6 oz of hickory.
Cookshack Spicy Chicken rub and Rib rub.
Smoker temp set 225 probe temp set 195
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Great slideshow.. and the Q looks mighty fine too. 
Where in CA are you?
Where in CA are you?
Thank you : )
Im going to do Brisket this weekend for Mothers day.
Ventura CA.
Im going to do Brisket this weekend for Mothers day.
Ventura CA.
quote:Originally posted by Smokenque:
Great slideshow.. and the Q looks mighty fine too.
Where in CA are you?
Way to go Bembring. Those are great pics of the Americue in action!
Nice butts by the way!
Nice butts by the way!
This looks great. Take pix of the brisket!
Nice bembring!
I too did my first smoke in my Amerique this weekend. Took almost 22hrs for 2, 7# each, @ 225˚.
How long did your smoke take you?
Also do you have constant clicking/ticking sound (clicking sound coming from the conrol panel in the area between the read-out/controls and the main power switch) that is apparrently the relay/contactor clicks at a 5-10 second cycle, the entire time the unit is on, even when the temp. is above the desired set temp and also when the temp is below the set temp., it is a clickn' and tickn' (I can here the contact and release.)
Just curious what your experience is, if any, with the above. I wrote Tony M about this, and have yet to hear from him.
Great pics,
Thanks, Rob
I too did my first smoke in my Amerique this weekend. Took almost 22hrs for 2, 7# each, @ 225˚.
How long did your smoke take you?
Also do you have constant clicking/ticking sound (clicking sound coming from the conrol panel in the area between the read-out/controls and the main power switch) that is apparrently the relay/contactor clicks at a 5-10 second cycle, the entire time the unit is on, even when the temp. is above the desired set temp and also when the temp is below the set temp., it is a clickn' and tickn' (I can here the contact and release.)
Just curious what your experience is, if any, with the above. I wrote Tony M about this, and have yet to hear from him.
Great pics,
Thanks, Rob
Great pics! And just look at all that room inside the smoker. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Rob,
I have noticed the clicking mostly when the smoker is first turned on.
After it's been on for awhile the clickin is less often.
The Pork Butts in the photos took about 14 hours to reach 195 on the probe.
Did you open the door?
What racks did you use?
Where the butts on the same rack?
I have done Ribs Beef and Pork, Brisket,
Pork Butt, Chicken on Cans, Smoked beans, Stuffed Jalapenos in my Amerique.
I have noticed the clicking mostly when the smoker is first turned on.
After it's been on for awhile the clickin is less often.
The Pork Butts in the photos took about 14 hours to reach 195 on the probe.
Did you open the door?
What racks did you use?
Where the butts on the same rack?
I have done Ribs Beef and Pork, Brisket,
Pork Butt, Chicken on Cans, Smoked beans, Stuffed Jalapenos in my Amerique.
quote:Originally posted by Magic Dragon Be Smokin:
Nice bembring!
I too did my first smoke in my Amerique this weekend. Took almost 22hrs for 2, 7# each, @ 225˚.
How long did your smoke take you?
Also do you have constant clicking/ticking sound (clicking sound coming from the conrol panel in the area between the read-out/controls and the main power switch) that is apparrently the relay/contactor clicks at a 5-10 second cycle, the entire time the unit is on, even when the temp. is above the desired set temp and also when the temp is below the set temp., it is a clickn' and tickn' (I can here the contact and release.)
Just curious what your experience is, if any, with the above. I wrote Tony M about this, and have yet to hear from him.
Great pics,
Thanks, Rob
Nope, never opened the door once, until temp met. Had both butts on 2nd rack from top. Had to finish off the last 3hrs. at 250˚.
Took much longer to cook than my 055 does.
Mine does the clicking thing constantly, just like a clock, every 5-10 sec.
When I seasoned it, it took over an hour to reach 250˚ and the top of the unit above the controls/readout became Hot and at 285˚, too hot to touch.
Still waiting to hear from Tony, to confirm if I have a problem
Thanks very much for the feedback,
Rob
Took much longer to cook than my 055 does.
Mine does the clicking thing constantly, just like a clock, every 5-10 sec.
When I seasoned it, it took over an hour to reach 250˚ and the top of the unit above the controls/readout became Hot and at 285˚, too hot to touch.
Still waiting to hear from Tony, to confirm if I have a problem
Thanks very much for the feedback,
Rob
Rob,
Call Tony M. at Cookshack he can help you.
Thank you,
Brian E.
Call Tony M. at Cookshack he can help you.
Thank you,
Brian E.
Bembring,
The butts look fantastic. It looks like the AmeriQue is doing the job. I see you purchased the butts at Restaurant Depot. They have just been open a few months in the Houston, TX area. Can anyone buy from them? Just a curious consumer. ThanxQue....
The butts look fantastic. It looks like the AmeriQue is doing the job. I see you purchased the butts at Restaurant Depot. They have just been open a few months in the Houston, TX area. Can anyone buy from them? Just a curious consumer. ThanxQue....
quote:Originally posted by bembring:
6 oz of hickory.
Cookshack Spicy Chicken rub and Rib rub.
Smoker temp set 225 probe temp set 195
Hi Smoky,
Thank you : )
The Resturant Depot here you have to show a bussines licence to get a membership card.
There meat is great.
Thank you : )
The Resturant Depot here you have to show a bussines licence to get a membership card.
There meat is great.
Hey Bemring,
The clicking is just the internal workings of the themostat cycling the power on and off. There must be a small relay inside which is doing the job. Just my guess, but I think that's what's going on.
Hook
The clicking is just the internal workings of the themostat cycling the power on and off. There must be a small relay inside which is doing the job. Just my guess, but I think that's what's going on.
Hook
Hi Hook,
I think that you are right.
My Amerique is working great no problems.
Thank you : )
I think that you are right.
My Amerique is working great no problems.
Thank you : )
Going over these older posts, I see that Magic D has described my first experiences to a "T". I guess it just takes longer in the AQ. BTW, I called Tony about the constant clicking and he said there should be little or no clicking in the beginning but when it reaches temp it will click constantly to maintain a very small temp swing. This has been a huge difference between my Smokette and the AQ. The Smokette would have maybe thirty degree temp swings between cycles and the AQ is maybe one or two degrees.