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First off Welcome Rich to SMF. You'll really like it here for there are a lot of really good guys an gals that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking meat. Now if you need there is a 5 day E-Course that is very helpfull to newbies to the smoking world. Then you...
I might have an idea for you. Get a smaller smoker for just smaller smokes. I have 4 smokers now. I can smoke anything from a chicken the my neighbor if he/she acts up.
I wouldn't brine a chicken longer then 8-10 hours. The meat will soften and to me become mush. I have brined chickens but I normally don't and they turn out really juicy to. I mean stick in the probe from my instant read thermo meter and juice shoots out when I remove it. So brine one and don't...
First off Welcome Eric to SMF. You'll really like it here for there are a lot of really good guys an gals that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking meat. Now if you need there is a 5 day E-Course that is very helpfull to newbies to the smoking world. Then you...
First off Welcome Jeff to SMF. You'll really like it here for there are a lot of really good guys an gals that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking meat. Now if you need there is a 5 day E-Course that is very helpfull to newbies to the smoking world. Then you...
Now it is a good book but I might not spend that much money for it. You can find some really great recipes here or on some other sausage making sites. They are also link here in different threads.
My Mother was from New York City so if she made it was out of a box. If I asked her to make some she would say "What you want me to run Martha White out of bussiness. When I stared making it I also added sweet cream corn and bacon grease to the mixture. It addd so so much flavor.
I recommend a gasser maybe 24" Smoke Vault. I have one and it's a work horse. I use mine at least once if not 2-3 times a week. It's maybe 3 years old and I have never had a problem with it. Oops I probably shouldn't have said that.
Thats the great thing about fatties you can fill them full of anything you can dream of. Now how was the fish fattie? Seafood fatties dried out the fish or shrimp in my case when I did one.
If I'm smoking a brisket they come out of the wood works. Now you can smoke a small brisket but why. Smoke a 10 pounder and then slice an freezer what's leftover. A brisket sammies are really good to with alittle mayo or bbq sauce. If you want to do a small brisket I would say to nt go under 5-6...
First off Welcome snyd to SMF. You'll really like it here for there are a lot of really good guys an gals that would just love to help you with just about anything to do with smoking meat. Now if you need there is a 5 day E-Course that is very helpfull to newbies to the smoking world. Then you...