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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...
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...
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.
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.
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
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...
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...
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,
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.