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Do you bring the sticks to a certain internal temp then pull and boil? Or do you just smoke for a couple hours, pull no matter what the temp and then boil? I am going to make some deer sticks this week and try boiling them.
I used LEM spicy stick seasoning/cure packet. I smoked these between 150-160 until they got up to temp. The shrinkage didn't bother me, but I would like the casing to be a bit softer. I will experiment with that. But like I said , I never went over 160 and used 50% pork so I just expected...
I am not seeing any tube where the heat moves from the fire to the cook chamber. I understand the reverse flow and the smoke stack, but I dont see where the smoke and heat is getting to the cook chamber. Am I blind!!!!!?
I made my smoker about a month ago, and I have done 4 butts, 2 batches of sausage, 2 fatties, and a pan of ABTs...cheese is definately in the near future!!!!
That does. I have done a couple batches before and just went by look/ feel, just wanted to make sure that I shouldnt be taking a temp. I will always cure it, so now problems there. Thanks!
I have the same grill and only use it for grilling. I wasn't aware that the side fire box was able to be mounted on this grill. I am curious to know how it works out. How easy is it to control/ maintain temps?
They were pretty mild. The LEM spicy sticks package didn't have much kick, good background flavor, just not spicy. Adding the peppers added a little kick, but not what I was expecting. I may leave the seeds and membranes in next time to get the kick I like.
My wife doesn't like things too...
I did a batch of jalapeno snack sticks. Used about 50/50 pork and beef. This is my second stick run, so still learning. Smoked with a couple fills of hickory for about 4.5 hours. Turned out great, only regret was that I didn't get some high temp cheese to put into these things!!!!
5 lbs of...
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