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  1. bryceb

    Snack Sticks and Summer Sausage

    While shopping for some Christmas presents at Cabelas the other day, I saw thier snack sticks for sale at the checkout. It made me want some, but not for what they were charging. I had some LEM snack stick season mix at the house, but we found we like the Summer Sausage blend for snack sticks...
  2. bryceb

    Bacon Cheeseburger Fatty on the Webber-Q

    We're out camping for the week and we didn't bring the smoker, so, we're making do on the Webber-Q Ground beef stuffed with bacon bits, onion and left over cheese ball (swiss, cheddar, cream cheese and bacon bits) and some generic spice blend all wrapped up in thick cut bacon and glazed with...
  3. bryceb

    This weekend's smoke... Swiss Cheese Summer Sausage

    Tanya and I mixeed up a pound of ground pork and 4lbs of ground beef with LEMs summer sausage kit and LEMs 1/2pound Hi-temp Swiss. We ended up with 6 chubs of SS. Stuffed into 1-1/2 casings Into the fridge over night to cure In the morning, into the smoker with Hickory and Oak Whiskey...
  4. bryceb

    Beef Summer Sausage Success

    Last year I had a failed attempt at Summer Sausage. My daughter asked why I had blistered feet hanging to dry!!! We mixed up a 4lbs batch of LEMs Summer Sausage kit and 80/20 ground. Sorry... no mix pics or Q-view smoking time shots. We stuffed a pound of 21 mm snack sticks and three 1lb...
  5. bryceb

    Snack Stick - Going back to Basics

    My last few snack stick batches have not turned out as well as hoped. I had a bad fat out on one and the few just not the flavor I was looking for. I'm still a novice at sticks and have had great success and some really tragic events. So, this time, I'm going for just a straight premixed kit...
  6. bryceb

    Beef Snack Sticks

    It's been a while, but Mom camp me into town and wanted some Snack Sticks. I had a Hi-Mountain Cracked Pepper and Garlic kit we had not tried yet. We mixed up the spices and cure in the kit with 5lbs 80/20 along with some Kraft Krumbles and Jalapeños I forgot to get pictures yesterday...
  7. bryceb

    Smoking a Butt for my family in Wisconsin

    My uncle passed away a few weeks ago and the family is having a get together in his honor... drink some beer, eat some food and tell stories... pretty similar to what we did when Uncle Ray was around. Since I took up the meat smoking hobby a few months ago, I decided to make pulled pork, summer...
  8. bryceb

    MES30 on clearance at HD

    In case anyone is looking for a MES30, Home Depot has then on clearance for $129.99... at least at the Shilo Rd location in Kennesaw GA. Was just there picking up some stuff and saw them. The outside of the box looks like a gen 1 with window.
  9. bryceb

    This weekend is Summer Sausage and Pepperoni Snack Sticks

    Giving the LEM Summer Sausage kit a whirl... I'm still a bit nervous to try my own spice mixing yet, do I'll stick to kits. 3 plain and 3 with cheese. 80/20 beef/pork. Stuffed tonight in 1.5x12" casings...about a pound each. maybe smoked tomorrow if there is room with the stick or Sunday if...
  10. bryceb

    First time Brisket

    So today I'm going to try a brisket. We got a 3lbs brisket. So far, I've injected it with beef broth and rubbed it with paprika, brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, salt and pepper. This sat overnight. The plan today is to smoke with Jack Daniel's Oak barrel chips on the...
  11. bryceb

    Jalapeno and Cheese Snack Sticks this weekend

    Another go at it... the last ones were so good that they are gone in a week We just mixed and stuffed 2.5lbs of Hi Mountain Original Snackin' Sticks with cheese and another 2.5 with cheese and jalapeños.  We're going to try Kraft Crumbles before we try high temp cheese.  I read some postes...
  12. bryceb

    Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts

    Tonight us my first shot at Chicken in our MES30. I put a little salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and garlic on boneless/skinless breasts, then wrapped with some bacon I wanted to use up. I put it in the smoker at 225... let's see what happens.
  13. bryceb

    2nd try at snack sticks

    So, I got hooked on snack sticks on a trip to Michigan this year. This has truned into me getting the Kitchenaid grinder stuffer... That has turned into getting a LEM 606SS because the KA sucks as a stuffer, but is fine for grinding. It also ended up being a purchase of a Lowe's Masterforge...
  14. bryceb

    Hi from NW Atlanta GA

    Hi there... My name's Bryce and I'm from Acworth, GA, which is NW of Atlanta. New to smoking meats and sausage making. On a trip to Michigan this summer, I got hooked on Snack Sticks and wanted to start making my own since we really don't have them down here other than the mass produced big...
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