Bad taste

[mez]

I made some brats and stix last weekend and they didnt come out to well.I used some beef from a friend he got out of his freezer some 2 years old and a little freezer burn but i figured it would be fine ground up.Im getting a bad chemical type taste but it isnt consistent through out the sausages.some tasted fine .I also started useing my bradley in its house with 4"double wall b vent venting it.I noticed alot of condensation in the venting on saturday didnt notice much sunday the wind dyed down.What im wondering if the fowl taste was the meat or if i used the wrong type ducting for the smoker and that could somehow be the bad taste.please help!

[viper125]

Well like a computer. Garbage in garbage out. No old bad tasting or freezer burn can be covered with spices. Thats why I
prefer grinding my own meat. Always fresher and better tasting. But I would be concerned on condensation. It won't be good for the smoker or electronics.

[Habanero Smoker]

The taste is most likely do to you including the meat that had freezer burn on it. Freezer burn alters the taste of meat. If you had removed all the areas that showed freezer burn, you may have been alright.

If the condensation is collecting in the tubing you are using, do a search. Some member have added a fan inside the duct to help expel the moisture and smoke.

[mez]

I am hopeing the bad taste is just a case of bad meat and not from the venting.I was actually gonna check and see if i can get an inline fan for 4" duct I know they have them for 6".Does anyone with a fan hooked up have any problems with the smoke gumming up the fan?

[viper125]

By the way I really like that house you built. The only problem I see is from what I've learned from mine. I am off setting my chimney so its not a straight shot up. I want to add an elbow then a T going up. That way the lower side of the T should allow water or condensation to run out with out coming back to the smoker. If the draft changes you could add a cap and empty occasionally. I believe that would help. But not sure if you have the room to move smoker over far enough. But i have never got any bad taste from condensation.

[mez]

that's a good idea unfortunately I left no room to spare in the cabinet. I built it to fit in a certain spot on my deck.Wish I would have made it a little bigger.Hind sight is always 20/20.

[mez]

A few pics of my set up.I didn't leave much extra room as you can see.Eventualy the vent is going to extend past the roof line.

[muebe]

I love the cabinet Mez!

You will get more condensation with a cold vent pipe and hot moist air. Kind of like what happens with a glass of cold beer. The moisture that forms on the outside of the glass is like the moisture that forms on the inside of the cold pipe when the hot moisture rising condenses. I have a long vent pipe from my Bradley on my patio and had to run a dump pipe(y-pipe) to let the condensation drip out instead of into the smoker when it is cold outside.

[slowpoke]

I did the same thing with deer meat once.NEVER again.Now it's fresh meat only.Even jerky can't have freezer burn on it.I deserve the best and so do you.GO fresh and you know what you got.
Mez,nice job on the house.I would have added a half moon on the door,just to throw everybody off.lol

[Tater]

Extending the vent should increase the draft.  That may reduce your condensation.