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  1. navionjim

    yesterdays bacon smoke

    Damn! I've made my share of bacon and that has to be the leanest belly I've ever seen! Good Job and points to you! Jimbo
  2. navionjim

    Weston Meat Slicer Reviews

    If you get what you pay for the 12" Weston meat slicer should be pretty damn good! Last time I looked they were still $440 plus shipping. Yeah I'd like a Hobart myself but I can't even justify the $440 for a Weston when I have a block full of cryo hardened Hinkle knives already. And truth be...
  3. navionjim

    KitchenAide Attachments

    I've used a Kitchen Aid for years, it's the biggest one they make, heavy duty unit. The grinder attachment works OK and it's all I have. Mostly I make 5 pound batches and it has never overheated the motor. I have lately noticed a small crack in the plastic housing where it couples to the mixer...
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    Smoked Peanuts

    I've thought about doing my own but you need raw peanuts and I can't seem to find them anywhere. Not Necessarily So!... I love boiled peanuts too. But they are seasonal here, the raw or "green peanuts" that is, but someplaces have them year round so I set out to find out how that could be. I...
  5. navionjim

    Rolling a Fatty

    I do pretty much the same thing Geek does only I use waxed paper. I just roll the sausage out between two sheets, peel off the top one and use the bottom to help with the rolling (after the filling that is). I lattice bacon strips on the first sheet removed and continue the rolling to make the...
  6. navionjim

    Add this little guy to your prayers...

    You got it AJ, on my prayer list. Jimbo
  7. navionjim

    Hanging Bacon

    I think I figured out something even better Rich! At lunch I went to Lowe's to get some hardware for this project and found a chrome metal wire shoe rack on the clearance table. 40" long and $3. It's made of 1/8" wire spot-welded wherever the wires cross. Just like metal kitchen rack material...
  8. navionjim

    Hanging Bacon

    Thanks Rich and Cowgirl, I did think of that one, and I have plenty of stainless steel .41 aircraft safety wire, but honestly that's almost as big a pain as the twine would be. I want something to make it easy to move the slabs from my drying area to the smoker and back. My vertical smoker will...
  9. navionjim

    Howdy from South Texas

    Howdy Jet Deck! NavionJim here in Kingwood Texas just North of Houston. Welcome to the forum. Judging from your user name might you be a fellow aviator by chance? I did see your other post too, if you have rotating shelves you must have a pretty decent pit! Wish I could suggest something for...
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    Hanging Bacon

    This is a question for all the rest of you bacon makers. What is your preferred way to hang bacon for smoking? When I'm making "Butt Bacon", AKA "Buckboard Bacon" I've usually just set it on the racks. For "Belly Bacon" I've done the same when it was in small chunks, or hung it using a big...
  11. navionjim

    cured,smoked...HAM

    Sure its a nice ham, but man what I would give for your slicer! Jimbo
  12. navionjim

    With grain Vs. across

    Ya know Rich, as I've gotten older I'm more of a cross grain guy. I got to where pulling my teeth out wasn't fun anymore. Jimbo
  13. navionjim

    Cha Cha Recipe

    Its called Chow-Chow here in Houston too, several commercial ones on the market, the best ones have a bit of pickled watermelon rind in them, it adds a really unique flavor. Jimbo
  14. navionjim

    grinding black peppercorns

    Peugeot, the same French manufacturer that makes the cars and bicycles also makes the worlds best pepper mills. A Goggle search or Ebay will find many suppliers.
  15. navionjim

    Hello from League City, Texas

    Howdy Tom, Jimbo in Kingwood Texas here!
  16. navionjim

    Dry Box Cured Bacon With Q View!

    Hay Y'all! Just a quick update on the bacon thing I've got going at home. I had to go to Florida last week because of some family business that needed taking care of and I got back just in time for the Super bowl thank god! My team didn't win this year but it was still a great game, the best...
  17. navionjim

    Dry Box Cured Bacon With Q View!

    Right you are Steve and this is Texas after all.. But If I were to do anything with the skin it would be to make chicaronies just like they do at the Carneacia. Cracklins would be the Souther edition of that and you need to check out this guys site for how to do it. While your there have a look...
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    Dry Box Cured Bacon With Q View!

  19. navionjim

    Dry Box Cured Bacon With Q View!

    I went by my local Carneacia on Saturday and asked in my broken Spanish if they had any pork bellies. They use them to make cicerones or “pork rinds†to you Yankees and “cracklins†to you Southern boys. If youâ€8482ve never had hot fresh Mexican fried pork fat with hot sauce, youâ€8482re...
  20. navionjim

    Free Smoker!

    Ah Man AJ, I couldn't do something like that, trash a man's house from my keyboard. He'd never give me any points after that! I take it you have tried that one eh. But have you tried a half tsp of baking soda in a 1/4 bottle of Mt. Dew with a splash of H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide)? Make your own...
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