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  1. catzcradle

    Hampshire pork belly bacon w/qview

    Thanks to a question this weekend, I was reassured about what Nitrate burn is.  Anyways, This was a test of the Hampshire bellies I bought from an online retailer out of Iowa that sells only heritage Hampshire pork from small farms.  I wanted to try something a step up from the local asian...
  2. catzcradle

    slight green tinge in the fat of a cured belly

    I'm going on my third year of making my own bacon. I use a dry cure from high mountain seasonings that has worked great for me since the beginning.  I recently scored some great Hampshire pork bellies, and the first belly finished it's 7 days and is now soaking for an hour. However, one of the...
  3. catzcradle

    New experiment with large beef shoulder

    I had picked up beef shoulder before to make ground beef for beef sticks.  Good price, not a ton of fat on it, and grinds nice.  I had seen someone mention smoking one, and being better than brisket.  So I picked up a 21 pounder and gave it a shot.  First thing I noticed, it took longer than the...
  4. catzcradle

    Beef snax sticks first try with qview

    So I bought a hi mountain seasoning kit for beef sticks.  I'm certain that I'll never be able to go to the store-bought fatty things.  I ground up 10 lbs of chuck roast, tri-tip and a couple sirloin steaks left in the freezer.  Used 6 for the sticks, and 4 for burgers...(mmmm)  I think I'll add...
  5. catzcradle

    Smoked Tuna (Lots of tuna) with Qview`

    So, one of the new things I've discovered about the group I took over at work last year is that when my SVP holds a twice a year smoke-out at work, my group is called on to actually do the cooking. We have a big-chief and a MES 30 there.  The problem is that there is never enough capacity so a...
  6. catzcradle

    followed the pepper beef recipe I found

    Big thanks to Gros Cochon for posting the pepper beef recipie.  I used this to break in my new cookshack smoker. First, obligitory pix of my new toy The smoke from it's break-in Finally the beef shots. Shredded
  7. catzcradle

    most recent brisket + (qview)

    So for a small gathering I decided to really push my little MES to the limit before my shiny new cookshack arrives on tuesday First was brisket.  I foiled the flat this time after about 8 hrs, was better, but I need to find that choice brisket again and see if the first one was a fluke.  These...
  8. catzcradle

    Considering upgrading to a Cookshack

    I have a MES 30 right now.  I've been using it for about 3.5 years or so.  It's starting to have some troubles.  Door hinge, and a few other minor things.  Still works, but I'm seriously considering upgrading for more capacity, and better quality.  I'm currently favoring the Cookshack Amerique...
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