdamCA
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                roxy2500 How do you cook them, do you smoke them? Other than that I don’t have any ideas, hopefully someone with more experience can offer some ideas.

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                  roxy2500 How do you cook them, do you smoke them? Other than that I don’t have any ideas, hopefully someone with more experience can offer some ideas.

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                  AdamCA no I steam them

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                  • JonathonJ Jonathon

                    hotkarl LOVE the sponges! In my opinion that is the 3rd best thing we have don here (#1 being tender jerky and #2 finishing in water and Parksider really gets the credit for that)
                    But talk to me about your control panel!

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                    Jonathon my wife is going to kill me but I’ve finally got some use out the 2 roasters that we got for wedding presents 9 years ago. Way more consistent than using the grill or gas Turkey roaster.
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                    • hotkarlH hotkarl

                      Jonathon my wife is going to kill me but I’ve finally got some use out the 2 roasters that we got for wedding presents 9 years ago. Way more consistent than using the grill or gas Turkey roaster.
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                      blackbetty61
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                      hotkarl I have thought about using a roaster for the water finish but wasn’t going to buy one if it wouldn’t work. Apparently it works…how well does it work? I wanted to try some summer sausage in one.

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                      • blackbetty61B blackbetty61

                        hotkarl I have thought about using a roaster for the water finish but wasn’t going to buy one if it wouldn’t work. Apparently it works…how well does it work? I wanted to try some summer sausage in one.

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                        blackbetty61 It’s much easier to control than adjusting a burner on the grill. I get the water temp to 165 and then throw the sticks or sausage in. The water temp will drop but comes back nicely. What’s been pretty crazy to me is once the water temp is back at 160 the meat is also done. I wouldn’t suggest changing any temps on the roasters once you have it set.

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                        • hotkarlH hotkarl

                          Jonathon the controller is from Auber Instruments. I ran PID controllers for 8 years and wanted the WIFI / App capability and also program capability to help drive consistency. It is capable of handling 1800 watts but I knew that I would be drawing more than that running 2 heating elements with fans from a convection oven so I hooked up a solid state relay in line to handle to load. The controller has 6 steps that can be programmed to jump to the next step based on time or temp from probes. It also lights the igniter in my smoker attachment when programmed to.

                          The other app shown is for the Fireboard thermometer. I purchased this so I could have a thermometer that I could move around to the grill or oven, access remotely and log sessions . It really helped me become aware of the heat variation that I had in my custom 1950 International Harvester fridge / smoker that was my grandfathers. This is why I added the convection oven fans and also the two fireplace fans.

                          IMG_0997.jpg IMG_1003.jpg

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                          akdave
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                          hotkarl Awesome Set Up, Great to have the convection fans also, helps so much to have the even temperature in smoker

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                            Jonathon my wife is going to kill me but I’ve finally got some use out the 2 roasters that we got for wedding presents 9 years ago. Way more consistent than using the grill or gas Turkey roaster.
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                            Parksider
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                            hotkarl That is an awesome idea, never thought about roasters! Very cool set up BTW!!

                            John C.

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                              Jonathon
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                              roxy2500 The cure will burn a red protein red but it is not going to change the color of chicken to that red. It has to do with the hemoglobin type of content. Unfortunately, other than adding an edible dye I don’t know how to get a chicken stick that color.

                              hotkarl That’s awesome, and I always go by the “what she doesn’t know” method of using things of hers or “ours” for uses outside their intended purposes! That is a seriously sweet set up and it looks like you’ve taken a few tips and made some awesome products with it!

                              Finishing in water is just better, it is faster, doesn’t dry it out and it is easier to control (like you said), I think more people don’t do it because a) they don’t have a sous vide cooker or b) they don’t want to mess with a turkey fryer type thing like Parksider uses or doing it on the stove is hard to maintain a consistent temp. A roaster will solve that and I think it is something that a lot of people have! I’m going to look to see if I can’t get us to stock a model to sell for this very purpose!

                              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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                                roxy2500 The cure will burn a red protein red but it is not going to change the color of chicken to that red. It has to do with the hemoglobin type of content. Unfortunately, other than adding an edible dye I don’t know how to get a chicken stick that color.

                                hotkarl That’s awesome, and I always go by the “what she doesn’t know” method of using things of hers or “ours” for uses outside their intended purposes! That is a seriously sweet set up and it looks like you’ve taken a few tips and made some awesome products with it!

                                Finishing in water is just better, it is faster, doesn’t dry it out and it is easier to control (like you said), I think more people don’t do it because a) they don’t have a sous vide cooker or b) they don’t want to mess with a turkey fryer type thing like Parksider uses or doing it on the stove is hard to maintain a consistent temp. A roaster will solve that and I think it is something that a lot of people have! I’m going to look to see if I can’t get us to stock a model to sell for this very purpose!

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                                Jonathon Wait what??? I think i just felt a skip in the matrix, did you just say “finishing in water is just better,” I’m screen shooting this for the record!!! YES, another convert, I feel like I’ve won the war!!!

                                John C.

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                                  Jonathon
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                                  Parksider lol you won that war a long time ago, I still vac bag it but that’s just to keep any oils or particles out of the filer on my sous vide cooker…

                                  And speaking of that, we just got new Weston Sous Vide units in! I am going to grab one right now!

                                  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

                                    Parksider lol you won that war a long time ago, I still vac bag it but that’s just to keep any oils or particles out of the filer on my sous vide cooker…

                                    And speaking of that, we just got new Weston Sous Vide units in! I am going to grab one right now!

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                                    Jonathon
                                    Let’s have a look at it!

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                                      Jonathon
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                                      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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                                        Very slim design, easy to setup. It’s been eating up fairly rapidly. I just timed it and it went from 105 to 110 in 4:15 so not quite as fast as the sv1 but certainly a good deal less expensive!

                                        Guess I’ll have to cook steaks for Austin and I tomorrow?!

                                        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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                                          Very slim design, easy to setup. It’s been eating up fairly rapidly. I just timed it and it went from 105 to 110 in 4:15 so not quite as fast as the sv1 but certainly a good deal less expensive!

                                          Guess I’ll have to cook steaks for Austin and I tomorrow?!

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                                          Jonathon What’s the wattage on that?

                                          Better Living Through BBQ!

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