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  1. jbomx363

    Masterbuilt XL first time user-chips or chunks, pre-seasoning?

    EDIT: I actually read more after a search and found my answers. Mods can delete this.
  2. jbomx363

    Masterbuild XL Mods - Post your mods here!

    Just to be sure I know what I'm needing to do, the simplest way possible. 1. Get a 8" cast iron skillet. 2. I think I'll go the grilling wok route. 3. Water pan. I'm assuming I just put the grill wok over the burner, then the cast iron skillet on top of that and that's really all I "need" ...
  3. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    Thanks... I made snack sticks only this time with the snack stick tip. I use the Cabelas jerky cannon. The sticks were "slim jim" like. The taste wasn't spiced enough (very mild flavor), which may be because I used cabelas hickory jerky spice instead of a snack stick spice? Still.. was good and...
  4. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    Just got done with the ground chuck snack sticks. Took a lot longer than regular jerky strips! 13hours for 5#'s vs. 5 hours for jerky strips. I may have let the oil fool me into thinking it needed more drying time than necessary. There was quite a bit of oil in the bottom of the dehydrator too...
  5. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    Well that was an eye opener. Went back to Sams today... 2 weeks ago, the case ground chuck was $1.57/#.... todays price? $2.24/#!!! So no case... just got a chub from wally world. Will make it tomorrow and we'll see how it is. I'll try sticks and strips.
  6. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    That's fine and all.. but the family and friends wants ground only. Reason? Beats me.   Guess I'll just give it a go and see what happens.
  7. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    So ground chuck is fine then?
  8. jbomx363

    Ground chuck jerky possible? and any jerky gun tips?

    I've only made 2 batches of ground venison jerky with the jerky gun. I have a few questions. I use a nesco dehydrator (the square one). When I ground the venison and seasoned it, chilled it in the fridge, then stuffed the cannon and shot it on the trays.... it was a little on the too thin side...
  9. jbomx363

    Cold Snowy Sticks

    Thanks for the reply. Learning is good.
  10. jbomx363

    Cold Snowy Sticks

    Just learning this stuff and maybe need to read some more.. but why cut off the ends? To make them uniform in appearance?
  11. jbomx363

    First go at Andouille

    Hmm.. I grind coarse plate, then mixed in spice, then ground medium plate and then stuffed. Is this not correct? Only been making venison sausage so far. Can't wait to make andouille and well.. all the other smoked sausages once I can finally get my MES.
  12. jbomx363

    My first sausage

    I'm new to the game, but I thought "fresh sausage" shouldn't be smoked unless a "cure" was added. I don't see any cure listed in the #10 blend, but the "smoked" blends show cure in them. I'm sure someone will correct me if my "thought" is incorrect on fresh sausage vs. smoked. Regardless.... it...
  13. jbomx363

    News Years Weekend smoking marathon

    Great. Thanks for sharing! I need to take some photos next time and share also. I'm surprised a Yankee knows what Boudin is! 
  14. jbomx363

    My first sausage

    Excellent.. looks so good my mouths watering!
  15. jbomx363

    Italian Sausage and new stuffer

    Good stuff! I love my lil Weston 7lb'er. What did you do with the sausage left in the tube? We also overstuffed a few times trying to get used to the stuffer. Sure the heck beats stuffing with a grinder! We also put biggest tube on to fill 1# bags of breakfast sausage. Took all of 1 minute to...
  16. jbomx363

    MES 40 #20070710 - Do you have any opinions on this particular model?

    Even at $250, not worth buying used. If you look at Cabelas "Christmas" catalog, they have the 40" at $379 and I'm not at home right now, but recall it was the all stainless steel model when I was looking at the catalog. There is usually a $20 off coupon and/or free shipping coupon online...
  17. jbomx363

    Picnic ham vs Butt

    Brought this back up after doing a search to see differences between should and butt. When is the price difference worth the effort to go with the picnic over the butt since there is more waste on the picnic. Butt "on sale" usually is $1.19/1.29. Picnic is "on sale" for $.99. Which is the...
  18. jbomx363

    Deal on Weston 7lb and 11lb vertical stuffers

    Got mine a while ago and haven't even gotten the box open yet! Got a jerky cannon and FD80 dehydrator and am making venison jerky today. Will crack open the box when I get home and take some photos of this stuffer and post up if noone else has done so by then. EDIT: Oops.. already see that...
  19. jbomx363

    MES 30 20070411 Model - What is "Black Stainless Steel"

    I understand what you're saying and I believe it... but still trying to find the explanation for the "black stainless steel" in the description and just what that means which is why I'm wondering what site that description came from. Could be just a simple type and should of read, black AND...
  20. jbomx363

    MES 30 20070411 Model - What is "Black Stainless Steel"

    Black body, but is that black body "black stainless steel" or plain old steel. I think that's the question and if it is stainless, one must wonder if the 40" black is black stainless too. What site did you get the description on?
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