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Thanks - a conversation with my grandmother about year ago inspired me to try it (she said her favorite deli-meat was pastrami and she missed getting the stuff from local butchers many years ago). Took longer to get around to doing it than I'd hoped. The hard part will be saving her some!
So after a couple weeks (15 days) in Pop's Brine I pulled them out yesterday, rinsed them, slathered them in mustard and smoked them on the Big Green Egg to an internal temp of 150 degrees. Had it been a traditional brisket instead of grass fed eye-round, I would have smoked to a higher...
Yeah - I managed to squirt brine back out onto the counter each time. My guess is that - a) I've got a cheapo injector b) I needed to squeeze a little softer and withdraw the needle as I squeezed c) It'll get better with more practice.
I probably got about 5% injected instead of 10% - I'm...
Hey David - I found this blogto be pretty helpful with regards to smaller fridges and their tendency to stay TOO humid.
This one is more directed at maintaining humidity which isn't your problem - Link removed
This one deals with smaller fridges: Link removed
If you are concerned with having...
Hi Gang,
I've done a corned beef before and it was the best corned beef (and subsequently corned beef hash) that I'd ever had. That time, I'd used a grass-fed whole brisket from our freezer (we get a side of beef from a local ranch each year). But, this year I was hoping to save the brisket...
Hi Gang,
I'm a transplanted Yankee down here in the South. Where I came from, barbecue was a verb... but I've come to understand that barbecue is indeed a noun (even a Yankee can be taught!). As such, I took up the pastime about 5 years back with a Char-griller side box set-up. While I like...
Mr T -
First off, thank you so much for this thread. A search on curing a country ham brought me to your thread and as such, I've joined the forums. You're efforts in consolidating the myriad of techniques and methods out there into a concise set of instructions is invaluable.
Did you ever...
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