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DaveOmak,
I worked on the smoker yesterday. I installed two temp guages and also found a cover for the smoke chip tray.
I also moved the hams to the back of the smoker to get them out of the direct line of smoke.
Smoke chip tray cover I made.
New temp guages.
I have a meat curing chamber I've been using for a short time. I'm wondering if my fan is to big and if I need to install a smaller fan. This one can be seen in the back of the hams, it's a 6" fan. (update: with fan photo)
I have it on an automatic timer for 5 minutes on 5 minutes off 24 x 7...
Thanks for the tips!
I'll try finding a lid today. At this time I've been having them in the smoker for 4 to 6 hours at a time then I take them out and put them into the curing chamber to cool a little. Then the next day do it again.
My first time and just getting to know the smoker, I'll cut...
DSL1, my mistake in writing.. I checked the recipe and the cure I have and I used Cure #2
https://gallatin.ca.uky.edu/files/how_to_make_a_country_ham.pdf
Got me worried for a bit that I used the wrong cure.
(Will edit above posts)
I'm looking for the recipe. Also I need to look at the cure I used, it might have been cure #2 . I started them in Mid December and since then I've started many other things. I might have got confused when I wrote.
Thanks for the responses! :-)
dirtsailor2003 I have two sides of bacon been curing for 4 days now but still have another 3 days to go. Then I'll have them in the smoker along with the hams. Now that the smoker is done being built (last week or so) I'm getting geared up for a lot of smoking. I...
I used salt, cure #2 & pepper. 1.5 days per pound of meat. The larger hams I let go for another 3 days. I'm cold smoking them keeping it under 100 degrees. I know my Great Uncle in Kentucky used to just let them hang in the smoke house forever.
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