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    BEEF JERKY - FIRST ATTEMPT.

    I wold not think of using it on large pieces but your idea for those thin pieces should do just fine and very close anyway.
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    BEEF JERKY - FIRST ATTEMPT.

    Cure?  Kits?  Not sure what you are talking about but very interested in finding out more.  I have used Nesco flavor and cure packets for when I do jerky with hamburger and a jerky gun.
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    BEEF JERKY - FIRST ATTEMPT.

    Dang...I have one of those infra-red temp guns.  Didn't even think about it and that is one of the things I got it for!  Tastes delicious.   I will be doing it again maybe with a brown sugar based marinade. 
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    BEEF JERKY - FIRST ATTEMPT.

    Took my first shot at beef jerky on the smoker the past two days. Went to our local butcher shop and purchased 3 lbs of top round sliced 3/16" thick. Everything I am reading says that the beef will lose 2/3 of its weight and volume so I'm thinking the final jerky will be under 1/8" thick when...
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    DR PEPPER CHERRY INJECTED BACON WRAPPED PORK LOIN

    TODAY WAS DR. PEPPER CHERRY COKE INJECTED BACON WRAPPED 10 LB PORK LOIN. I had to cut it in half to make it easier to handle and cook. Frigging thing was 2' long. I injected it with Dr. Pepper Cherry Coke. Then I used a McCormick pork and poultry rub. I put on some extra virgin olive oil to...
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    Skin on or off?

    I thought I asked this a few days ago but have not gotten any responses and I can't seem to find my post.  Last weekend I did two boston butts and two bone in picnic shoulders total 32 lbs.  The picnic shoulders came through with the skin on. I removed the skin on both of the picnic shoulders...
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    Picnic Pork shoulders?

    I just smoked (2) large bone-in picnic pork shoulders.  They both had the pig skin on them which I removed prior  to smoking.   They took 21 hours to smoke ti internal temp reached 205.  They were delicious. My question is should I have removed the pig shin on they before smoking or should I...
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    IF THERE'S NO SMOKE IT AIN'T BBQ!!!

    Two forks works just fine for me.  If you pull the pork at 205 degrees and let it rest about 10 minutes lightly covered with foil, for me anyway, it really just falls apart.
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    IF THERE'S NO SMOKE IT AIN'T BBQ!!!

    Smoked up 32 pounds of pig yesterday. Wound up being my longest smoke yet. Last picnic shoulder to hit finished temp of 205 internal took 21.5 hours. I did two 2lb boneless shoulders and two 12lb bone in picnic shoulders. I started the smoke at 5:00 PM Saturday evening and the last one...
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    Silicone/PTFE coated grilling mats?

    Have been seeing a lot of advertising for the subject grilling mats. Wondering if any of you folks have them, use them and if you like them.? They look like a pretty neat thing to help enhance a grilling experience but they might, in my mind anyway, be a real come on...
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    MEMORIAL DAY BRISKET

    Every Memorial I have to stay around the house so I can raise the flag at noon. It is an exercise I am proud to perform. For this Memorial Day, as we will be sticking around, for a meal I have decided on a beef brisket instead of a traditional dog and burger grill. Picked up a 13 pound brisket...
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    IT'S TURKEY DONCHA KNOW!

    I smoked my first turkey in the REC TEC grill about two months ago. I read how everyone was saying best smoked turkeys are brined turkeys. Well I brined that 1st one in a brown sugar and salt and vinegar brine overnight. Me and Susie thought it sucked. Did not like the brined taste at all so the...
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    BEEF BACK RIBS FOR MONDAY DINNER

    Beef back ribs was on the menu yesterday. Rubbed with a brown sugar a paprika rub, 3 hours in a heavy smoke at 225*, 2 hours covered in foil with some apple juice as a steam an moisturizer, and lastly 1 hour at 425* basted every 15 minutes with a sweet bourbon glaze. Basic wood pellets for the...
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    SMOKED PULLED PORK FOR SUNDAY DINNER.

    Yesterday's smoked dinner was smoked pulled pork. I had (2) 7+ pound pork shoulders that went into the smoker around 5:00 AM. It was an 11 hour smoke.Got them all rubbed up with my favorite Paprika/brown sugar rub that has about 10 other ingredients in it but it is so good and they had a nice 15...
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    Sunday Beef Ribs.

    Today was smoked beef ribs...my second attempt. First attempt was fantastic. These ribs today seem a lot more stingy with the amount of meat on them so I have some doubts about the outcome. These are 10 lbs of ribs I got from Arnold's last month but they seem to be mostly bone. I used two...
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