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    If any of you have been holding out on nabbing a good grinder, now might be your time. I contacted LEM Products and they agreed to do...
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    I have a PETA tee-shirt!
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    Jim_C reacted to chopsaw's post in the thread The First Ham with Like Like.
    Can certainly adjust the salt level , but I would not go a month and 3 days at that rate . Texture will suffer at lower levels too ...
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    Jim_C reacted to zwiller's post in the thread The First Ham with Like Like.
    First off, looks good. 1.25% is a pretty good number for salt on the low side (@chopsaw beat me on most all of this). You can go lower...
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    Jim_C reacted to chopsaw's post in the thread The First Ham with Like Like.
    You're already to low in my opinion . Some things need the salt content to bring the flavor . I would also lose the honey . Use unsalted...
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    Jim_C reacted to SmokinEdge's post in the thread Taco Salad Bowls with Like Like.
    Making some Taco salad bowls tonight. Super easy.
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    Jim_C reacted to SmokinEdge's post in the thread Taco Salad Bowls with Like Like.
    The build. Everybody to their own way, but I like taco meat on bottom, beans on top because they aren’t refried they are juicy beans let...
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    Jim_C replied to the thread Taco Salad Bowls.
    That's a great look salad. I just ordered the two-pack of those taco shell molds.......
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    Jim_C replied to the thread The First Ham.
    Thanks for the input..........this is an injection brine, so I would hope I would be able get some honey into the meat?
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    Jim_C reacted to smokerjim's post in the thread The First Ham with Like Like.
    I dont think adding more honey will do anything, I dont think it will get sucked into the meat like you think, better off just making a...
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    Jim_C replied to the thread Such Great People on this Forum.
    I'm also appreciate the level headed folks here on SMF. In the short time I have been a member I have learned a great deal from the...
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    Jim_C replied to the thread Gotta love a mistake.
    Lucky bum!
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    Jim_C posted the thread The First Ham in Pork.
    Took a shot at a ham. Put on brine Sept. 05, pulled from brine Oct. 08. Almost a month. Pink all the way through, which is a good sign...
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    Jim_C reacted to DRKsmoking's post in the thread Oversized Load, Just Had To Post! with Haha Haha.
    WAIT !!!!! That is not a real load , I just thought it was a REALLY large flat bed, :emoji_astonished: :emoji_astonished...
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    You’ll still have to mod a Big Chief to control temps. You plug it in and the heating element stays on until you unplug it. It doesn’t...
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