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  1. mkriet

    Smoked Cheese with New AMNPS

    I made some cheese earlier this fall and found that pepper jack was my favorite. This time around I made mostly pepper jack, and a couple blocks of cheddar, muenster, and Colby jack. I also bought a ghost pepper jack to try something different. I smoked using alder pellets in my new AMNPS...
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  4. mkriet

    Issue with Snack Stick Casings

    I got it, I got it!!!! I figured it out!!! Thanks to Boykjo's recent post I figured it out. He mentioned he leaves his sticks in a paper sack in the fridge for a week before packaging. I only left mine in for like a day before packaging. I pulled a pack of sticks out of the freezer...
  5. mkriet

    OK GUYS & GALS! WHAT DID YOU GET FOR CHRISTMAS?

    I have summer sausage, snack sticks, and smoked cheese in my future this weekend
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    Good buy and what mods?

    Looks like a good buy to me.  I don't have an offset so I can't say what it would need as far as mods.  A buddy of mine has a Brinkman like that and it is a nice heavy unit. 
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    OK GUYS & GALS! WHAT DID YOU GET FOR CHRISTMAS?

    My Christmas was full of smoking accessories. I got a thermapen, heat resistant gloves, an AMNPS tray, some summer sausage casings, wood chips, a ginormous meat cleaver, and a pretty cool bbq t shirt that my sister in law custom made for me.
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  11. mkriet

    Not as Spicy After Smoking

    You could try adding some hot sauce too. That may help rather than just spices
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    Not as Spicy After Smoking

    When you did your patty test, did you let the meat cool to room temp before tasting?
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    So here is the question

    I would say yes. I learned how to smoke on nothing but a Brinkman and a temp probe for the meat and smoker. No adjustments on a Brinkman other than more or less charcoal
  14. mkriet

    Coating the inside of a new smoker?

    You might be better off to go with the propane suggestion above, or try putting dampers in the bottom, and one in the top to control air flow. I used to have one of those until it went up in flames (literally, long story). I upgraded to a wsm and love it. If you can put dampers on that...
  15. mkriet

    Sausage meat grinder

    I have a LEM #8 575 watt, and it works well.  I have used to grind up deer meat (60-80 lbs at a time), and also to make sausage in batches up to around 30 lb batches.  This thing will take anything I put it through.   I believe the post above regarding the LEM #8 is probably the #8 big bite...
  16. mkriet

    sticks

    One other question on this.  After you dry them in the paper bag for a week, how do you store these?  Vac seal and freeze?  If so, when you take them out to eat them, do you leave them in a plastic bag, or do you put them back in a paper bag?  Thanks, 
  17. mkriet

    sticks

    Thanks, I was hoping you would say that. I'm going to try this and see if it solves my problem. I'll be making some sticks this weekend I believe
  18. mkriet

    "Fire Fish" - AKA spiced and smoked goldfish

    These sound great. Might have to try some of these.
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    sticks

    Do you always let your sticks sit in the fridge for a week in a paper bag? I've heard of people letting them in the fridge for a day or two, but not a week.
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