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I have yet to cook a brisket.  Sad but true.  I have made pastrami from corned beef, and want to make some more. Today I picked up two packers, both about 10-11 lbs.  I want to cook one as a brisket and make the other into pastrami Also, we are a small family, 2 sort of grownups and a 6 year...

On my second round of making BBB.  Using pork shoulder and a couple of my pieces are less than an inch thick so I am thinking of rolling and tying them.  The other two pieces are 2" thick or better.  They have been in the cure for 10 days and I'm on my second day of cold smoking for a total of...

Are we talking about dried berries commercially prepared or can you go pick your own? Reason I ask is I can go pick gallons of them about anytime I want.  Would there be difference in using dried berries or fresh?  

I have the opportunity to buy buy a Mak 2 General from a dealer.  It his personal grill in his backyard and has been well used.  He is selling it in order to put the 2012 model in his back yard. He is advertising it on our local craigslist so I don't expect it to last...

About 20 years ago my bother in law bought a used slicer from a deli for $25.  The deli had been in business (at that time) for about 40 years.  He brought the slicer home, used it twice and put it in his basement where it sat for the next 20 years.  Yesterday, I picked it up.   This is a Globe...

Unfortunetely no pics, and I don't know how to post them anyway ....  I rolled my first fattie yesterday after reading the fattie stickie for hours.  Man, there is a lot of delicious ideas in there.  Anyway, I used 1 lb beef burger flattened in a gallon bag, just like the pro's.  In my mind...

I do a bit of smoking and have devised a way to cold smoke, sort of, with my electric Big Chief smoker.  I'm wanting to take the cold smoking to a higher level for cheeses, eggs and the like.  Maybe try some fruits, veggies, etc. I know commercial smoked cheeses are smoked at 40-50 degrees...

I'm relatively new to smoking meat.  I have done a lot of fish, tho.  I"ve made several batches of jerky both in the big chief and in the oven.  I've ordered a AMNS and am getting ready to do my first buckboard bacon I'm also a bit lazy....  I've been looking for the difference in morons cure...

Hi there guys and gals.....  I hail from NW Oregon, the land of rain and salmon.  Found this place by looking for rub recipes for meats and poultry and also looking for home built smoker plans.  Came back here often enough I thought I'd join up. I currently own a Big Chief smoker that is pretty...