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  1. tallbm

    Thanks for all the help on the maiden voyage brisket!

    That is great info! It sounds like you did things well. The flat is always the problem child and the point is the amazing piece. With a brisket dry and tough = undercooked, dry and fall apart = over cooked, dry and inedible = burnt lol. Pan vs foil wrap is a preference but both should do the...
  2. tallbm

    Disco isn't dead. Smoked Coppa

    Good to see you back Disco! Keep on cookin man, it looks great :D
  3. tallbm

    My modified MES 30

    Hi there and welcome! Good work on the smoker, it's looking great! Are you wanting to permanently mount the PID or just be able to ensure it sits well on/against the smoker? I ask because most of us have PID controllers we can easily remove from the unit. My current PID sits on top of my...
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    Older Scope mount help!

    Quick tangent on rings. @forktender I've run across this DiscoveryOpt brand of rings and was blown away with them for quality and then blown away again with their price: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMC8J2NN?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1 Haven't had to lap rings with these...
  5. tallbm

    Thanks for all the help on the maiden voyage brisket!

    Hey not a bad 1st run, especially for a brisket with no exterior fat! So tell us, what did you end up doing with the cook itself? Like did you wrap it, what smoker temp did you cook it at, what internal meat temp did you take it to??? I ask because others may end up in your situation and...
  6. tallbm

    Older Scope mount help!

    I hope you get to feeling like yourself soon! As for the scope mounts. What types of screw heads are they? My guess is flathead. I think that guys have good info about trying to tight a little and then loosen. After that heating it up and trying is your best bet. If none of that works then...
  7. tallbm

    Honest rating 1-10 on my brisket trim.

    Hi there and welcome! I'm with Smokin on this. That seems to be a lot of trim, if you were making a pastrami out of it then it looks like a great trim to have very little pastrami fat. Since you are making a smoked BBQ brisket, that is a lot of fat trimmed. My trim job takes about 3-4 min and...
  8. tallbm

    How to handle natural casings

    I prefer the tubed but my bias is due to speeding up time when doing like 150 pounds of sausage. For me the tubes are faster. When it comes to lamb castings I really prefer them because those casings are a pain to some extent no matter what. So much so that I swore them off even though I LOVE...
  9. tallbm

    How to handle natural casings

    I store on the tubes with no issue.
  10. tallbm

    Elk bologna & fermented venison bologna

    It's looking good from here! Like has been mentioned, I'm getting excited for hunting season and halloween weekend hope to make some things happen. I think I'm only going for deer this year and maybe 1 good 200-225lbs hog if I see one. I like the hogs at 180lbs or smaller BUT if I'm only...
  11. tallbm

    Question about Bacon cure recipe?

    Hi there and welcome! Your salt is higher than 2% if your goal is 2% salt. Why is this? It is because Prague Powder#1 (Cure#1) contains salt along with the nitrite since it is only 6.25% nitrite and 93.75% plain salt. Like @mneeley490 I also use the digging dog calculator and convert things...
  12. tallbm

    Anyone Using an Autobag Machine at work or personally for anything?

    I hear ya. Handloading doesn't really save any money but it does allow someone to shoot pretty much whenever they want, provided the weather is cooperating. Bulk buying components means a good volume to be had. Plus there is the bonus of avoiding the local gun store. 99% of the time the...
  13. tallbm

    Grinding spices

    What I like most about the magic bullet and grinding peppers (or grinding anything) is that once done grinding you can pull the canister and set it upside down and let it sit for 10 min so all the dust settles in side. Then it's easy to open and pour out. With chili powder, you don't want to...
  14. tallbm

    Enabler Post - Vitamix deal

    Best sauce making purchase I ever bought was the Vitamix E320. No more straining skins, it just obliterates seeds and skins. 2 weeks ago I threw in 2 pounds of roasted (scraped them 1st) hatch chilies with seeds still in them, onion, cilantro, and fresh squeezed lime juice. Started the blender...
  15. tallbm

    Grinding spices

    Hi there and welcome! I use my Magic Bullet with the grinder blade. It does a good job for me. No complaints at all :D
  16. tallbm

    Anyone Using an Autobag Machine at work or personally for anything?

    Yeah it would be nice to package up rounds like that. That sucks about the theft but yeah at least they didn't get the guns. If it weren't so hot I'd be at the range I have a good bit of work I want to do with a number of handloads. For example, Shilen is in my backyard and I was able to get...
  17. tallbm

    Anyone Using an Autobag Machine at work or personally for anything?

    Oh yeah they cost a little bit lol. The ones from the US are like a minimum $15k at the moment but things fluctuate like crazy right now depending on if they are made in the US or not and/or tons of parts not coming from the US. Like most stuff I see these machines are made in China and are...
  18. tallbm

    Anyone Using an Autobag Machine at work or personally for anything?

    Well I don't know of anyone using one of these for work or any other reasons so I figured I would turn to our trusty community here since I can heavily rely on the input/feedback versus other sources lol. In short an Autobag machine uses a spool of pre-opened bags that it will feed, blow open...
  19. tallbm

    Marketplace Insurance changes for 2026

    Fingers crossed brother! It doesn't hurt to get prepped and know what providers they will actually accept that way when the time comes you can narrow down your search to those providres. I would still then eyeball a plan and get the doctors offices to actually look exactly at the plan you are...
  20. tallbm

    Marketplace Insurance changes for 2026

    That sucks. In my state no doctors really want to accept anything but Blue Cross Blue Shield and I don't get any discounts from the marketplace so I just go with Blue Cross Blue Shield personal-individual plans (plans not offered through employers). I work for myself and have done the song and...
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