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  1. smoketrailsteve

    Smoked BBQ Whole Chicken

    Hey everyone, I smoked a whole chicken this week with a new rub I just threw together (basically citric acid powder, salt, paprika and chili powder). It turned out really good. Smoked until it reached internal temperature of 165, slathered it with BBQ sauce and then grilled it to crisp up the...
  2. smoketrailsteve

    South African Style Boerewors Sausage

    Its a pretty unique flavour due to all the cereal and coriander in it. Its also a really course grind so really unique texture and flavour. However, I'm sure there's other comparable sausages out there that I have not heard of.
  3. smoketrailsteve

    Cheese-Stuffed Smoked Burgers in the Masterbuil Electric Smoker - Finished on the Grill

    Hello Gentlemen (and Ladies), This Sunday I tried my hand at making some stuffed & smoked burgers. I figure its like a cheeseburger but with the cheese on the inside. How hard could it be? Here's the method I used: 1. Mix ground beef with hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, chili...
  4. smoketrailsteve

    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    ​Thanks Dave! Much appreciated
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    New to smoking

    ​Also, one thing I didn't mention. I would stay away from using apple chips for smoking game meat. The flavour profile of apple chips is better for pork. Also, apple chips can impart a really strong and bitter flavour if you over smoke by just a little. Hickory works well with game. Just my 2...
  6. smoketrailsteve

    New to smoking

    Welcome! I grew up in BC but live in Alberta now. Love the hunting scene in BC.  I got into BBQ/Smoking/Sausage making for exactly the same reason - to deal with whatever animal I harvested that year.  My advice would be to brine/marinade the backstrap for a few hours. Try a brine mixture of 1...
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    New to the group

    Welcome!
  8. smoketrailsteve

    Another Labor Day butt

    Looks good man!
  9. smoketrailsteve

    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Has anyone tried to make a tube or maze type pellet smoker from scratch? I'm thinking maybe some expanded sheet metal bent into tube shape with some kind of cap on either end would work. 
  10. smoketrailsteve

    South African Style Boerewors Sausage

    ​Thanks my friend!
  11. smoketrailsteve

    South African Style Boerewors Sausage

    In this video I make South-African style Boerewors sausage. My buddy just came back from a hunting trip in South Africa and picked up a bag of Boerewors spice mix for me, so I thought I would try it out! Let me know what you think!
  12. smoketrailsteve

    Salt Brining Tips

    Glad to see another Monty Python fan around here! (I'm sure there's more). Thanks for the tips and the link. I think it would be interesting to test the specific gravity/salinity of kosher vs Krystal vs table vs sea salt. Maybe a future video where I get more scientific.
  13. smoketrailsteve

    Salt Brining Tips

    Thanks Bearcarver. To be honest I have not tried the floating egg trick but I think I will give it a shot to see what it's all about. I used to brew my own beer and I used a specific gravity hydrometer that floated in the water. I recon that could give you a better read of salinity than an egg...
  14. smoketrailsteve

    Salt Brining Tips

    Hey guys I decided to try something different after my last successful brine experiment with beef eye of Round so I made a humorous (hopefully) video with some general brining tips. Check out the link below and let me know what you think.
  15. smoketrailsteve

    Smoked Eye of Round Roast

    Interesting idea! Did you grind it or just chop it up for the shepherds pie?
  16. smoketrailsteve

    Smoked Eye of Round Roast

    Eye of Round Roast trimmed and then brined for 5 hours. Rubbed with a Memphis style rub and smoked in my MES for 3 hours at 275 until 130 degrees f. I cut up some juicy slabs for dinner and shaved the rest for making beef au jus later this week.
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    Smoked Eye of Round Roast

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    Smoked Eye of Round Roast

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    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    ​Yes, I used the same aluminum tape on my mailbox mod. No fiery infernos yet.
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