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Recipe Discussions => Meat => Topic started by: charlandk on January 20, 2008, 06:36:31 AM

Title: FTC ?
Post by: charlandk on January 20, 2008, 06:36:31 AM
What do you guys and gals use to warm your cooler to FTC?
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: tsquared on January 20, 2008, 06:43:21 AM
I put in a pot of hot water.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: Wildcat on January 20, 2008, 06:51:11 AM
Many here use hot water to pre-heat.  I have several sizes of coolers and simply pick the smallest that will work.  With this method I have not seen a need to pre-heat.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: owrstrich on January 20, 2008, 07:14:37 AM
i dont use a cooler for ftc... i will put the beast in a disposable aluminum roaster pan and cover it with foil and wrap a towel around it and put it in a cold microwave... with the micros insulating properties its kinda like a cooler... just dont turn on the microwave...

sometimes i will preheat the oven to 200 degrees and turn it off and slide it in there all wrapped up...

both methods as well as a cooler will hold the beast well... many hours in all reality...

j o

Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: charlandk on January 20, 2008, 07:21:03 AM
thanks all!
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: Habanero Smoker on January 20, 2008, 02:09:05 PM
I rarely FTC, but a dryer way to heat the cooler would be to use a heating pad if you got one.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: smokin stu on January 20, 2008, 04:03:22 PM
I use a medium size soft sided collapsable cooler that I smush down to just fit whatever I am FTC'ing, so I don't bother heating the cooler.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: Arcs_n_Sparks on January 20, 2008, 07:55:03 PM
charlandk,

I made a Pu-238 lined insulated container. Constant heat for the next 90 years.....   8)

Arcs_n_Sparks
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: aha638 on January 21, 2008, 09:07:46 AM
An extension coar "drop light" will do the job also and it is dry.

Al
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: ListerD on February 22, 2008, 12:40:44 PM
Quote from: owrstrich on January 20, 2008, 07:14:37 AM
just dont turn on the microwave...

No please do! And film it!  :o ;D
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: FLBentRider on February 22, 2008, 04:40:38 PM
I have done the hot water thing, but I don't see a lot of benefit in it when to cooler is already housed in a hot garage.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: Ontrack on February 22, 2008, 04:52:07 PM
If it's a FTC that you really need to stretch out for a long time, I can see the benefit, because 4 or 5 degrees can make a difference. But for an hour or two FTC, I usually don't even bother to preheat. And I agree with you, FLB, because in the middle of the summer, with the garage doors and cooler open, it gets plenty of preheat right there.
Title: Re: FTC ?
Post by: Gizmo on February 22, 2008, 11:15:52 PM
Quote from: ListerD on February 22, 2008, 12:40:44 PM
Quote from: owrstrich on January 20, 2008, 07:14:37 AM
just dont turn on the microwave...

No please do! And film it!  :o ;D

AEhh, they already did that on Myth Busters.   ::)