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    Economics of casings

    I go with the "first you eat with your eyes" theory and go for the most attractive casings rather than the most economical.
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    Rib Cure Conundrum

    I've found this to be instructive, subtracting bone-weight from the equation: https://genuineideas.com/ArticlesIndex/nitritecuringcalculator.html
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    Chicken Sausage Italian

    I don't speak science, so can't say I understand why, but dextrose is the preferred sweetener when curing or brining or fermenting. Supposedly it has something to do with the molecular weight. They say dextrose is 70% as sweet as sucrose. I presume that is by weight. More things google tells...
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    Chicken sausage

    I'm looking for something to do with boneless skinless breasts & thighs from eight chickens. I'm leaning towards something cajun, like maybe andouille. But I'm having the damndest time finding a poultry andouille recipe. I guess I could just swap the chicken for the pork butt in a standard...
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    Another Auber PID question

    I've done it a few times during a cook with no problem... but wouldn't do it with something that could be harmed by the overshoot of temperatures during the tune. I'd think Butts would be fine. I wouldn't do it with something temperature-sensitive like salmon, or cheese. Or something very...
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    Another Auber PID question

    It's also in the app: (but right after I posted that I realized you don't have a wifi model... sorry)
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    Easy way to dry your pellets

    Folks: I dry my pellets by warming them in the microwave 30 seconds or so. They don't need to be hot, just warm to the touch is plenty. Then I move them to my chamber vacuum sealer and run them through a cycle. Blammo, all the water vaporizes out of them! A suction-type sealer should work too...
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    Auber data/settings spreadsheet

    Folks: There are a lot of values plugged into the Auber, and lots of data coming out of it. I wrote a Google spreadsheet to keep track of it all. I thought others might find it useful as well. You can get it here, but you'll have to save your own copy to edit it. I wrote it for the Auber...
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    Using stock instead of water

    Both. My next batch is going to be venison/pork andouille.
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    Using stock instead of water

    Most recipes call for mixing in ice-water prior to stuffing. I'm wondering about substituting stock. Flavor-wise it seems like a no-brainer. And I think the texture could only benefit from a nice collagen-rich stock. Of course if it's salted stock you should adjust your recipe to...
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    Factory Controller Bypassed

    Auber has a great instruction document for modifying your MES smoker. I have an MES 340G I've modified to use with my Auber WSD-1500H-W. But CAUTION, put a warning sticker(I wrote a note with a sharpie on blaze orange duct tape) on the plug so nobody makes the mistake of plugging it into a...
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