Recent content by chicagorare

Thanks for clarification on when to use Cure #1. The deer heart looks great, definately not too rare for my taste. So I had already smoked it before getting these replies.  Another forum suggested no cure, just 225 until internal is 150.  I ended up doing 4 hours at 225, then had to leave for...

I've been playing with beef hearts lately, a local place has them on a regular basis for $1.29/lb and they are surpisingly easy to cook and tasty (to me).  I recent tried smoking one, aimed for 8 hours, but ended up 12.  Wrapped it and set it in the fridge overnight, then sliced, at it was...