Elk Fattie: v 1.0

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• Jan 16, 2013

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Okay all...

I've got a good hunting buddy that got a elk cow this past season here in Colorado. He initially gave me about 4lbs of breakfast sausage, and about 20lbs of roasts and steaks. I usually make homemade biscuits and gravy for special occasions and camping.

So, I took out 1lb of elk sausage and decided to "smoke a fattie" before I start my 4th elk jerky smoke in 2 weeks!

Recipe (nothing fancy):

1lb elk sauage

3 scrambled eggs

1/4 c of green chilis

1/4 c sauteed onions

1/4 sharp cheddar

8 slices of bacon

It will be placed directly on rack with a drip pan below (or my pork loin?)

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Cool! Will be awaiting pics of the finished product 

 

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Sounds good, how'd it turn out??

 

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• Jan 17, 2013

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Is it done yet? LOL

 

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Haven't put it on yet...soon! Wanted to get the 4th batch of peppered elk jerky done first! I should have it on the Q in about an hour...so about 2:00pm MST. I'll keep you posted and snap a few pics!

I also injected my pork loin with a chipotle/orange juice/apple juice/sea salt marinade, it'll be going on at the same time!

My wife thinks I'm crazy...I feel like Bubba (from Forrest Gump) telling her all the things I can smoke on the grill! I told her I'd smoke the kids if it made 'em better!

~Brett
 

 

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Here's a photo of the jerky and I replaced the handles and "counter" with some red oak with some semi-gloss poly on it!

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Looking good

  Only problem I see is that I can't smell it!

 

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Jerky turned out great, next time I'll double the pepper though! I'm using mesquite as I love the rich smokiness that it delivers.

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I put the elk fattie on at about 2:10pm along with the pork loin. I also forgot to mention, I placed 4 bear "german-style" sausages on there too...I'll keep this updated as to how they all turned out!

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Coming along nicely

  Looks like I'll need a bigger one!  

  

 

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Ok, so here's how it shakes out...

The pork loin was on the Q until it hit 170F. I let it sit, wrapped in foil, for about 10 minutes after. It was tasty, juicy, but the wife thought it "not all things should be smoked!" blasphemy!!!

The Fattie looks amazing, I haven't cut into it as it's for breakfast and stored in plastic ware until then!

The Bear sausage, while deliciously smoky, had that German-Sausage taste that's good on a bun with kraut and mustard, but melding the two together was not ideal (don't worry, they'll be eaten!).

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looking Great!!! Guess we can wait till morning to see the fatty sliced

 

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• Jan 18, 2013

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The final fattie pics...

I have to say, that the flavors are smoky, but the seasoning the local butcher uses for "breakfast" sausage, again, doesn't lend itself to smoking as well as raw unseasoned meat (or seasoned with smoker friendly flavors) I normally love the elk breakfast sausage with my homemade biscuits w/ gravy, but on the smoker, in fattie form, too many flavors going on...for our taste! Don't worry, it will be eaten by some co-workers! after-all, it does have bacon on it!

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Nice looking fattie