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A little late to the party, just saw this. I wonder if at this point, with 2 out of 3 bags leaking, I think I would abandon the dry brine and move the bellies into an equilibrium wet brine like Pop's to finish.
Going to try that bacon jalapeno. Didn't even think about using the sous vide, doh.
I use this stuff for bloody marys, 1 1/2 ounce pepper vodka, 1 Tbsp Worcestershire, 1 tsp celery seed and tomato juice in a 16oz glass.
This is my second batch of this .
Original recipe
Ingredients
750 ml vodka
3 -4 jalapenos
3 -4 red chilies
3 -4 green chilies
3 -4 habaneros ( this is for the true hothead, adjust accordingly)
2 -3 tablespoons dried chipotle chiles ( I buy them in flakes like red chili flakes which can be...
Had to try this .
Found a 750ml bottle of 190 proof grain alcohol. Added 2 pounds of strawberries. Since I used a half gallon jar I went about 3 hours in the sous vide. Added the simple syrup and pressed the strawberries overnight like foam suggested. That gave about 1/3 cup more juice...
When you go through 100+ racks a day there is no time to wrap (or peel for that matter), plus they have the luxury of an Alto Shaam or similar humidity controlled holding cabinet.
That rack was an old Traeger front shelf, pre-folding shelf, that hung on the front of the grill. I had replaced it with the folding shelf, cut the mounting brackets off. mounted a couple pieces of angle iron inside the grill, done. The way I have it if you are not careful the shelf will slide...
The gasket is just a flat wood stove gasket. It is about 3/4 in wide and 1/4 in thick, it is more than is needed but I just got it at the local Ace hardware and that was what they had. Just glued it on with red (high temp) RTV, cleaned the gasket area real good with a degreaser (believe I used...