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    Smoked Coffee

    A chef I work with recently went to Texas and visited some BBQ joints. She tried mesquite smoked coffee and said it was so good she's considering going back to Texas just for the coffee. I mentioned this to someone else I work with who does a lot of smoking and he said that he's tried it before...
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    sausage without casing

    At my job we make sausages without casings, roll the meat and wrap tight in saran wrap twist the ends, then wrap tight in tin foil. We then poach them in a water bath and they hold together pretty well. I've never smoked them and dont know about brats. I'm doing my first attempt with this...
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    Help: what's the longest you've aged your smoked cheese?

    Awesome Thank you, I will have to try that
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    Help: what's the longest you've aged your smoked cheese?

    I recently got a vacuum sealer, but before that I wrapped the block in parchment paper, then tightly in saran wrap and into zipper bags. The cheese made it 3 weeks of aging and another 2 or 3 once opened. I tried to find cheese wax locally but could only find it online, so decided to just spend...
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    MASTERBUILT XL

    I have a masterbuilt xl propane and it works great. Excellent for the price, I've cooked large and small portions of meat, overnight smokes, always plenty of room. I do cold smokes, jerky, high temp smokes (pizzas) and works very well for everything and large yields of food. I only had one bad...
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    Masterbuild XL Mods - Post your mods here!

    My MBXL has been running great since the mods, still needs some small tweaking. I tossed the original chip pan and water pan. For the water pan I bought a full sized hotel pan - It fits great and holds a lot of water, I also use it a lot in an out of the smoker when I don't need a water pan...
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    Water or sand?

    I mostly use water but sometimes I add some apple juice, or beer, if I have stems from herbs or scraps from onions/ garlic I also throw them in. I just figure if you're using water why not add some flavor to it? If you add juice or other liquids you have to keep an eye on them they can evaporate...
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    April Throwdown

    Thanks guys!
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    April Throwdown

    I'd like to thank everyone that voted for my dish in the throwdown, it was my first time doing this so I'm excited to have won! I also had a lot of fun coming up with ideas and getting this all together, not to mention seeing the creativity everyone else had. I hadn't checked the site in the...
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    April Throwdown Winners ARE!!!!!

    Sweet I'm so excited! Thank you everyone, all the entries looked really great! I'll be posting the recipe probably later tonight
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    April Throwdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It's on! Cant wait to see what everyone came up with!
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    Cold smoking some spices today *Q-VIEW*

    I've smoked spices hot smoking but now that I have an amnps It's going to be cold smoking from now on. However I did hot smoke onions and garlic until they were roasted, dehydrated them and turned them into a powder. A second round of smoking once it's powdered gives it a stronger smoke flavor...
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    Oh good lord! Smoked hamburgers...

    That's awesome. wish I could build something like that
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    Peanut Question

    I havent done peanuts but I've done pecans, I'll have to try that
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    "Pre-Smoking" meat

    I did a small steak a few nights ago. Cold smoked with apple wood. Did it along with some butter. I just put the steak on a pan of ice for about 45 minutes and finished it off later by searing it and finishing in the oven. Was good for a quick smoke. picked up a nice smokey flavor, topped it...
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