Recent content by dean l

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  1. dean l

    think i have evrything for first SS attempt, with a few ?'s

    thanks again CM , I was wondering about leaving the vent opened. I also have a water pan for my smoker, should I use it if I have room?  to be honest, I'm a little nervous , I'm afraid that it will not turn out good
  2. dean l

    think i have evrything for first SS attempt, with a few ?'s

    thanks CM, my plan was to grind and stuff on Friday evening and placing in the refrig. over night and start the smoker around 5 or 6 a.m.  I was curious as about how long it would take to reach the IT temp I need , I know it depends on the smoker, I'm using a MES 30, is it roughly 5 to 6 hrs. or...
  3. dean l

    think i have evrything for first SS attempt, with a few ?'s

    Hi guys, well I finally was able to get some stuff to do my first SS. I have my hi-temp cheese, which put in the freezer, hope that's o.k. ?  I also have soy protein blend , encapsulated citric acid and sure cure ( 6.25% sodium nitrite) I would like to start with a small batch, 3 to 5 lbs. to...
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    new to smoking

    yeah, I want to try to make some summer sausage thought about using my grinder to fill the casings but I was wanting to add hi-temp cheese , so I guess i'll just fill it by hand
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    new to smoking

    I just harvested another deer, I was wandering if it would be ok to go ahead and grind the burger, wrap, and freeze or just cube the burger meat wrap and freeze until I can get all stuff that I need to start smoking, pork, woodchips , rack built, thermometer , casings, seasoning , and so on. I...
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    new to smoking

    I have another ?,   I would like to run a internal meat thermometer , would it hurt to just run the cord down through the damper hole and just close it as much as I can while smoking, I'd hate to drills any holes in this new smoker.   thanks
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    new to smoking

      Hey, thanks guys, I did see a nice recipe I think I might try. and tropics, after I posted this I actually came up with something similar to your set up, instead of dial rods I was going to use some small flat wood and put some small screw hooks in and just hang the tubes on it, just need to...
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    new to smoking

    it's me, just if my post went through ?
  9. dean l

    new to smoking

      Hi, I'm a newbie to this site and completely new to smoking meat. I just purchased a new masterbuilt  Gen. 1. my biggest thing that I want to smoke is my own venison summer sausage but the way it looks, I'm going to have to use 2 1/2" x 12" casings. I'm trying to come up with something to set...
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