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I ventured out into the Valley of Death today and while out I looked at eye of round to make dried beef. Priced at $6.99/lb. Uhhh, no thanks. The dried beef can wait till things get a little more normal.
Don't have a WSM, but... On my Masterbuilt electric I filled the water pan with sand and covered it with a couple layers of heavy duty foil. I have a shallow disposable foil pan on top of that to catch drippings and it does not break my heart to toss it out when it gets too ugly. Can't recall if...
I highly recommend you get Jeff's Five Day Smoking Course. (Jeff owns this forum.) It is a great starting place. https://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-basics-ecourse
And welcome to this fun activity.
A hard drive crash a few months ago destroyed my recipe file, including my Summer Sausage/Beef Stick recipe.
I am getting ready to make a batch using Sausage Maker's beef summer sausage mix with some added spices. The meat will be 75/25 store bought ground beef. This will NOT be a fermented dry...
Here's mine. Upper vent holes are 5/8" dia. The lower holes are (4 of them) are also 5/8. I swiped the vent control off the top of the smoker since it always runs wide open anyway. In the other pic you can see the legs (bolts) I added to the pellet tray.
Do a search on "mailbox mod" and about a million posts will come up. Here's one to get you started.
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/how-to-build-a-mailbox-mod-for-an-mes-smoker-pic-heavy.295329/
For the pellet tray go here: www.amazenproducts.com
Two local grocers are advertising pork buts for $.99/lb. I am planning an excursion out into the plague filled world tomorrow to see if they actually have any.
Just read that pork producers in Iowa are euthanizing more that a million hogs because they have nowhere to sell them. Economics is...