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  2. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

    And we all know what happened to them after that. I'm home, the housekeeprs have already been and gone the wife is headed out to the grocery store and the kids and grandkids are on the way over.  It's friday again. Time to take some pictures and get to work.
  3. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

    I am enjoying some from batch one here at work while Ialternate doing work stuff and reading posts here.  This is a toughlife I live but somebody has to do it. Finishing them off in the oven would be a good way to keep the temp monitored and controled also easier to check IT's. I have high...
  4. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

    I will take some pics this afternoon of the second batch so you can all see how they came out.  I thought the time was running long like you say BC but I was maybe overly concerned about the temps and the long smoking time just happened.  I think this afternoon I will take batch number two and...
  5. franklin3

    anyone used citric acid in beef snack sticks???

    Nepa I just checked out your albums of some of your tools.  Very nice. I have been looking at the dakota stuffer since before the fiasco with the KA. I held off cuz this was my first time and I thought heck it could only take two or three hours......DUH! I'm cashing in the gift cards my kids...
  6. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

    To my taste they were to dry.  I like the flavor and all that's required to overcome the dryness is to drink more cold beer! Still...................I wanted more! I called my local butcher who does my cutting and wrapping for all the meaty things I kill that I need professionally processed. ...
  7. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

    This is my smoker. Gas fired Masterbuilt.  In a rainstorm! A coworker has a relative that works in a winery and he had given me a bag of shavings made from old wine barrels.  Real clean large grain sawdust from red wine soaked barrels.  The stuff has the most wonderful aroma so thats what I...
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  10. franklin3

    Newbie on my first beefstick run

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  12. franklin3

    anyone used citric acid in beef snack sticks???

    I  am in the process of finishing off 25lbs of beef sticks.  I did add te ECA (3oz.) after all grinding and seasoning was done.  My wife and I spent eight full hours stuffing the 19mm cologen casings on our kitchenaid stuffer.  That turned into a tale all it's own one I don't ever plan to repeat...
  13. franklin3

    Newbie from the Bay Area

    Thanks everyone. We had a great dinner yesterday with Briskit, St. Louis ribs, salad and cornbread.  Someone from work gave me a 20lb. bag of wood shavings made from some retired red wine kegs.  Gave the meat a real rosey colored smoke ring and everyone seemed to like it well enough but I'm...
  14. franklin3

    Newbie from the Bay Area

    Hi:  I was just wandering around the internet as I am often searching out information, recipes, tool, and tricks of the trade to improve my BBQ skills.  I have been smoking meats on my gas grill for some time with reasonable success and roasting whole pigs in my smoker equipped modified Caja...
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