Recent content by juice15

The temp swing on a Pro series traeger is going to be +/- 15. Just the way it is with the insulation and feeding of the pellets. I’ve had pellet grills that would swing more than that. Not severe enough to ruin a cook, IMO.

Welcome from a fellow SC native.  You definitely picked the right site.  The guys and gals on here are great and you have access to more info then you'll ever need.

I have actually started using trout (speckled) as my go to smoking fish.  They make an awesome dip or just great by itself.  Haven't done a red yet, but hopefully that will change if i get on 'em tomorrow.

Backyard is fenced in and no worries about the ground freezing here in SC. I actually went ahead and buried the carcasses last week. Dug two holes about 18" deep on the edge of the garden area. I'll keep y'all posted.

Looking good and I'll be more than happy to help you store that scrapple.

Love a fried ravioli.  Those look great!

I do a ton of fishing and will always keep the carcasses after filleting anything I'm going to eat.  If i don't make stock, the carcasses go in the deep freeze for crab pots, chum, etc.  I've always heard the stories of burying fresh fish guts around trees or in the garden.  Has anyone done the...

After the painful wait, finally pulled the cheese out.  All of it turned out great.  The cheddar probably took the most smoke flavor.  I shredded it and used it on a pizza.  Pretty awesome stuff.  The habanero and pepper jack were everyone's favorite.  Paired nicely with the venison summer...

Wade, that is a great idea!  I'll give that a shot.  

So after reading through all of the threads on cheese, and the fact that SC had a cold snap, I just had to try my hand at cheese.  Picked up some blocks of colby jack, swiss, sharp cheddar, pepper jack, and habanero jack.  Followed a bunch of suggestions I read on here.  Let them sit on the...

Been checking out the forum for past few months, figured I'd join in the fun. Been cooking for the past 20yrs. Just got in to smoking the past few. Have picked up some pretty good ideas off the forum and hopefully I can share some of mine. Running an offset, I'm one of those. Looking forward...