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  1. butchdon

    Pops6927's Wet Curing Brine

    So this recipe calls for a total of 2 cups of sugar and only 1/3 to 1 cup of salt? Just go my Prague Powder today
  2. butchdon

    4 pieces of pork belly and 8 pounds of pork loin

    Saw some sliced and whole pork bellies at Costco. Wondering what to do with them. Cold smoked or hot? What temp. Treat like bacon when done? Or crispy Asian style?
  3. butchdon

    Smoking pork neck bones to put in a pot with dried beans

    Wow! That's a long time. I guess I'm not that hard core.
  4. butchdon

    Smoking pork neck bones to put in a pot with dried beans

    I give that try next batch. Thanks
  5. butchdon

    Smoking pork neck bones to put in a pot with dried beans

    I read that neck bone post earlier today. Those look ready to eat as-is. What I was looking for was something with a "harder" smoke, like what you get at the supermarket. The meat doesn't come off until they are slow cooked in some liquid like a pot of beans.
  6. butchdon

    Smoking pork neck bones to put in a pot with dried beans

    Just looking for an old fashioned method of smoking pork neck bones to add to a pot of beans, NOT eat bu themselves.Nothing complicated. Just trying to replicate what we've bought at the store, or what folks used to bring up North after visiting family in the soulth. Thanks,
  7. butchdon

    Costco rotisserie chicken?

    Yesterday we provided dinner for another family. we smoked a Costco rotisserie chicken, after splitting it in half, in our MES @170F for 1 1/2 hours using apple pellets in an A-maz-n smoker . We trimmed off the wings but sent everything else. They were delicious. The family said the chicken was...
  8. butchdon

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    Novegan007: I tried your drying out  in the oven technique yesterday, while I worked in the yard. It had no meat in it. Except I did it with the water pan filled with boiling water to provide humidity. It smoked perfectly without a hitch. In fact, before I blew the flames out at the start, the...
  9. butchdon

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    I have a 30" MES and mainly use the Traeger pellets. Mine smokes way longer the 1 hour, at least two. I did buy an AMZN smoker to do cheese, and love it. After reading the posts here, I will try it in my MES. I tried it to do cheeses in the MES (turned off), but the temp still was too high. So I...
  10. butchdon

    Cheese and the Food saver

    I just got my vacuum sealer yesterday. The instructions say NOT to seal soft cheeses, for fear of anaerobic bacteria issues. Could not find anything saying cream cheese is considered a soft cheese. So I have my cream cheese (butter sized) sticks smoked and sealed. Now I'm worried, and wonder do...
  11. butchdon

    Cheese and the Food saver

    I just ordered a vacuum sealer. Should be here in 3-5 days. I have been smoking cream cheese a few times now 50/50 cherry hickory. Today I'm going all apple, although someone on the forum says Traeger pellets are not 100% of the wood labeled on the bag. I have just been wrapping it in plastic...
  12. butchdon

    MES tripping GFCI

    I skipped from the first page to here , but I did notice there was no "ground" symbol in that schematic. The MES comes with a 3 wire connector so it seems like it should be indicated on the schematic, somewhere prior to the transformer.
  13. butchdon

    MES tripping GFCI

    now that was awesome Customer Service. I bought mine used so that will not work for me. But it's good to know for future purchases.
  14. butchdon

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    Thanks for the insight Dr K. So is the Oak I have 100% white oak?
  15. butchdon

    Anyone use wood pellets in their MES?

    I have been using Traeger pellets since I bought my used MES. I buy them at Costco when Traeger has a kiosk in the store.  $12 for 20lb. I think if you buy 2 bags the shipping is free. At least it used to be. I have apple, cherry, hickory, mesquite, and oak (not my fav). For beef I like 50/50...
  16. butchdon

    Cheese Cracking After It's Smoked

    Later I used a soldering iron in my gas grill and the temp stayed at about 74F. When using the soldering iron in my MES, the temp creeped to about 87F. Too well insulated I guess.
  17. butchdon

    Cheese Cracking After It's Smoked

    The sharp cheese from Costco is 6 months old. isn't cheese 3-4 years old a lot more expensive? If so, I'd be reluctant to mess with it. Are people saying, after it's smoked you vacuum pack it, you can then  keep it for years in the fridge?
  18. butchdon

    Cheese Cracking After It's Smoked

    Later I did some cheese that was at room temperature before smoking it at 75F. No cracks. Next time I will leave in a zip lock bag to come to room temp, take it out of the bag to dry a little and develop a "skin", then smoke it, and see how it looks then. By the way, what kind of wood are you...
  19. butchdon

    SMOKED BELLY BACON

    Had to Google stockingnette to see what that was. Hmmm...
  20. butchdon

    Cheese Cracking After It's Smoked

    My Costco Sharp Cheddar cheese cracked overnight in the fridge, then even more in the smoker. I let it come to room temp before putting it in the smoker. It got to 90F for maybe 15 minutes tops in my MES which was turned off. Most of the time it was low 80's. So I put it in my gas grill which...
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