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Re: Traeger vs Green Mountain
garmp1 wrote: Firing her up tomorrow with a pork butt and we'll see how it goes. Found pellets at a local BBQ store and will give them a try. 40# for $20. Better that most prices I've been checking. Have to get this smoker working and then delve into making my own rubs. I like many of the commercial rubs, but the DW has an strong dislike toward peppers especially red peppers and any or all HOT spices. So I hop to build our own. Good choice to break it in with, I've got a butt cooking in my mini right now. That's a good find on those pellets. Let us know how it turns out, pics would be nice.624Views0likes0CommentsRe: Traeger vs Green Mountain
mike brez wrote: garmp1 wrote: So where's the best deal on pellets? I get mine on amazon the guys on the smoking fourm were raving about them. I have been using them for a couple years now. I have too, and it's nice to have them delivered right to your door. We travel in our RV a lot and we have them delivered right to our site, wherever we are.405Views0likes0CommentsRe: Traeger vs Green Mountain
ORbiker wrote: GoPackGo wrote: ORbiker wrote: I've got a hunk of pork loin doing a slow cook today. ORbiker - could you provide the details ? How much did the loin weigh (boneless ?), what temp did you cook at, and for how long ? It also looks like your chimney cap is closed - do you cook this way ? Thanks much. I'm just learning. I read some ways to cook and then modify it. The pork loin is about 6 lb. and has no bones. I soaked it in a salt spice brine overnight. I seared it at 500* for 15 minutes on each side with the chimney open all the way and then brought the temp down to 160* for 7 hours with the chimney just cracked. I flipped the meat twice during the 7 hours. The meat was at 155* then and we were getting hungry, so I brought the temp up to 255* to finish it off and got the meat up 172* in another 30 minutes. The last 30 minutes I put a little BBQ sauce on it too. I don't know if this is the right way or if there is even a wrong way with a smoker like the GMG. The pork sliced easily with a knife and once in slices was easy to cut with a fork (even at an inch thick). I used cherry wood pellets. Looks and sounds great, you're going to get some outstanding food from your GMG. If I may give you one tip, always cook with the chimney damper wide open. GMG recommends it because of the way the air flows and it helps keep temps even across the cooking area. There's a lot of good info on http://pelletheads.com, check it out if you haven't already.359Views0likes0CommentsRe: Uncompahgre River RV Park Olathe, CO
2gypsies wrote: Thanks for finding their site, Rotis. Yep...it looks very familiar. We enjoyed our stay. As far as narrow sites, we've seen a lot worse as we traveled. We didn't find them narrow. You're welcome, my wife took the pictures for their site. We spent six weeks there last year and we're going to be there for three months this year. The people there are great, we have a good time there and I agree the site size seems fine to us too.328Views0likes0CommentsRe: Uncompahgre River RV Park Olathe, CO
Lauren wrote: This is supposed to be a first class place but am having trouble getting any solid info / website. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. It's a great place. Here's the link to their website. http://www.colorado-rvpark.com328Views0likes0CommentsRe: Traeger vs Green Mountain
garmp1 wrote: Thanks for the input. Am leaning toward the Rec Tec RT-300 also. Which is $100 more than the Davy Crockett, but then there's a $100 shipping charge and I read somewhere, I can't remember where, about a 6 year warranty (which was highly recommended) for another $100. That puts the Rec Tec RT-300 at $300 more than the DC. That's darn near twice the price. Don't I care to spend $700 to try something I'd really get into. I haven't heard about a six year warranty, nothing like that was offered to me when I bought mine. It does have a two year warranty. They also have a 30 day return for full refund policy if you are not happy with it. The construction and quality is much better than my Davy Crockett. The Davy Crockett is a very good grill for traveling and it cooks well once you learn it. The right side can be as much as 70 degrees hotter than the left. Some are not that bad but both of mine were that way. It also sits very low when you use the legs, if you are going to use it at home you would want to put it on a table or stand.360Views0likes0CommentsRe: Traeger vs Green Mountain
Green Mountain Grills makes a very good product. I used a Davy Crockett for several years, it travels in the MH very well. If you want something for your home but not too big look at the Rec Tec T-300, I just bought one to replace my Davy Crockett. It's very high quality and a bit larger than the small GMG or Traeger, well worth the little extra in price.360Views0likes0CommentsRe: Able to watch home networks anywhere!
Bill.Satellite wrote: Never said it was an issue for the OP but it would be a HUGE issue for anyone trying to following his footprints. Maybe, maybe not, most people are capable of figuring out what works for them. I know everyone doesn't think like I do, even though I like to think I'm right, I'm only right for me. I think the OP just put it out there to let people know about it, they can figure out if it would work for them or not. Not everyone has to be told whats best for them.519Views0likes0CommentsRe: Able to watch home networks anywhere!
Bill.Satellite wrote: While a tiny group of RVers have come upon (or can afford) unlimited internet services, this is NOT the standard and not for the "normal" RVer. For those without that option this scenario is completely worthless unless you only plan to watch a couple of hours of TV per week. Even if I wanted to pay the huge premium to Verizon to be on their 40GB/month plan (or AT&T) it would gall me that I had to pay so much for so little (TV). TV is not the main reason we have those data plans, TV to us, is not that important. We got them when they had the GB war a year or so ago. We don't pay THAT much more than our "Premium satellite service" cost us at the time. It sounds like the OP is aware of and has a handle on his bandwidth situation. It's not a bad solution for him at all, just depends on how much TV you want to watch I guess.519Views0likes0Comments
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