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  1. ragnar

    Smoked Beer Can Chicken - finished QVIEW

    No clue what they've done to chickens anymore (and probably don't want to), but they're undoubtedly some kind of Bruce Banner-like experiment. This one was 9 lbs including the giblets.  Anyway, I promised a smoked beer can chicken for dinner. Never smoked a whole bird before - only ever turkey...
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    Bacon wrapped smoked Chuckers / Chukars - QVIEW

    For anyone unfamiliar, Chukars are upland game birds in the pheasant family, and about half the size of a pheasant, or about the size of a Cornish hen. My father-in-law spent an afternoon at a local pheasant ranch that he's somehow tied in with collecting and cleaning birds during some bird...
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    Big-ol' Beef/Pork Bologna - QVIEW!

    A quick nod to SmokinAl back in this thread here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/243008/we-have-been-craving-fried-bologna-sandwiches-bologna-with-qview  for inspiring me to make my own big-ol' bologna. It HAD to happen. The Universe willed it, and so it was. Who am I to argue? First, I...
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    Frankfurters - pork/beef - QVIEW

    We wanted a good, high quality hot dog. Those "things" in the 10 pack at the grocery store just ain't cuttin' it, and not by a long stretch. While enjoying some of the Kielbasa we made a short while back, my father-in-law (who is now quite interested in the process of smoking, especially the...
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    Kielbasa to round out the Smoking Marathon. QVIEW

    Well, folks... the wurst is over. About 100 lbs of sausage and fish got smoked over the past week or so!       For those of you who were along for the ride, thanks for the feedback, support, and points! To round out the "pork is on a stupid-cheap sale" smoking marathon, we decided to make some...
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    Ring Bologna - QVIEW

    Another installment of the "awesome pork sale" sausage-making marathon - this time, ring bologna. My father-in-law lives to hunt, fish, and... hunt. He had some venison roasts in the freezer, and asked me if we could make something out of them. Absolutely, yes, we can, and we did. None of the...
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    Goteborg Summer Sausage, round 2 - QVIEW

    It makes me more than happy to say that the first round of Goteborg Summer Sausage  was a big hit, and was devoured in record time. What that means, however, is that I am OUT of the stuff, and I like it a lot. That said, today, another 15 lb batch was started, with slight modification to the...
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    Jagdwurst (German Hunter Sausage) - QVIEW!

    Figured it was time to try something a little more... interesting. This time around, it was time for a batch of Jagdwurst, which is German Hunter Sausage. It should be a moderate summer sausage surrounding chunks of ham. I'm not using a particular recipe, but using Rytek's for the sausage, but...
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    Smoked Northern - Q-view finished pic

    My father-in-law is headed out fishing soon, and asked me to smoke up a few fillets of Northern he had in his freezer to see if we want to smoke up what he catches, which, for the destination he's headed, is usually Northern, Perch, and Walleye. He's all but inhaled every ounce of Salmon I've...
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    Oh, no... I'm in big trouble.

    Stopped by the butcher to pick up what I needed to get started on another batch. Got to talking to him, and there is going to be a sale on fresh ground pork (pork butts) for $1.29/lb starting Wednesday, running for a week.  They always do a great job on trimming all the connective tissue and...
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    Applewood smoked Canadian Bacon - Q-View

    A month or so ago, following Bearcarver's great how-to thread, I made a batch of Canadian Bacon with Hickory smoke. Turned out great, everyone loved it, needed more. Smoked a good sized batch again yesterday, this time with apple wood, and some also encrusted with black pepper. Here's the...
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    Goteborg Summer Sausage - all pork - Qview finished pics

    One of the most common things around these parts at things like Superbowl parties is sausage, cheese, and crackers. I figured I'd do something a little different, and smoke up a batch of Goteborg Summer Sausage - a little different than your typical Summer Sausage. Beef and I don't get along...
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    Hot-smoked Salmon

    My wife LOVES fish, especially salmon. I happen to love my wife, so I figured I'd give it a shot. One of the grocery stores local to me has a good seafood counter, and had a couple of nice fillets. Prior to smoking, I prepped and cured the fish as follows: Cut the fillets into more reasonable...
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    Ragnar in Wisconsin

    Hello, everyone! Ragnar from Wisconsin checking in! I've been grilling since my dad handed me the tongs, making fresh sausages for years, and recently ventured into the world of smoking and curing. My primary goal was to make summer sausage, salami, bologna, and similar things, with a...
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