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  1. twisted minds

    "Funnest" thing to smoke

    Bacon, or maybe bacon, or as a last resort, BACON!!!
  2. twisted minds

    Greetings from Weston, WI

    Great to see another Sconie on the site. Hopefully you will soon convert the missus to the the smoke side. Go Pack, Big Red, Brew Crew.
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    Possible old meat

    Kryingame, the sell by/use by date is a recommendation rather than a strict guideline (actually not an USDA regulation). Should be good if you froze properly to prevent freezer burn. I regularly buy cheap pork and beef when on sale through out the summer months to use in the fall for my...
  4. twisted minds

    kitchen knife sharpening

    Really depends on the quality of knife you have, and level of "dullness". Can't take a cheap thin blade knife to a coarse stone, ( or a thin stone for that matter). First you must decipher the quality of the blade and the steel and find if it will stand up to a quality sharpening, If so, if...
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    OK I know I am a tight wad

    I would suggest just hand washing it with your dishes if you want to be frugal, but again may I add the bags are very inexpensive. If you are looking to reduce your carbon footprint, just do your brining in used ice cream pails or gallon buckets. Thoroughly clean with bleach water, and reuse...
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    Smoking Pork Butt and Smoker went out overnight :-(

    You're assuming your temp. dropped below 140 shortly after you checked it and added.charcoal, when actually you most likely rose in temp. for the next couple of hours and then plateaued for a spell, and then started dropping to the point when you checked in the morning. You most likely have no...
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    OK I know I am a tight wad

    Not sure that was a good idea. Too get the water temp. high enough to kill the germs from the chicken, the clothes would have been needed to be steamed. Granted the soap probably did sanitize, but for .15 cents savings, I wouldn't want to risk walking around in chicken juice clothes. Just my...
  8. twisted minds

    how to get a slow wood fire

    Limiting the available air intake will help slow down or choke out a fire to give a longer lower burn.
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    ABT Input please

    Most of the grease will release when you fry it up. Drain it, cool it, then use in your stuffing. Again no wrong way to top a jalapeño. Worst you do is have a couple bucks worth of ABT's you don't like, but the upside is you may discover a new favorite blend.
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    ABT Input please

    Shelton, yeah you could put the fried dove in those ABT's. I've done the pheasant a couple different ways. I've pan fried some and put the leftovers in, also used meat that falls off the carcasses when I cook them for stock, but the best by far is using the meat off the birds I smoke. This...
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    ABT Input please

    Agreed, precook the sausage or any meat other than the bacon you might wrap them with. Any cheese that you like should work mixed in. Spicy pork sausage is a good choice, but may I suggest you take some of those dove breasts and add them to some of the ABT's. I do it with pheasants every fall...
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    pork belly size first time bacon

    Only if you plan to eat it without reheating after initial smoke do you need to bring it up to that high of IT, even then at 225 you are going to render out fat before the IT is reached. Try not to smoke at over 180 till IT of 152 is reached. If you plan on only eating it cooked in the frying...
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    help. venison snack sticks

    If others have eaten without illness, it most likely is not the fat but something in the seasoning that you are having a reaction to. Which LEM kit did you use? Check the ingredients and you may find you are having an aversion to one of the spices. My wife has just recently (last couple of...
  14. twisted minds

    2 day hangover equals the easy way

    Amen hillbilly, you're preaching to the choir! Thank God for bacon and beer!
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    2 day hangover equals the easy way

    It's a scientific fact that bacon is one of the best cures for a hangover. Is there anything bacon can't do? All the better reason to start me another batch of BBB, drink while it's smoking and eat after the drinking. It's a vicious cycle!!! :cheers: :beercheer:
  16. twisted minds

    Mexican pulled pork

    I disagree, the loin cooked in liquid (chicken stock) for the 8 hours listed will most definitely fall (shred) right apart. Pretty much anything cooked in this environment will totally break down. Just like when cooking a whole hog the loin will most definitely shred apart with the rest of the...
  17. twisted minds

    PORK RIND PELLETS FROM SCRATCH.

    Not cured, raw skin is boiled for a couple hours which in effect cooks it and renders it safe to /dehydrate. Skin from any part of the hog will work also, if you have a ham, shoulder, picnic, or whole hog same process.
  18. twisted minds

    Smoke house out of Cement Board?

    Brentex, cement board is primarily composed of Portland cement with some fiberglass fibers and binders, no wood is involved at all. As far as for using steel studs for the frame, first off they may not be galvanized as they will never be exposed to the elements, secondly even if they were...
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    Help with a Turkey

    Here is a link to some turkey's I did last Easter. I prefer to brine and keep the birds whole. They seem to taste better whole than sectioned. Might just be in my head but I've done whole birds and bird pieces in the same brine and smoke, and the whole bird always tastes better to me...
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    General Smokehouse Questions

    Jarjarchef, if you used pine 2x4's you may want to wrap them with foil depending on the type of smoker you have. You wouldn't want any of the saps or pine wood smoke getting onto your meats. As a side note, I use hardwood limbs for my hanging rods. They seem to be not only stronger but are...
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