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Sorry for the slow reply. I am having a little trouble visualizing what you are saying so I made an image.
The black represents the WSM walls, red the charcoal ring and gray is charcoal. Assume that each set of charcoal is sitting in the WSM alone and theoretically goes around the ring fully (I...
It sounds like a matter of babying the WSM with just a few lit coals. I was hoping the AMNS would produce enough heat to allow me to be lazy. How much tending would you say is required with this technique? It seems like a significant amount would be required if keeping a chimney on at all times...
Is it possible to hold lower temps in the WSM? I want to make some sausages from The Marianski brothers "Home Production of Quality Meats and Sausages" and they call for a tiered cooking of the meats. For example, today I have some hot dogs, lap chong and krakowska going. These require differing...
Thanks! In a perfect world I would have cold smoked the bacon, but I had the smoker going and there was room so I tossed it on. Plus, I don't have a good way to cold smoke, yet. The bacon turned out nice and smokey, but it could probably have used more. I honestly don't know how high I took it...
This was my first solo smoke (previously I only helped out) and my first smoke on my new smoker, an 18.5" WSM. Everything went smoothly. Thanks to everyone who gave me buying, smoking and curing advise!
I used a mix of apple and oak.
Chicken 4 hours at 225:
Bacon 2 hours at 225:
Pork...
I just set the bellys up. One was 1.745 lbs (it got .875oz of TQ) and the other was 2.01 (getting 1.05oz of TQ). I rubbed the TQ on each belly trying to spread it as evenly as possible on all sides, then rubbed about a tablespoon of brown sugar over each belly. I skipped other seasonings this...
I'll toast and coarsely crack some black pepper, crush up a couple bay leaves and cloves of garlic and maybe include some fresh thyme and crushed juniper berries if I feel like it.
I understand the frustration - I'm not really looking for an easy way out. I have been started reading up on the...
I fully intend on using Bear's method with the belly I have right now. The only difference will be my inclusion of aromatics. I am only further researching to gain a greater understanding of the craft for my future endeavors.