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  1. pugsbrew

    Bratwurst Recipe Question?

    So, would NFDM help in moisture retention in lean brats?  Is there anything bad that can happen by using it in fresh brats?  Rytek seemed to think so.
  2. pugsbrew

    Bratwurst Recipe Question?

    When I made venison hot sausage last year, way to dry when cooked.  So, back to brats and additives.  NFDM?  Like I said, Rytek adds 2 cups pf SC to his 10# batch.
  3. pugsbrew

    Bratwurst Recipe Question?

    I'm wanting to make fresh venison brats.  I have a 35-40% pork to venison grind.   I'm referencing info from Rytek's book.  His recipe, for bratwurst, uses 2 cups of soy concentrate for 10lbs of meat.  He states the following earlier in the book, in regards to NFDW and soy conc, "These products...
  4. pugsbrew

    AMNPS - burn/smoke times?

    AMNPS in MB mod. No heat involved.
  5. pugsbrew

    AMNPS - burn/smoke times?

    Just seeing how long of smokes you are getting out of a AMNPS full of your favorite pellets.  I'm getting around 6 hours.  I think I have TOO much air, I'm getting flaming. Oh, and I dried the pellets in oven at 220 deg for 30 mins, then let cool in oven.  Trying 20 mins drying for next smoke...
  6. pugsbrew

    New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

    Thanks, that would be a nice article to have handy.
  7. pugsbrew

    New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

    Thanks Dave.  My problem was not the fire going out, but burning too quickly, I think.  I only got about a 5.5-6 hour burn out of the AMNPS.  I thought I read somewhere else that the burns are a lot longer.  I could be wrong.
  8. pugsbrew

    New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

    I agree, that's why we finished in the water bath.  Smokehouse for adding smoke, some other technique to get sausage up to proper temp.  Now that I know what to expect, it won't be a big surprise, like it was on the maiden voyage.
  9. pugsbrew

    40# Deer Kielbasa - Finally

    Thanks for al the replies.  Yea, I believe it is the mass that's not allowing the chamber to get up to temp.  So, I'll get it where I can, then water bath the sausage to temp after smoking.
  10. New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

    New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

  11. pugsbrew

    New Mobile Smoke Shack Built - Finally

    After a lot of reading and asking stupid questions, I finally threw together a moveable sausage smoke shack.  I spent more brain bites then required trying to figure this thing out.  So, I’ll let you know what I did, and how it worked out during the first smoke.  Primary concern, be able to...
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  18. pugsbrew

    40# Deer Kielbasa - Finally

    THX This kinda leads in to a question.  Does it really matter what temp the smoker gets up to, if we have a water bath back-up?  It was a colder day then my test run.  
  19. pugsbrew

    40# Deer Kielbasa - Finally

    THX Casings from Butcher & Packer.  I only soaked them for two days.
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    40# Deer Kielbasa - Finally

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