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  1. rainyprincess

    A Tale of Two Bacons

    Alright friends, this is my second go at bacon. I'm doing one sweet and one savory. I got 8.67 lbs of pork belly, skin off, for 2.99/lb at Costco and trimmed off about a pound - froze trimmings for sausage later. SWEET 4 lbs pork belly 1 T of Tender Quick per pound 1/3 C kosher 3 T cracked...
  2. rainyprincess

    Did I break my bacon?

    My first time curing and smoking pork belly. I used Morton's Tenderquick (couldn't find Instacure and didn't want to wait for it to be shipped) and bought a 9lb belly at Costco for about $25, skin already removed. Three pounds I roasted fresh using Gordon Ramsay's recipe with fennel, star anise...
  3. rainyprincess

    Smoked Salmon (dry brine) Rookie Mistake! (Q-View)

    Picked up a few fillets from the grocery store, trimmed the skin, rinsed, patted dry and laid down in a dry cure of 2C brown sugar, 1/2C salt, 1T cracked pepper overnight for about 18Hrs. Rookie mistake was cutting them into serving sizes BEFORE the cure. Turned out way too salty. Second rookie...
  4. rainyprincess

    MES 30" 2nd Gen w/cold smoker- 8lb Packer Brisket - QView

    At some point tonight (it's 8:30pm right now in Boston) I'm going to put an 8lb packer brisket in my 30" 2nd gen MES - my first one in the MES. I don't need it until dinner tomorrow so I'll probably have to extend the rest quite a bit or maybe even put in the fridge to reheat later. I just don't...
  5. rainyprincess

    I was told not to do this....

    30" 2nd Gen MES. Manual and forums said not to use the same outlet for smoker and cold smoking attachment. I'm doing a rack of spares at 225 using the MES for heat and the cold smoker for smoke. Seems to be working. Am I missing something? Is it not getting all the power it should and it's...
  6. rainyprincess

    New to Boston and Smoking

    Hi everybody! So I've been in Boston since December 2013 and recently bought a second-floor condo with a deck. City smoking is another kind of thing. Law says you can't have a grill on the deck, but nothing about smokers so I got a 30" 2nd gen MES. Had it for about three months now. I put the...
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