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On my list to buy one of these and saw this at Tractor Supply for $5.99. It's an 18" chick feeder. A little snipping and hammering and it should fit fine in my MES smoker. I let you know how it works!
Any hints on smoking Potatos? The last two batches were a little hard. Smoked at 225 for three hours. On my last attempt I wrapped in foil for the last hours. Whole chicken was great, but not the Potatos.
I have to admit, this was pretty good and all the family loved it. The other instructional posts here were VERY helpful.
Basket weaved the bacon:
Flattened the sausage in a one gallon zip lock. Froze a bit to stiffen it up:
Spread in cheese, jalapeños and onions:
Wrapped sausage log in Saran...
Smoke hog ribs a few weeks ago using the 3-2-1 method and they were perfect. Used the exact same procedure and recipe for boar ribs this week and they were a little dry. Should I do 2-2-1 since they tend to be leaner?
So I probably need to smoke it for an hour or less. Big mistake on my part. Boar will need to be cooked to 160 degrees since there is a higher chance of parasites.
My son shot a 230 lb wild boar last weekend and I decided to smoke a backstrap utilizing the 3-2-1 method. Big mistake. Dry as a bone. Any recommendations? Seems everything I do turns out too dry.
My temperature probe reached 200 degrees easily within an hour.
Seems my IT gets up there rather quickly which defeats the purpose of a long, slow smoke. I'm using a Masterbuilt smoker with the internal probe. I'm thinking I may have a defective probe, but it's probably that the IT just doesn't take very long to equalize with something small like a brat...
So glad to find this forum!
I'm a deer and duck hunter and have been gradually adding to my food processing collection. I've always enjoyed processing my own meat rather than taking it to a processor. Something about doing it yourself adds to the satisfaction - not to mention the joy of...
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