Hi Friends, I am so excited. My Christmas present to myself just arrived. I have been reading tips and comments on this forum in anticipation of the smoker's arrival. Now that it's here, I wanted to ask if anyone had any good unpacking and installation tips. Perhaps something you learned when you unboxed yours? I will be heading to the store for some brisket soon as well for my first smoker attempt. This is great! Can't wait. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Steve - Dallas, Texas
Welcome Steve!
You will have many brothers and sisters of the forum from TX. First tip for you is make sure that all of the connections are firmly in place. When you power it up and see an E1 error, that most likely means that the thin sensor cord that goes from the back of the smoke generator to the tower is not properly connected. Unplug the cord and replug at both ends several times if necessary in order to make a good connection. Next, season your BDS properly before your first cooking smoke. The steps to properly season the BDS are in the manual.
Others will come along soon with more info for you. Have fun and don't be afraid to ask questions!
KyNola
Welcome Aboard Steve!! Kynola forgot to tell you to sit back and enjoy the ride because this is addictive.
Welcome Steve.
Going to do some brisket this weekend myself! ;D
Steve, am not too far from you and always glad to see a fellow Texan join the forum.
Ky Nola has sent you in the right direction to start enjoying your smoker.
Be sure and take some pictures of that new penny cause in a few weeks it won't
look new inside if you get addicted like everyone else.
Here's a cpl links to help you along and if you have any questions, just ask.
We want to help.
FAQ
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=481
recipe site: http://www.susanminor.org/forums/
Try this link to get your pictures going.
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=768&postcount=11
reference books
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=102
PS I'm from the Lake Livingston area (East Texas)
Sonny
Welcome to the forum Steve. I'm sure you'll enjoy your smoker.
Welcome to the forum. When I unpacked mine, I layed it down flat, opened the bottom flaps, stood it back up, and lifted the box off. Didn't need a knife or anything.
Thanks to everyone for the great tips. You'all are awesome!
Welcome to the fun scaissc.
A couple more things to keep in mind, NEVER smoke or cook with the vent closed. It might sound backwards but keeping the vent closed keeps all the moisture in and it will start to build up inside and drip back on your food, which aint very tasty. Also if you see water dripping out the door you need to open the vent, the condensation caused from having the vent closed to far can back up in the generator and cause problems. If you see smoke coming from the generator open the vent more. I never close mine more than half way.
One other thing is that you dont need smoke rolling the whole time your product is in the smoker. It will only need 3 to 4 hr smoke then the rest of the time your are just cooking.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Oh ya be warned this type of smoking is very addictive
Thanks again everyone. We are up and running!
You'all wanted shiny pictures...
Here they are:
http://picasaweb.google.com/scaisse/Smoker?feat=directlink
Nice! Get 'er dirty, now...
FYI, I use Picasa as well for picture hosting. You can paste direct links to your images right into your posts.
In Picasa, off to the right side, click on 'link to this photo'. Choose 'image only' and pick 'Medium 400px' for the size.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/Syp6vjTyQlI/AAAAAAABBik/HBFHjFFkhp4/s800/Untitled1.jpg)
Copy that URL under 'Embed Image' and paste it into your post,wrapped in the img tags as so:
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/SyWMMgYStgI/AAAAAAABBgk/XOdAy1B2XQY/s400/1213091819-00.jpg[/img]
Nice looking set up.
So a Brisket right off the starting line.
Hope you have a great smoke!
Welcome Steve, That sure is pretty looking all nice and shiny. Won't be that way again.