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I often use a basket, placing the hot coals on the top of a load of unburned charcoal. The lower coals light slowly and I can do long smokes without having to add fuel. However, I have never had to use the basket for ribs.
i have a friend who used a big commercial propane smoker for his smoked salmon business. He had to convert it to electric because the propane added so dan much moisture to the smoke. He would never recommend a propane smoker. I have sen real nice electrics made from small refrigerators (steel...
Offsets not so difficult once they get up to temp, but it does take more fuel to keep 'em there. I have found that wind is more problematic that cold. My little insulated M50 worked well in the wind in Idaho, but I haven't needed to use it here in Hillsboro.
I've asked a couple of Fred Meyer managers about TQ. They say they used to carry it but no more. They do carry the smoke flavor sugar cure, but I found that stuff to be horrible and threw it away!
Thank you for the informative post. We have struggled with our FoodSaver for years; fragile bags do not stand up to the rigors of freezer life. We will often see 50% failures within a few days, mostly in the seal. I will add that our FS is 20 years old but generally puts up about 100 bags per...
I'm doing my second smoke of bacon then. I put belies on various dry cures tonight, all as experiments:
Morton Smoke flavor sugar cure
1/2 salt--1/2 white sugar with white pepper
1/2 salt--1/2 brown sugar with cracked black pepper corns
1/2 salt--1/2 brown sugar with crushed juniper berries...
I am surprised at not finding a single source after a week of looking/calling/internet searching. I finally ordered some from Morton, but the shipping is more that two bags of TQ! I get around Portland a lot; anybody here have a source? Thanks. UK
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