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I would brine the bird in a brine like this1 gallon hot water1 pound kosher salt2 quarts vegetable broth1 pound honey2 cups brown sugar1 (7-pound) bag of iceHeat this up until it all mixes together and then put the ice in to cool it down. I put mine in a big cooler and freeze 2 liter soda...
Jim get the traeger unit. I have friends here that tried to save a few bucks and bought the aftermarket thermostat, didn't work so well for them the ones with the traeger units seemed happy with them. I use the country smoker pellet feeders and they have a variable pellet speed stock but I...
Here is my home built (I put the pieces together there) pellet fired smoker.
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To give some size context it is 7 1/2 feet wide 6 feet tall and almost 3 feet deep it is powered by a country smoker brand pellet feeder with variable rate control and it has 4 analog thermometers...
I did some last week without foil and they came out great. I sprayed with apple juice every hour and smoked with hickory pellets at 225-230 all night (was a long one) My son's class already ordered more for next year.
Depending on the price of the electric motor you might consider upgrading to the cabelas grinder. I have the one hp model and a foot switch for stuffing sausage and it works great. The foot switch even helps when filling ground meat bags directly from the grinder. Your smokehouse is awesome...
I don't know if our chickens are truly free range, they just run around the yard but I do know that the eggs are better tasting than the store bought ones. I raise buffalo that I buy when they are calves and feed them beet pulp and sweet feed mix with good hay and have some of the best buffalo...
What pink said.. the last hour with the foil open firms up the meat and keeps the meat from falling off of the bones. At least it does for me. Keep at it the results are way worth it when it comes out right.
I would do the ribs beforehand and reheat I have used cheapo tinfoil broiler pans with the racks in them and cut the ribs up after smoking and store them in the pans then the day of the party put some apple juice or good beer (1/2 bottle) in the bottom cover with foil tightly and reheat in the...
Welcome to the forum. I'm new here to but you can learn a lot here. Take the course like they said but the key is temp control and low and slow welcome aboard
I don't do custom processing but will help friends do stuff I hope to ahve the whole thing up and running by deer season. I have a taxidermist buddy who gets guys that just want the trophies to give me the meat, had to turn some down last year because it was too hot, hoping not to have to do...
I had propane in my old fridge before I got the pellet feeder. Never could keep the temps right always got to hot. I added a heating element from an indoor grill (electric) It worked better than the propane burner and kept the temp better too I was going to put a thermostat on it but never...
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