Hi Guys, I have been having trouble finding different flavors of bisquettes in my area and have been toying with the idea of ordering them direct from Bradley. I was wondering if they "travel " well or if they arrive in chunks. Have any of you tried this method or do you have a preferred supplier who made sure they arrived in one piece?
I have ordered pucks directly from Bradley and I didn't have any problem with any damage on them.
Here is a link I recently found on Ebay.ca 5 boxes any flavor for $79.29 plus shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Bradley-Smoker-Bisquettes-5-boxes-MAXIMIZED-SAVINGS_W0QQitemZ360021048703QQihZ023QQcategoryZ10035QQcmdZViewItem
Mike
Also check out Amazon. I typically buy 4 boxes (look for pay for 3 and get 4th free deal) plus free shipping. price per bisquette comes out to about $.33 each.
Yul, if your a skinflint like me ( no insult to Yorkshiremen intended) you can, with a little ingenuity, make your own. I use a blender to get the sawdust the correct particle size and a manual 1/2 ton arbor press to form them. Never bought a box of pucks yet. There's some photos on my previous posts some where.
Scotty-G hit it on the head. If you choose the free shipping method at Amazon, they ship them USPS. May take a week or so to get them, but I've never had any damaged (like half of the stuff I get from UPS).
I purchased my OBS and all bisquettes from Cabelas online. The freight was cheaper than the sales tax / diesel fuel to get to my nearest Outdoor World. I have had no issues with UPS-delivered pucks. I usually add pucks to an order of other stuff to "bulk up" my order to take advantage of freight charges.
I like the "buy 3 boxes get one free" from Amazon. My only local choice is to drive 30 miles each way to Dicks Sporting Goods and pay out the @ss for a very limited selection. Ain't gonna happen... :P
Hi Dalby, no offence taken. I saw your other post about DIY pucks and was very interested. I have access to a press at work so I might have a bash. A friend does a lot of fancy cabinet work and has bags of oak and maple saw dust that he throws out but I was afraid this would be to fine to bind together.
And talking about your posts being somewhere on the site, I seem to have lost my original post from the "Original Bradley Smoker " section. Do they move stuff around or have I been kicked off already for looking at the " home made pucks" section?
Brian.
Look at your profile and then click on the link to your previous posts. You may not have saved the message.
Thanks Gizmo, must be the wobble pops. I could not find it where I left it yesterday then today ,there it is back again.
Thanks for the tip on finding the missing post.
wobble pops here too sometimes ;)
;D
I bought a 120 pack of Apple from Amazon recently and they arrived in perfect shape. Great price and free shipping too.
-Brian
You're right again, Brian. That's a deal that's hard (or impossible) to beat. I usually order 4 boxes of 48's at a time. It's amazing how fast they disappear, though, especially apple and hickory in my case.
Hi Mike,
Found two boxes of apple at Canadian Tire today, :o added a bottle of windshield fluid and used the $10 rebate coupon .
Going again tomorrow to pick up two boxes of Hickory and use another coupon.
Like you say, if they didn't want you to use them, they would not send them. ;)
Right on Brian. I also made two trips. Same thing 2 Apple and 2 Hickory.
:D ;D
How are you making out on your PID?
Mike
Hi Mike, finally got the fuse added to the PID today. Gave it a run in the basement plugged into then smoke box. I used a low temp just to try it out. It reached the set point then the red light on the smoke box went out but it took quite a while for the box to cool down again (not a problem if it was outside today).
I am going to try and find the thread about doing the auto tune, and run it outside tomorrow. The Aubins instructions sound very complicated and I am sure someone here has simplified them .
Another quickie, can you change the readout to read in C° or does everyone just use the F° . I have looked through the instructions but cannot find any reference to changing them. ???
Brian
It can be set to read C. If you look on page 12 of your manual, number 6.14 - COOL Setting.
Something else you can set if you are changing it to Celsius is there is a decimal point setting if you are displaying temp in Celsius. The setting is called dp and is on page 11, number 6.9
Mike
Phew....got it... I had all sorts of numbers flashing... :-\ but it now reads in C.
So,now for auto tune. Do I get "AT" showing on the readout and then "2" :-\
I was going to auto tune with an empty box but was wondering if this was correct?
Brian
The way I had the most success was running the auto tune with a load in. You can simulate a load by using bricks or something like that. I did mine while I was doing a butt. The other thing you want to do is preheat to within 10 degrees of your target temp before switching on the auto tune. To turn on the auto tune it is AT=2. If you normally run your smoke generator you should make sure it is on as well during the auto tune. Set your vent to a typical setting you would normally use. I used 210 degrees for a setting when I tuned mine. During the tune you will see it over shoot and under shoot about 3 times. It usually takes about a half hour or so.
Mike
Mike,
The auto tune will have to wait awhile then until I can get the OBS set up on the deck . The weather here is a never ending cycle of snow days, plus 4° today but 15 – 20 cm of snow and -4° forecast for Wednesday. I have a shed in the back garden that I will be able to use as a shelter once I can get to it. ;D
Regarding the running temp of 210°, do you maintain that with just the oven. With the PID in place I was going to unplug the smoker unit once smoking was over to save the bisquette feed mechanism.
The idea of the bricks makes sense. I have seen some ceramic tiles that are used in BBQ units and was thinking of putting a few on the bottom rack ,allowing for circulation of course.
I have also seen "fire bricks" that are used to line wood burning stoves and I think they are a cheaper option.
Brian.
Brian
I hear ya on the weather! We are supposed to get snow tonight.
With my setup in the heated garage I can maintain my heat in the tower with just the tower heater without much problem. The only time I wish I had a little more btu's is when I have a big load. I think the idea of using a fire brick or two makes good sense. I'm sure it would help with the recovery times. I don't use any but certainly lots of people on the forum do and say it helps a fair bit with recovery.
Mike