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  1. lathechips

    Smoked Corned Beef Sausage?

    Can raw corned beef be ground up, stuffed into casings, & cold smoked? And cooked up later? Do I need a cure? Can it be stuffed, hot smoked like a summer sausage or pepperoni stick?
  2. lathechips

    MES 30 Tune Up

    Any recomendations on PID controllers?
  3. lathechips

    MES 30 Tune Up

    What do I need to do to give the ole MES 30 a tune up? A couple weeks ago it set outside overnight cold, snow & rainy. Plugged it in & it beeps but no control buttons. Brought in the shop, warmed it up & off & running. This week after being inside out of the elements, acted up again. Tune...
  4. lathechips

    Ice Water Bath ?

    Do you cool down pepperoni after it reaches temp?
  5. lathechips

    Pork Blade Bones?

    Just trimmed the meat off some shoulder roast for sausage,  I left a little meat around  bones, what can I do with them?
  6. lathechips

    Seafood Sausage Help?

    What about spices & cure?
  7. lathechips

    Seafood Sausage Help?

    Looking to make some fish sausage, like maybe a mix of talopia, bass, salmon, shrimp, maybe scallops stuffed into casings.  Do I cold smoke then cook to temp later?  Do I need a cure?  What spices?
  8. lathechips

    NFDM ?

    When do you add dry milk?  All and any sausage, whether stuffed, smoked, bulk patties, smoked & brought to temperature, only summer sausage ? 
  9. lathechips

    Cleaning Grinder & Stuffer Between Batches

    In the next week or so, want to make some German beef/pork sausage & a batch of chicken with bacon sausage.  Question is - Do I have to clean the grinder & stuffer between the German batch & the chicken batch?  Cure will be used in both, some will be just smoked & some will be smoked & cooked up...
  10. lathechips

    Grinder RPM & HP ?

    Just bought a MTN Gearsmith  #32 grinder & want to put some power to it.  Whats the ideal rpm or gear reduction, & what is the minimum hp required to grind?  Any other ideas, pictures, or information?  Thanks in advance.
  11. lathechips

    Fan In A Smoker ?

    I'm working on building a vertical smoker simular to or even a file cabinet size.  Question is circulating heat & smoke evenly from top to bottom.  Computer fan or fans?  Mount on top or bottom?
  12. lathechips

    Adding Bacon To Sausage

    I want to add some ground bacon bits to some chicken sausage to be smoked.  Should I cook the bacon before mixing?  Does anyone have a chicken bacon recipe?
  13. lathechips

    Jerky Made from Ham?

    Can a Walmart  spiral cut ham be made into jerky?  What brine?  What temp in a MES? About how long?  Ham was cheap & already sliced.
  14. lathechips

    Making Jerky Out Of A Ham ?

    Any thoughts or ideas on taking a Walmart spiral cut ham, laying slices in a MES.  Ham is cheap & already sliced, do I need to brine some more?  What temps & how long to smoke?
  15. lathechips

    Smoking Garlic Cloves

    Its what is left over from sausage making.  We blend peeled cloves with our water mix.
  16. lathechips

    Smoking Garlic Cloves

    Just a couple handfulls of peeled cloves.
  17. lathechips

    Smoking Garlic Cloves

    Any tips or tricks to smoking peeled garlic cloves in a MES.  Temps & times?
  18. lathechips

    Wanted Smoked Chicken Gizzards Recipe

    Do you boil, brine or rub em.  What temp, smoke & how long?
  19. lathechips

    Weston #22 Grinder

    Just bought a #22  manual grinder, besides the hokey cutter blade is there any thing else I need to tune up?  Some day would like to rig up a gear motor, any ideas?  RPM, horse power?
  20. lathechips

    Brine Or Rub

    I there a rule of thumb on when to soak in a brine or to use a rub before into the smoker?
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