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  1. johno

    Weekend Cooks

    i just made a big batch of pumpkin soup , very popular item with the cooler weather starting , we sell it by the mug in our take away shop .
  2. johno

    young goose ?

    G,dat mate first off i drive tractors too so i know what you are about , ( drive allday and go knowhere ) ok now i have never done jerky and i have never cooked a goose ( they are not used much in OZ ) but i do know that goose is very fatty so that may be a problem as far as making jerky goes...
  3. johno

    flat

    yeah pigcycles i am sure i will have a good outcome if and when i can get the cut of meat that i want , and tonto i have given it some thought and i am going to chop it up and make a curry dish with it . the wife and i like curried stew or cassarole type tucker ( food ) . not much chilli eaten...
  4. johno

    flat

    the outcome report total disaster. not my fault though . well it was a bit my fault in that i never allowed enough time and we were getting hugry . so at 180 i cut a chunk off enough for us to slice and i was going to let the rest continue through to pulling temp . but the bit i cut and sliced...
  5. johno

    flat

    yep chris it a about 1/4 inch fat cap on it .trying to figure out what to do with it when it is cooked and pulled . i am thinking hot dog rolls cut lenth ways part way through install some meat add some of the sauce and maybe top off with a good helping of fried onions ( love fried onions )...
  6. johno

    flat

    G,day i just put a flat brisket in the weber for our evening repast . this time its not a corned one . so we'll see how i go with it . i want to take it to pulling temp if i have enough time .i havent done any pulled pork or beef yet , its not real thick so i might get away with it. .i am...
  7. johno

    To Cure or not to Cure – Take Two!!

    i would think the butcher is refering to cold smoking as opposed to what we do mainly which is hot smoking , hot smoking cooks the meat cold smoking preserves it .
  8. johno

    my best ribs

    msmith , they did turn out almost fall off the bone , very very tender , but they had a better bark . i find they are a bit soggy when done in foil , even with the unfoiled last part of the cook .
  9. johno

    my best ribs

    i just cooked and ate the best ribs i have done so far . what i did different was first up i never wrapped in foil , or never used the 3-2-1 method , i just trimmed off a bit more fat than i normaly do then rubbed with mustard then put on some jeffs rub . then into the weber for a total of 5.25...
  10. johno

    Blood pressure issues

    i like to use celtic sea salt when ever i can , yes its salt but the celtic stuff has a lot of other good minerals in it and its not refined, normaly find it in health food shops , dont rekon anyone on a smokin forum would go anywhere near a health food shop though.
  11. johno

    The perfect day !!

    well i would give an arm for your rain, and some flooding would be more than welcome .we are a long way into a very bad drought most people are now on water restrictions no watering gardens allowed no car washing no garden hoses for any reason ,thye are even talking about stopping farm...
  12. johno

    Smoking Podcast...

    and this www.podcast.net/show/35175#SODE57
  13. johno

    Smoking Podcast...

    did a quick google took me about 10 seconds to find this .www.podcast.net/show/59091
  14. johno

    Where to get spices, check this out.

    i am still trying to find kosher salt in australia , no luck yet.
  15. johno

    KOBE beef brisket

    very interseting dutch , i read the link page you supplied . i have seen on a tv show here that there are a few cattle properties ( ranches to you guys )over here in australia where they are now breeding and growing the WAGYU cattle for the overseas market
  16. johno

    brisket

    that brisket had almost no fat cap at all , just had a thin bit down one end , i did use the tooth pick trick for marking the grain of the meat , plus the very long rest time in the foil after it was cooked i think probably helped a lot , and i think it was a corned brisket ,( i think ) , anyway...
  17. johno

    brisket

    supprisingly good eats , the wife put slices of the meat on some flour tortillas with a good helping of fried onion some cheese and the sauce that i made , rolled the whole lot up heated it under what we call a grill but you guys call some thing else but cant think what it is , very nice indeed...
  18. johno

    brisket

    i did a small (very small ) brisket today it was only about 2.5 pounds an inch thick one end and about 2 inch at the other end , it came up to 160 f quicker than i would of liked took just over 2 hours so i foiled it with some apple juice took it out to 199 as slow as i could took about 2.5...
  19. johno

    Has anyone noticed?

    i have heard cheffs on tv here several times telling people to use the KISS method for cooking which stands for ( KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID ) dont know why they assume every one is stupid though
  20. johno

    How has your weather been??

    27C here again today and dry as chips wish this drought would come to an end soon, cant farm dust. there is a saying among the farmers here ( there is money in mud no money in dust ) however that said the guys with irrigation are making a killing on fodder sales .
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