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  1. plj

    Caribou

    Caribou is excellent, you're in for a treat. My wife ranks it #1, elk #2. (I put elk #1, caribou #2, moose #3, whitetail #4, dont care for mulie... but when my wife says "we need some caribou meat", I dont argue!) Anyway, yes, I agree with rbranstner - cook/smoke it the same as any other...
  2. plj

    "Burnie"now has a toupee

    I almost didnt post this, because your toupee (LOL!) looks great, I hate to say anything negative. And I'm not an engineer so if I'm off base please accept my apologies, but... It looks like it's sloped from front to back, wont the wind lift it up a little bit while youre driving? The trailer +...
  3. plj

    Yikes What Did I do Wrong ?

    I'd also check to see if the temp control on your MES is accurate, you may have been hotter than you wanted.
    • plj
    • Post #5
    • Forum: Pork
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    Why Grind (2) Times?

    meathunter pretty much sums it up - grind once if you want smaller pieces of meat, grind twice if you want a paste/emulsion. I grind twice for hot dogs, nothing else.
  5. plj

    just purchased grinder

    congrats - I consider the grinder to be the 2nd most important cooking tool after a knife. OK, third... a smoker. :)
  6. plj

    How many grinds?

    For "ground meat", I grind once, large plate. No additives (ie no fat, no pork, nothing at all.) I use this for meat loaf, chili, inside-out hamburgers - anything you'd use ground beef for. For sausage, kielbasa, etc, I grind once, medium plate. I add either 33% or 50% pork depending on what...
  7. plj

    Barrels for uds smokers and stuff

    "stay up late, repeat" Thanks for offering. If I lived closer I'd be interested, you guys have given me the uds bug.
  8. plj

    Vegetarian's Nightmare

    I thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks
  9. plj

    Cleaning MES

    Smoke residue puts hair on your chest, leave it there. Other than that, I treat it the same as any other oven I cook in - clean up the drippings, spilled rub, etc.
  10. plj

    My mods for unattended smoking

    I think we can answer that for you... I like what you did, nice job. I put together a pid for my electric - didnt think about a set+forget feature, I was thrilled just to have accurate temp control. Not sure if I would really use set+forget, I think I kinda like the smoking process almost as...
  11. plj

    Smoking in below freezing temps

    I tried a welding blanket on my propane ECB. It burned.
    • plj
    • Post #20
    • Forum: Pork
  12. plj

    GO DUCKS, Need a Yellow and Green Side dish for a Bowl Party

    ABTs with yellow food coloring added to the cream cheese. Skip the bacon & it'll be just green & yellow.
  13. plj

    Juniper berries in my dry rub?

    I get them at a local shop here, they cost about a buck for a small jar (maybe a dozen tbls). Like FIU says, they probably have about 10-20% moisture. Drier than a raisin, but not like a peppercorn. Anyway I just grind them up in the coffee grinder. Why are you concerned that they're not...
    • plj
    • Post #3
    • Forum: Beef
  14. plj

    Grind/Mix or Mix/Grind?

    I grind first, then mix. If I'm going to grind twice, then its grind,mix,grind. Also, I almost always stir the spices into water before mixing into the meat, I think I get a better distribution of spices that way.
  15. plj

    New to electric smoking and have several questions

    Put 5 smokers in a room, you'll get 10 opinions... so here's mine. I throw some charcoal in (4 to 8 lumps/briquettes) because it helps stabilize the temp quicker when I'm opening to door a lot to spritz/mop & deal with multiple food items at once. It also reduces the cycling of the electric...
  16. plj

    Test Your BBQ Knowledge

    all 10 correct, no guesses, but the credit for that goes to you guys.
  17. plj

    anybody using a PID controller?

    I use one, I'm very glad I spent the time/$ to do it. Lots of instructions around on how to do it if you search, I looked at all the instructions out there & basically followed them with a few minor tweaks - namely I set it up as a stand-alone temp controller so the kids can also use it to...
  18. plj

    Moose breakfast sausage

    ouch - I can usually find butts for $1.50/lb, I almost always throw one on when the smoker's gonna be lit, I figure why not. Briskets are what kill me, $7-8/lb.
  19. plj

    How to not clean your MES grates

    I almost did the same thing a couple days ago, but my wife stopped me. Apparently if men would read the directions (for the self cleaning oven), we would know that the self cleaning cycle will ruin the grates/racks. And now I feel bad that I didnt think to put out a warning, maybe I could have...
  20. plj

    Moose breakfast sausage

    Hey chola, thats almost the same recipe I use - most excellent sausage, I agree! Biggest difference is that I generally grind up pork butt instead of bacon and mix it 50:50. Caution: sage gets bitter when you freeze it, I recommend you cut the sage by half if you make enough to freeze...
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