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  1. torp3t3d0

    emails from my watched forums....

    Somehow I have stopped receiving any emails from the smoking meat forum....what has gone wrong and what do I need to do to start getting information again.
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    MES 40 Question

    I have been using my MES 40 with a mailbox mod to do a lot of smoking since going about 2 years ago. Spent a lot of money going through the remote thermometers that have been recommended on the site. Found a NEW one that I just love...it is a FireBoard system......since using it and...
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    Am I missing something

    Went to reorder pellets from A-MAZE-N- products......cost of pellets ~$11.98 for 2 bags...cost of shipping $10.76.....I guess I'll look local for pellets from now on.....that doubles the price of the pellets!!! Pete
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    Smoked Breakfast Sausage

    As a little boy in North Carolina, I loved sausage my Dad brought home from a local market.   Never found anything that tasted like it in all my travels with the Navy....... Decided to try to make/recreate the sausage myself......(remember I am working on a taste that a 10 year old remembers...
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    a simple question

    I have been making sausage patties (sage sausage shaped then vacuum sealed and frozen).......I have not been able to find a sausage that tastes like a smoked link sausage my Dad used to buy in the 50's-60's in our small town in NC.   The closes I can find to taste are the patties at "Cracker...
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    a "homer simpson" question

    Made this bacon a few weeks ago.......I did not think that it mattered which way I sliced it.....the wife asked me this AM did I slice this batch with the "grain" as it is a little "stringy" when you eat it..... My question,"is there a "grain" in bacon that you should slice across in order to...
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    please avoid this

    About 5 weeks ago, I finished up smoking 20 pounds of belly.....and had to go into DC to teach a Masters class at John Hopkins university........what followed is something I hope none of you suffer..... I have an MES 40 that I cut a hole in the garage door to put a vent pipe out.....this day I...
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    Bacon Smoking Friday and Saturday

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    soppressata

    started making soppressata, an Italian dry salami using the UMAi dry method.  Here is my first attempt as I took out of the cure room  and moved them into the drying stage....Thought I'd give this a try to complement the bacon and such that I smoke.  I also make my own fresh sausages and have...
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    a crazy comment and a real question

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    Need Help ...again

    Sorry guys but I am having a "SENIOR" moment I bought a Chef's Choice model 165 slicer and also bought the sharpener attachment that sharpens the blade. Well...I can find the book for the slicer, but I have misplaced the instructions on how to use the sharpener. Does anyone have the...
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    Just want to say thanks....

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    having trouble keeping the A-maze-n going

    Trying to smoke my first Canadian bacon....initially bought the A-maze-n for dust....could not keep it lit...even  "nuked" the dust for 40 secs as recommended....built a tool box attachment with lots of holes....still not able to keep lit......added a small fan to blow into the...
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    need advice.....again

    Used the advice I got from you guys to make 22+lbs of bacon this past weekend.   made some straight "brown sugar" cure.....molasses cure and CBP +onion and garlic cure.....all were GREAT (thanks to using PoP's brine). Smoked them in my New MES 40 with my "a-maze-n 6x6 in my "tool box"...
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    MAYDAY...MAYDAY...need help!!

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    My first attempt at Bacon made salt pork

    Attempted my first making of bacon and it was a total flop.  I used the "wet cure" kit I got from the Sausagemaker.  Followed the directions to a "tee"...smoked it at 200deg to an internal temp of 140 degrees...cut a piece off to see how I did....it was salt pork....cut a slice from the middle...
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