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1 hour ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Managed to get it Cooked this time. Had a few trials with it at home and found I needed a lot more heat source. 

Banked it up with Heat Beads an cooked a Large Chicken in 2.5 Hours.

Excellent, that's great to hear, looks very impressive (and a bit disturbing) when it's cooking

I will definitely get along to one at some point but I do have a few dancing weekends coming up and I have to do some parenting at times too...?

Good to see the kinky chicken cooker making an appearance, how did it get on this time?

Oh man, looks like a brilliant weekend was had, shame I couldn't be there but I had a busy weekend of relaxing at a spa and going to a wedding reception ( @Waderemember katie in my department at work? Twas her wedding )

Food looks amazing as ever!!

2 minutes ago, Raptor72 said:

Oven clothes ? 

Like oven gloves but way better and more versatile

Something like these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FWVT502/ref=asc_df_B01FWVT50255572067/?tag=googshopuk-21&creative=22146&creativeASIN=B01FWVT502&linkCode=df0&hvadid=255997889218&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4159838028817812901&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045125&hvtargid=pla-486473366797

edit...yep cloths lol.

I have to say I just use a lid and wrap my plastic container with oven clothes and I've not had any noticeable evaporation on the cooks I've done, the longest being about 12 hours...

7 minutes ago, Raptor72 said:

What a div ! Guess who didn’t notice it had ventilation holes 

DOH!!!?

3 minutes ago, Justin said:

I put trivets underneath to. Granite gets hot underneath otherwise  

That's why I use the oven clothes underneath, it stops pretty much any of the heat transferring to the worktop.

I've not had any issues with mine which is very similar indeed. I've not used ziplocks as I have a vacuum sealer so I've only used sous vide bags...but i have no doubt someone will answer the question soon

I use something very similar to that and it works fine. The only thing I do to it is to sit it on an oven cloth and wrap it with another couple of oven clothes to give it a nice bit of insulation which helps the temp come up a bit quicker and helps it stay nice and stable without the wand (I have the cheap Aldi one) having to do very much once the water is up to temp.

11 hours ago, Icefever said:

Old post I know but interesting what with all that's going on in the sous vide section at the moment.  Did you order one  Scott?? if so what's yours and Steve J thoughts??

Ice.

I did indeed, I've used it a few times, including doing a couple of joints of beef which I've done to alabout medium rare then seared in a pan. I did one lot for a buffet for my mum's birthday back in march and I had a lot of comments about the beef being amazing ?

14 hours ago, Wade said:

Aldi have one in that price range

This wine cooler from Currys could also fit the bill - it will cool down to 8 C and it will be at least the depth of a wine bottle right to the bottom

If you are looking for clear internal space you will probably need a "cooler" rather than a mini fridge as the fridges tent to have the compressor at the bottom which takes a big chunk out of the fridge space making it quite narrow.

 

Loving that Aldi one, if i had room for it anywhere I'd have one purely to keep smoked cheese and meat ready for smoking in.

If my local supermarket has any ribs this evening (unlikely sadly) I might give this a try this weekend as I'm a bit too busy to be tending my smokers but fancy some nice meat :)

Looks great, I'd love a massive smoker like that!!

I'm intrigued by pulled turkey, was it nice?

I'm Maidstone

Unfortunately I couldn't get along this time but hopefully I'll get to the one in October.

Looks like a great audience for the demo there!!

We'll have to arrange some sort of south east meet at some point!!

Unfortunately it's my nephew's birthday his weekend and my little monster and I will be busy most of the weekend, otherwise I'd have definitely come along, and ideally managed to blag a lift... lol

Wow that does look to be a bargain, wish there were a few more pictures and that I had £70!! ?

Edit: Damn, they've all been snapped up in the last few moments, showing as out of stock now.

I was playing a game called Halflife and wanted to sign up for a forum about it, I needed a username and as part of the sign up I needed a zipcode. I just took the name of the software company that made the game, and the only zip code I knew at the time (from the rubbish tv show) and Valve90210 was born! lol

Just to point out, you can actually get 6 probe thermometers marginally cheaper than that on amazon:

Here

Here 2

Here 3

Here 4

They are all seemingly the same hardware essentially just in different bodies and from what I can see it looks like they all use the same basic software just rebranded. I have a SMart BBQ 6 probe  and an Inkbird 2 probe and the software is identical besides the name. I use the 6 probe one more than any of my others, it's reliable and just works.

5 hours ago, Sluggy said:

Very true Wade ?

I do use Weber briquettes a lot because a garden centre near me insists on sending me a £5 off voucher every week, be stupid not to ?

My favourite is the heat beads though, they seem to burn better with an even consistency.

Must say I prefer the heat beads to the Weber briquettes

I know it's already on the thread but I'll stick this link in again, as I have purchased one of these tubes and was very impressed for the price:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1Pc-BBQ-Smoker-Tube-Grill-Wood-Pellet-Hot-Cold-Smoke-Generator-Smoking-Mesh/123082255570?hash=item1ca8462cd2:m:mmiyoczPDMKYE__uTo195Sw

16 hours ago, Walksha1 said:

How much are the pods Scott for next year 

£90 for the two nights, well worth it for me, warm, dry and no flapping!

16 hours ago, Smokin Monkey said:

Yes they are more expensive, no £5.00 per night discount. They wanted us to book 20 pitches, and if not booked by the end of the year Wade and myself would have to pay for the remaining unbooked.

Totally makes sense, as others have said, you don't want to be lumbered with having to pay out for unbooked pitches. I'm not fussed about the cost, it's such a good weekend, and very godo for my mental health so it's worth every penny!!

Pod booked, more expensive than this year but nevermind, well worth it for such a nice weekend.

Just a quick heads up, my local Aldi currently have starter chimneys for £4.99. They're a good size (about the same as the big webber ones) and have the useful additional swing down handle to help with pouring the coals out, which is often lacking on cheaper chimneys.