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  1. van holton

    pits and spitts pellet smokers

    does anyone have experience with pits and spitts pellet smokers. what do you thing?
  2. van holton

    Fall garden

    Garden doing well. 5 weeks in and we have small tomatoes, peppers and cukes showing up.
  3. van holton

    Pickled Jalapenos from the garden

    1st attempt at pickling some Jalapenos from the Garden. I tasted some before canning and seen real good. 
  4. van holton

    A-Maze-N-Tube Smoker

    Can anyone tell me what kind of pellets come in the tube when you receive it. I have emailed amazenproducts but not sure if they will answer today. Thanks, Van
  5. van holton

    Brine curing

    I have been dry curing for a few years now with very good results. learned a lot at the N. Fl gathering and using the calculator on the forum I got bacon and buck board bacon, venison Canadian bacon down. I would like to cure a whole Boston butt or fresh ham. With a dry cure you weight the meat...
  6. van holton

    Want to go fishin

    Anyone have any recommendations for a charterboat out of the Fl panhandle? Need me some red snapper and grouper. Thanks
  7. van holton

    Garden update

    So far this year we have eaten Zucchini,yellow squash, Collards, Sugar snap peas, & green beans, was very happy with the green bean production, we got 5 good mess of beans from one 30 gal. pot. I have another pot just starting to show baby beans and I planted another pot today. 1st pot of corn...
  8. van holton

    Looks Like this year may be different

    For years I been planting a small veg gardens and for years have had poor to lousy results. In 2012 I joined SMF and heard about the NFG. Sounded like it would be a good time, maybe learn some new smoking technique's. Well I got so much more, 1st meet some great people, learned how to properly...
  9. van holton

    curing fresh ham

    Can I use the same formula I use for Bacon (dry cure bacon calculator) for some small fresh ham we just butchered? hams are small and cut into 2 pieces.
  10. van holton

    Pork Bellies

    Couple weeks I asked if anyone knew of a good place to buy whole fresh pork bellies in central Fl. Well glad to report I found a great source. Newberry Cold Storage in Newberry Fl. Newberry is located jest west of Gainsville. Real nice people, quality bellies @ $3.00 Per lb. A little bit of a...
  11. van holton

    Pork belly help

    I live in what I'd say n.central Fl. North of Orlando and south of Ocala. Been looking for a couple of pork bellies to cure. I found some at a meat market in Leesburg, but they were on the small and thin side. I also found some at south Marion meat market. They ran around 15lbs (skin on) and...
  12. van holton

    Timing Update

    Well, thanks to everyone's input, I can say the graduation went off without a hitch. Food was great. special thanks to Scarbelly for the tip about putting the pulled pork in vacuum seal bags and then reheating in a pot of simmering water. Worked great, did the same with the BBQ Beans. Once again...
  13. van holton

    BB Ribs

    I was wondering if it is necessary to wrap each rack or would it work if you just put the ribs in a pan and covered with foil and put them in a 225 oven for and hr. Then take them out and put them back in the smoker to glaze.
  14. van holton

    Timing

    I'm going to cater my grandsons grad party Sat. of Memorial Day Weekend. I have a 1400. I thought I would put 2 Boston butts on 9pm Tues.  They should be ready to come off noon Wed. Then put on 6 racks of BB on at 1pm they should come off at 5pm then put on 3 more racks at and they will come off...
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    New Guy From FL

    Hi I'm Van Holton, 62 and live in central Fl. I've been using a Smokin Tex now for a few years with great success.Be for that I just used Weber grills both charcoal and gas using in direct heat to do my smoking. Pork has to be my favorite followed by beef, chicken and fish. Smoke at least once a...
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