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A simple salt, sugar and water with a dash of soy and some spice. Then sprinkled with cracked pepper and parsley flakes. It's all vac packed and ready to enjoy now.

The salmon is resting from an overnight brine To form that required pellicle, a semi gloss shine Then, slowly, the heat will begin to rise And with thin blue smoke, out will come that amber colored prize To be shared with the donors who like salmon and smoke And me who gets half of it, one...

It's attempt was tasty,but had difficulty downsizing the recipe. Needed more bread crumbs and another egg, And fewer onions. Great first attempt.

I too am attempting my first meatloaf in my MES 30" unit. Beef, sausage ,onion, mushrooms and spices with a BBQ/ketchup glaze. Using my aux slow smoker with mainly pecan and apple chips. Hope it's good!

Well, I seasoned it last night, then ran a couple of pounds of cheddar for a few hours for its "shakedown" smoke. Here is my cold smoke set up. Temp inside was 50 degrees. 40 degrees outside.

I am a big fan of Yoshida in my marinade mix. I usually mix 50/50 with soy salt and throw in some brown sugar and spices, and lotsa types of pepper. Good stuff , but not for wimps. My jerky bites back!

My red-door, MES 30" and Slow (cold) smoker arrived this weekend, and I am wanting to start easy and build skills. What were the first few things you ran through you MES? Especially with a cold smoker...

I can't decide what flavor I want for my jerky so I throw everything at it in the marinade. I have a base of: 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup Yoshida Asian sauce from Costco I cup brown sugar Other liquids are not measured, but could wostershire sauce, BBQ sauce, honey, liquid smoke, A1, Heinz 57...

Thanks Bear and Lance. That lil box is what I ordered with my MES 30" smoker. I ordered some chips in hickory and apple also. When those arrive I will see if I can produce my own chips from scraps on hand. With the scrub plane I can adjust the thickness and length.

As a woodworker, I have lost of scraps too small for much, but maybe some chips for smoking. I have cherry, alder, oak, cedar, Apple and others. Would a scrub plane make usable chips for my MES cold smoker unit? This is the first plane the hits rough wood so they make thick shavings the width...