Twas a smokey holiday-2nd Pepperoni Sticks

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garyinmd

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Where I work you can't carry over vacation time so I always end up with some days to burn at the end of the year plus the days we were given for the holidays.  So whats a fella to do with all that time.

12-24 Double Smoked Ham

12-24 While ham was in the offset smoked a batch of Jerky in the MES30

12-25 Smoked a Turkey Breast

12-29 1st try at pepperoni sticks

12-30 Another batch of Jerky cause I could

1-2-2012 Another batch of pepperoni sticks cause I could

Everything posted except the jerky, I have posted these before and made no big changes in either batch.

Here is the 2nd batch of pepperoni sticks.  During the 1st batch I had to make a trip to Bass Pros for some supplies and found another brand of seasoning so figured why not.  

Two lbs of 80/20 mixed the the Grandma LaMure's pepperoni mix ready for fridge overnight.  Pay no attention to the "1 Hour" on the box, that would take all the fun out of it.

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Next pic's have counter ready then sticks laid out ready for rest in smoker.

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Hung in MES30 while getting everything else ready.

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Damn I love this thing, nuff said.  Not running the MES over 190 deg so just went with Pecan and Maple dust in the AMNPS

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Made a chimney from cardboard just to see if it would make much difference in draft, really could not tell but it was windy on the deck so might try again on a calm day.

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Same routine as a couple of days ago, played with MES set points all day to slowly bring up the smoker temps.  My MES30  with the 650 watt heater does not like holding close temps at less than 190-200 deg, I can easily overshoot 20-30 deg at set points below that.  Done, soaked in ice water and onto the line for the evening, cool temps outside and screened in porch helps out here.

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Next morning cut up and ready for bagging.

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Seems one fell under the knife

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Money shot.

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Good thing I have to go back to work, I would have to get a second job to keep buying meat at this rate.

Thanks for looking, all the help and advise I was given last year and hope everyone has a great smokey NEW YEAR.

Gary
 
awesome sticks gary.........................
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joe
 
Thanks Craig, Joe and Kevin.  These are fun to make and a change up from all the Jerky I do.  Gonna take some to work in a cooler tomorrow to share, that way I will have to make some more. 
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Gary
 
Thanks for the nice comments everyone.
Nice sticks! So which pepperoni mix did you like better?  papagreer, the LEM seems to be a bit sweeter so I would put that at the top.  Next time I will try 1/2 of the batch without the Citric Acid, both batches just a bit too much tang.

Chris
Gary
 
 
The Grandma Lamure's is good stuff.

Nice sticks

Have a friend that works close with Grandma Lamures in Arizona. The company was bought and is now owned and operated by Native American Indians  
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