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  1. johno

    yep started on smoker construction

    smokincowboy , a hot water system is exactly what i am using , they must be old ,because now they are made of copper , i got 2 large ones and one small one for 10 bucks for the lot , i called it pipe because when i cut the ends off thats what is was , i was going to use the ends for my smoker...
  2. johno

    yep started on smoker construction

    i have finally started construction on smoker prototype number one , i say number one because i want to build a more heavy duty one later when i source the materials , but the pipe for this one i picked up for 10 bucks and when i saw it i thought that is just asking to be made into a smoker ...
  3. johno

    chook

    G.day peoples , did a chook today , ( or chicken to you guys but chook to any aussies in here ) had the temp up a tad to high on the old weber and it only took 2 and a 1/2 hours to get the birdie up to 188 internal , seasoned it as per the recipe in this section of the forum complete with the sc...
  4. johno

    How many also Homebrew

    i used to make a lot of fruit wines , have'nt done any for a few years though , thye are fun to make but do take a lot longer than beer , i have done beer too , wine making is more fun than beer , my wines caused quite a few hangovers in our kittke town over the years , even the local sergant of...
  5. johno

    aussie ribs

    3.2.1. and they are out, could of done with more smoke , also could of done with another half hour cook , my temps dropped to much for the last hour of the cook,also the honey mustard glaze took to much kick away from the rub because of its sweetness. i like the magic dust rub recipe that i am...
  6. johno

    Enterprise vertical stuffer

    anyone with a wood lathe should be able to make that for you , i would do it but i am a bit far away.
  7. johno

    aussie ribs

    yeah probably could deep fry them but it would wreck the oil , i thought i would wait untill the wife is baking some thing in the gas oven in the kitchen and maybe lay one of the skins on a spare shelf in there scored and rubbed with some salt make some crackling.(well thats what its called here )
  8. johno

    aussie ribs

    yep that is a lot of skin and i have 4 of those great slabs of skin in the freezer now have to find an idea for em , i just made up a glaze for the ribs, i have never done a glaze befor , found a recipe honey mustard cider vin , some of the rub and some jack d , now i dont have jack d and...
  9. johno

    aussie ribs

    hey linescum dont suppose you could send me a few dozen, actualy i dont think aussie customs would let them in anyway .
  10. johno

    aussie ribs

    cajun yeah that is skin and with the nipples , thats the only way i can get any thing of a good size , the upper part of the ribs in australia all go pork chops , so to ask for that section of the ribs would cost far to much , what part of the pig do you guys get when you ask for spare ribs is...
  11. johno

    aussie ribs

    just getting some ribs ready to cook later today and i thought i would put up a few pics to show you guys the sort of thing i get here , you will notice there is not much rib bone at all but a lot of other stuff there all edible , this rack was 4.460 kilos ( 9.8 pound ) befor i skinned it and...
  12. johno

    My Meatloaf Recipe

    thanks very much gunslinger for the recipe , i will be giving it a try in the near future
  13. johno

    first meat loaf so so

    ok i will give meatloaf another try , more spice more onion ( love onion ) more egg less breadcrubs , lower and slower cook . try it next week after i have been to the city for supplies
  14. johno

    first meat loaf so so

    abigail , just thought i would let would let you know i didnt put ketchup on the meat loaf only in it when i mixed it ( with my hands )i made up some spiced apple sauce to put on the loaf . your recipe has a lot more egg in it than the recipe i used , it only had one egg and it was 4 pounds of...
  15. johno

    first meat loaf so so

    hey bigal , i totaly agree with you on the ketchup thing , i remember when my two boys were just kids and i would spend hours cooking some exotic dish with all the flavours and spice and stuff that adds the flavour , or even just a nice pepper steak or nice piece of fish and the kids would cover...
  16. johno

    first meat loaf so so

    thanks for the replys you guys , yes i think maybe it was a bit over done , which would of dried it out some , but i did have some ketchup in it , i rekon it needed more fat more spice less breadcrumbs and less heat ,ahh well we learn by our mistakes ( hopefully )
  17. johno

    first meat loaf so so

    did my first meat loaf yesterday, not over impressed by it . found it a bit dry and could of been spicyer, the recipe was for 16 pound of meat and i was only using 4 and a bit pound so had to scale everything down , i think it was a bit to much bread crumbs and not enough fat in the meat that...
  18. johno

    success 3.2.1.

    yep i did get another thermometer and the difference was a lot more than i thought , the weber one in the lid read 300 and the extra one i put on the grate at meat level read 255. so big domed lid is a lot hotter up top of the dome . and next i want to try a meat loaf , i do have a pork butt in...
  19. johno

    success 3.2.1.

    had another try in the weber kettle , and yeeeeeha my first success. ribs were alomost over done they just about fell to bits when i picked them up but not quite .the spuds ( or taters ) were very nice though i did have to give them a quick finnish in the house under the grill cos i ran out of...
  20. johno

    first time and failed

    i now know why my rub was so #%$@&^ hot , cos the recipe called for 1/4 cup of chilli powder and the only one i had was master foods chilli powder HOT so i thought ahh wont be much different so in went 1/4 cup of that . now i realise it is a lot different.also needed 1/4 cup of cinnamon which i...
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