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    Apple Cider Question ?

    Bottle conditioning makes weird tasting cider anyhow. If you cant force carb it, dont bother.
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    first timer...

    10-14 days in your cure. Theres a lot of topics on this already. Scroll down and read some, youll be on it no problem.
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    How I bottle without making a mess

    you chance exposing it to more o2 also when transferring to a bucket then bottling. both ways work, a bucket would be easier when doing something like beer or cider for sure.
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    25 lbs of shoulders

    Thanks
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    25 lbs of shoulders

    No way, I had some loss for sure. I didnt weigh it at the end, I shouldve. My whole roaster pan filled with drippings and I chucked about another 1/2lb of stuff I personally wouldnt eat. Anything I wont eat, I dont expect someone else will. They estimated 50 people, that number included a 15...
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    25 lbs of shoulders

    I took a giant knife to all of the bark and basically turned it into a dust which I distributed through the meat with a final pull before bagging. Second and third pics show the meat as I just got it off the bone so I could handle it.
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    25 lbs of shoulders

    33 total hours of prep/smoke/cook/pull/seal ... wow what a process! Was delivered to the commercial kitchen this morning frozen with instructions to boil the bags to cook the meat friday. Since its sealed and brick solid, I just had them put it into the refrigerator.
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    25 lbs of shoulders

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    25 lbs of shoulders

    I volunteered to do the meat for christmas at work. When I offered, I expected about 15lbs max, was asked to do 25. I purchased three shoulders yesterday for right around $30. I could only smoke two at a time so I had to do two shifts. First they were rinsed and rubbed with brown sugar/kosher...
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    Pennsylvanians Only

    If youve never spent st pattys in scranton, you havent ever really been wasted. That place is INSANE. Half the family is from that area.
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    Question on curing chamber build

    I would imagine two seperate thermostats with independent coils for cooling. How about some pics of your fridge from the back.
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