Grilled up some chicken thighs. I'm getting tired of my Traeger. No matter what I do, I can't get any sort of smoke flavor in it. It's only three years old but the day it dies will be a celebration.

It's been crossing my mind to buy a regular smoker.
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It was a joke and who the fuck want's to go to all that trouble.
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None taken. I was late getting home, but it still tasted good, even though wife and daughter were long done.
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Sorry if I caught you on a bad day.
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You have a wonderful wife if she is willing to make you fried chicken.
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You didn't, I guess my tone came across wrong. :-)
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Okay, shutting up before I piss everyone off. LOL
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Nah, I don't know if you're familiar with Alton's 'plan' to smoke on the cheap. But compared to the cost and effort inherent in store bought smokers, it makes a lot of sense.

And when you're not smoking, you can put the pots, the hotplate, the grill [he just uses the grill off a mini charcoal Weber] and the thermometer to their normal uses elsewhere.


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I tried to build his trash can smoker about 12 years ago. It was pretty mediocre. Had a difficult time getting temp up, even with a double burner hot plate.
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Um, yeah, and no.
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hear it's toast compatible. :-)
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I kinda burnt the last toast I made, I may have to go back to toast school. :-)
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Say hello to Dean Bartee.
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to be blunt, is your cooking more pretty or tasty? a traeger holds heat like a grandpa.
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