Recent content by hawgrider

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  1. hawgrider

    First time making bacon

    Next time try cold smoking it. The results are much better.
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    First Cheese

    Well who started this ridicules trend of having to wait months to be able to eat the cheese you smoke for crying out loud? Dumbest thing I've ever heard I see tons of cheese threads here with the same so called cheese heads repeating the same crap.... wait months wait a year how dumb! Back off...
  3. hawgrider

    First Cheese

    Wait a month? That's ridicules. I smoked 4lbs of horseradish cheese for 5 hours on Saturday using apple and have been eating it since it came out of the smoker you people who think you have to wait months and years to eat your smoked cheese are either doing it wrong or just freakin stupid!
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    Are my spareribs taking too long to cook?

    For fool proof ribs try the 3, 2, 1 method. 225-250 3 hours uncovered 2 hours covered 1 hour uncovered
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    Cold smoking raw eggs

    Hard boil them remove shell cold smoke for 3 hours and enjoy the best deviled eggs, eggs salad you've ever had. Smoking with the shell on is.... Useless.
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    Casing life

    Brine solution is not the way or necessary to store them. Put them back in original package or a heavy duty ziplock and cover well with Kosher salt(no liquid) you cant over salt these so pour it on and store refrigerated.
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    Smoked some Salt.

    Smoked salt is great. I normally use Himalayan course ground. Remember stir stir stir and stir some more. I smoke for about 3 to 4 hours with hickory. hickory is pretty strong but with weeks passing the smoke will dissipate from the salt so go strong and long.
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    Cold smoke or hot smoke bacon?

    Cold smoked is how bacon was meant to be. If you are hot smoking it you may as well just make BBQ pork belly .
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    Cheese So What is Your Favorite Kind?

    Boarshead horse radish cheese smoked with cherry is the bomb!
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    Colder weather = smoked cheese

    Great assortment!
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    Cheese time!

    Cherry is the perfect smoke for cheese. With cherry its pretty hard to over smoke. The people that claim you have to wait weeks and months before they can eat it crack me up! My cheese smoked with cherry is ready to eat the next day. Nice work!
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    Smoking bacon

    Thick 12 lbs + bellies I end up having to cure for about 12 to 14 days.
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    What wine goes with smoked brisket?

    No sense of humor eh! Grab a glass of bourbon then. It will help.
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