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    MES Veteran with Cold Smoker and Smoker Tube, But Ready To Upgrade. What Smoker

    I likely will buy used to get more value for the dollar. Plus if I don’t like it I can sell it and not lose too much. I saw the Reqteqs too. They look cool but I’m not sure if they are worth it other that looks.
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    MES Veteran with Cold Smoker and Smoker Tube, But Ready To Upgrade. What Smoker

    I was thinking about that. I have someone picking up my 30” today because I’m moving to a suburb of Houston next weekend. Keeping my MB cold smoker attachment. I also have an Amazon smoke tube for pellets. I rarely use it though. It’s a bit of a pain to get and keep going and I like flipping the...
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    MES Veteran with Cold Smoker and Smoker Tube, But Ready To Upgrade. What Smoker

    Hi guys. I've ben using MES smokers for years, though I took a break for a few. I was one of the first to use the old Smoker and extend it with a dryer tube for more consistent temp and to cool the smoke down by distance and ice trays for cheese and fish. I also use the cold smoker in coolers...
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    Smoked Farmers Sausage How To Video

    When he sold the business a couple of years ago, the recipes were part of the deal and I'm not sure he can legally share them...at least for a period of time. He sold his first sausage making operation along with his country grocery store, without the recipes, but then built a new one in the...
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    Smoked Farmers Sausage How To Video

    I've been lurking around here for a few years actually. Just don't post much. I went from a horse ranch in Manitoba, Canada to an apartment in LA, so I haven't been able to smoke much. My wife and I have a little bungalow style 1 bedroom now, kinda like a townhouse, and we have a tiny patch of...
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    Smoked Farmers Sausage How To Video

    Unfortunately. my stupidity doesn't discriminate. ;) We were both slurring by the end although it seems like we caught a second wind when it was time to eat. Or good acting. Lol.
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    Smoked Farmers Sausage How To Video

    My buddy Al is a retired sausage maker, so we drank some whiskies and put the video together while making some smoked farmers sausage at his place. Was a lot of fun. Thought some of you might get a kick out of it.
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    Smoking 8% Injected Turkey without Brine Or Cure?

    Thanks guys. I'm gonna haul it out. Might even try the spatchcock method.
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    Smoking 8% Injected Turkey without Brine Or Cure?

    Yeah I have a good injector and a bunch of other goodies somewhere in my storage locker, but haven't yanked it out yet. I have my smoker with cold smoker attachment that I use religiously, the wood chips, cure and spices box, wireless thermometer set, but can't seem to find my injector, silicone...
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    Smoking 8% Injected Turkey without Brine Or Cure?

    So I've smoked a turkey before after brining, but moved to a new place and don't have a food grade 5 gallon pail or time to brine a turkey for 3-4 days. I'm hauling the thawed bird and our smoker to the in-laws, and going to cook it up tomorrow if it's possible to smoke a bird without brining...
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    Smoked Almonds

    Tried it tonight but it wasn't quite smoky enough after no minutes and by the time they came out the salt wouldn't really stick to them. I think next time I'll pic the salt in before smoking. Not bad though. :)
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    Smoked Almonds

    I now this thread is old, but it looks like a good one. Are you mixing the raw almonds with all the ingredients and then letting them dry and THEN smoke, or smoking/roasting first and then mixing in a bow with the ingredients?
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    Canuck in California

    Thanks guys.  Been using the search bar quite a bit the last couple of weeks. My wife and I moved into a rented house here in Redondo Beach and now that we have a little yard, we were finally able to get a BBQ .  It didn't take long before I convinced her we needed a smoker. I have done a tiny...
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