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I am working on my second belly. I have a MES 30. I used pop's brine for 14 days. I then let it sit for two days in the frig after rinsing and pat dry. I have a MES cold smoke generator and have gotten the smoke temp down to 70 degrees. I am using apple wood, and after 6 hours I took it out to...
Today I am smoking a breast. It has been sitting in a basic brine for 24 hours.
It is freezing outside.. As you can see I am piping the smoke out the top with a 90 degree 3" elbow and 12 feet of dryer vent.
The brine is pretty basic:
1 gallon water
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/4 sugar (white)...
I had to make some modifications to my new MES30 so I could smoke some thighs in the garage since it was 3 degrees outside. The thighs came out fantastic thanks to the great recipes and hints on this forum.