Doing 5 lbs of smoked kielbasa this morning in the M/B Hybrid smoker.
Mixed in my bucket mixer. (sorry hard to take pics and mix at same time)
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Going rope style.
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Smoke stick this rope.
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This 2 lbs going on a Bradley rack.
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Setting on controller is smoke 180* Bradley temp IT is 100* so i will smoke for a few hours then bump the heat to 225*
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Looks good Nepas :)
Carolyn
Is that one of those secret recipe or will you have to kill me if you give it to me...lol
Got the M/B Kielbasa done.
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Hanging for a cool down.
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As with everything there are Pro's & Con's
Here are mine.
Pro's
Give real smokehouse style results
Was fun to build.
Makes a great cold smoker for cooler outside temps.
Heavy smoke.
Can use smoke stix (sausage rods) and racks at the same time.
If you have a larger item to take just smoke you can put inside the main area (just smoke) while using the side smoke box.
I can still use my 4 rack with the Bradley cold smoker if needed.
Con's
Takes longer to smoke due to indirect heat.
Pellet consumption was almost 8 1/4 lbs.
Vents on the MAK need to be covered. Right side top and one of the vents on the bottom smoke box.
Had to remote the MAK temp to 325* to get a Bradley IT of 168* Maybe next time use my top draw fan.
Anyways i'm happy with it. ;D
Looks excellent!
How long did it take?
That's a lot of pellets!
Rick, can't you plug in the bradley to help with the heat?
Quote from: pensrock on July 31, 2011, 03:44:06 PM
Rick, can't you plug in the bradley to help with the heat?
I took everything out of the 4 rack.
Looks great Rick, I like the M/B Hybrid smoker.
Looks really good Rick. I had to go back to your build post to figure out what you did. Were you happy the results?? The sausage looks real good.
KC
Quote from: pikeman_95 on July 31, 2011, 06:53:18 PM
Looks really good Rick. I had to go back to your build post to figure out what you did. Were you happy the results?? The sausage looks real good.
KC
Yeah happy with the results. I have lots of time to do r&d ;D
Them kielbasa look gooood and the color em looks GREAT.
Those do look killer!!!!
How bouts a $ shot
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Ready for? Oh wherever
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Looks really good Rick. 8+ pounds of pellets for the cook. Does that make it cost/pellet prohibitive to do this?
Looks good, did I see my name on 1 of those bags? ;D