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  1. swamp puppy

    Help with AMNS for use in a MES30

    i will probably order more in the future,  but for now i am pretty happy with the way the MES works for hot smoking.  Besides, i have about 20lbs of wood chips i would want to use up before switching over to something else full time.  lol.
  2. swamp puppy

    Help with AMNS for use in a MES30

    Just ordered my 6x6 and a pound of mesquite dust.
  3. swamp puppy

    Help with AMNS for use in a MES30

    Thanks guys.  Looks like that is the way i am going to go.
  4. swamp puppy

    Help with AMNS for use in a MES30

    I have seen a lot of talk here about using the AMNS in the MES30 and I am sure that this is the way i want to go for smoking cheese etc. Question, where inside the unit is the AMNS placed? Do you just put it on a lower rack and let it "go" so to speak?   I am sure i am over complicating this...
  5. swamp puppy

    Newbie Makin' Bacon!

    a couple of pics in the cure..
  6. swamp puppy

    Newbie Makin' Bacon!

    yeah, i thought about the fact i would be cooking it later and not needing to "cook" it in the smoker.  lol.   thanks for the links guys.  both were helpful.
  7. swamp puppy

    The Bacon Tree

    one of my all time favorites...lol.
  8. swamp puppy

    Baby Back Ribs - Maiden Voyage Of The Newbie Smoker!

    i usually do the loins in the crock pot and make pulled pork out of them.  Not sure exactly what direction i am going to go yet with the smoker.
  9. swamp puppy

    Newbie Makin' Bacon!

    So, on another note,  what are some recommendations for temp/time when i do get around to smoking it?  i know i need to hit a minimum target of 150F internal, but what do folks suggest is the best way to get there?  I was thinking something along the lines of what i did for the batch of ribs...
  10. swamp puppy

    Newbie Makin' Bacon!

    hmmm...  well, friday and saturdays are really the only time i have to get anything in the smoker, so i was thinking that this weekend would be a good time.  I hadn't really considered leaving them in the cure for 2 weeks.   I will have to try that.  Maybe i will do this batch this weekend and...
  11. swamp puppy

    Baby Back Ribs - Maiden Voyage Of The Newbie Smoker!

    Well,  like i mentioned, i was time constrained.  I did get the smoker fired up until about 5:30pm and pushed it about as long as i could without starving me and the girlfriend to death.  lol.  Since this was pretty much a trial run for me i was happy that i got them in and out of the smoker...
  12. swamp puppy

    Newbie Makin' Bacon!

    Ok, so i have a successful first run under my belt smoking a couple of racks of ribs...so now i am an expert.  right?  lol ;)  For my next adventure I am in the process of making bacon. 4.8Lbs of very nice looking pork belly....  check. find a cure recipie i like..... check make said cure and...
  13. swamp puppy

    Baby Back Ribs - Maiden Voyage Of The Newbie Smoker!

    This was a pretty basic run and i was kind of time constrained, so i didn't go "all out" on them.  I used a basic Cajun/Pork rub that i bought as a pre-mix and added that about 2 hours ahead of time and let sit in the 'fridge.   Got the smoker fired up to 225F (based on a number of online...
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    Baby Back Ribs - Maiden Voyage Of The Newbie Smoker!

    Ok, not sure what ya'll are talking about with this Qview thingy...so hopefully the good old fashioned way of inserting pics with IMG tags and a URL work. First off,  Ribs came out pretty darn good.  A lot more moist than off the "Q" and definately got more of the mesquite flavor.  I tossed a...
  16. swamp puppy

    Baby Back Ribs - Maiden Voyage Of The Newbie Smoker!

    Just burned in the new MasterBuilt 30" and have a rack of ribs that had been destined for the ol' grill that are rubbed up and have a new destiny as the test product for my first adventure in smoking. Confidence is high since i have basically been doing this on the grill forever and a digital...
  17. swamp puppy

    No InstaCure bacon

    thanks.  the meat company i got this from is pretty well respected and i was referred there by a co-worker that runs a BBQ biz on the side.  great folks! i will be going back for sure.  Just waiting for the cure to arrive in the mail..which should be any day now.  I plan to have the bacon done...
  18. swamp puppy

    No InstaCure bacon

    well, i pretty much just tossed in the towel so to speak and ordered up some Cure #1. Picked up a really nice 5lb pork belly at a local meat shop today and i am just about ready to get it going!
  19. swamp puppy

    No InstaCure bacon

    So, being a pure newbie at this i obviously don't have much of a basis for argument, but my understanding from some of the bacon recipies/instructions that i have read up to this point mention that A) Nitrite based cures are not necessary for home based bacon making/use and B) Naturally (salt)...
  20. swamp puppy

    J.A.F.N. - Oregon/PNW

    Thanks again for the welcome guys!   Looking forward to it all!
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