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    Cold Smoking for a Dollar

    Down here in Tennessee ground sausage smoked in muslin is a holiday tradition for old school farmers, but with the digital age taking over it is getting rare!
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    Meat to fat ratio when grinding Sausage.

    Good read Dan, Thanx!
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    Retrofit

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    Retrofit

    I prefer Tap Magic, has a pleasant odor when heated!
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    Retrofit

    I've had this Kingsford for about 10 yrs ( $129 at Food Lion) could not pass up for price and always wanted a barrel type. Sat in the garage for about 8 of those years until my Weber Kettle disintegrated from many cooks! I noticed today the barrel must be a standard die in manufacturing and...
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    Smokin some meatloaf

    Meat Loaf and Bacon Wrapped are two of my regular favorites on the smoker.
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    SMF gets a plug.

    Was surfin YouTube on the Smart JumboTron last night and found a smokin video that gave me another idea for breakfast sausage. He got his idea from this forum and gave credit!
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    Cold Smoking for a Dollar

    Could not get the apple wood pellets to burn like I wanted without having dust as the major ingredient, as long as there is no flame they slowly smolder for about 2 hours.
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    Making dust from pellets...

    They were dry the next morning and in my DIY Vortex strainer I filled 2/3rds with dust and a light layer of pellets and fired it up. Got 2hrs of gentle cold smoke so fabricated the second strainer I bought to keep the cycle going. Tried it in my Kingsford Barrel grill while cookin some leg...
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    Cold Smoking for a Dollar

    As I wait for cooler weather and prepare for my first attempt at breakfast sausage I have researched and tried different methods at passive/convection smoke generators. The bag of apple wood pellets I thought would smolder did not without some assisted air flow or placing the Smoker Box on top...
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    Making dust from pellets...

    Going to the local sawmill later and arrange some hardwood dust, mostly oak & hickory and will blend with the fruit wood pellets/chips when the time comes......
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    Making dust from pellets...

    While waiting for tallbm to share I tried what turns out to be his idea. Had an MT coffee creamer container with pellets in to keep dry (from humidity) and poured about a cup of water in it, right B4 my very eyes the pellets began to swell up and turn to wet particles like dust! They are...
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    Making dust from pellets...

    Great minds must think alike, after reading about using a blender/food processor and thinking about your potential discovery I also am trying the water approach.
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    Fassetts breakfast sausage COLD SMOKED

    Found the thread, https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/tenn-country-smoked-breakfast-sausage-1st-thread-with-q-views.132141/
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    Making dust from pellets...

    Oh pleez share, I just tried making a dry dust with a hammer and forget that method. Firm believer to work Smart, not Hard!
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