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been wanting to do a batch of sticks ... butt no time off and this dern winter weather has held me off .
I followed Rytek's slim jim recipe pretty much to a T except the addition of some finely minced jalapenos , added 7 peppers to this 15 # batch and I used 12 # beef along with 3 # pork for...
ran 3 smokers , 5 ..2 1/2 lb fatties ,a 4 lb boneless blade roast , 4 chic legs and some wicked beans in the q-bottle ....
10 lb jerky in the MES ...
and some abt's in the little no-name ecb for it's first smoke after saesoning ...
Lot's of sunshine , some cold wobly pops and good tunes plus 3...
I had today off and had planned on doin a smoke , so I put 10 lbs of jerky in the MES , it's all sliced muscle from the cross-rib ( clod ) and cured with Hi-mountains cracked pepper n garlic ( yummy stuff ) ... it really is too crowded , and it's taking longer than the norm 10 plus hrs now ...
well yesterday I made sausage all day , and since my stuffer leaves approx 2 1/2 lb at the bottom , I decided it was time to make up a few fatties .
I had 1 Hot Italian , 1 honeygarlic cheese n onion , and 3 farmers style ( basically a sage breakfast type sausage ).
I used 1 of the farmers...
Hey gang , had some bacon curing in Hi Mountain Buckboard cure , one 11 lb done with the cure and a small bottle of pure maple syrup and a 9 pounder done with same cure and a small bottle of pure honey .
I cured the bellies for 7 days and this afternoon put them in front of a fan to dry and form...
Well I decided to try Hi Mountain's buckbord bacon cure on a belly , cut it in 1/2 and cured for 7 days . At the end of the curing time I found myself with no time to do the smoke , so I washed off the cure and froze the belly till the time was right !
Last week I had a 2 day stretch off work...
Well sorry to take so long posting the final pics / results of my first smoked sausage adventure , but here goes .
Firstly let me report that the 30/lb stuffer with electric motor which I posted about a couple weeks ago and ordered from Cabelas works awesome and is of great value / quality for...
Been awhile since I have posted anything and since I love to make fresh sausage and also love the taste of smoked sausage , I've been wanting to try my hand at makin some , here's what I have on the go ...
15 # ( 5 chubs ) of some old fashioned bologna ( Hi Mountain kit ) in the smoker as I...
Well I tried building a sausage stuffer ( it actually worked ) but was slow and too much blow by the piston seal ... so I broke down and ordered the 30 lb verticle unit with electric motor from Cabalas and I'm glad I did ..
very good value for the price range and will suit me nicely .... here's...
For those that have the electric MES smokers ...take note ...
I use my MES alot ... to do jerky mostly , and salmon ...canadian bacon ...etc etc etc , anything where I need a constant controlled temp ....
anyhow , my MES , started acting up 2 batches of jerky ago , and quit completely on my...
Hey gang ! just got to wonderin , what is the coldest outside ambient temp you have ever successfully smoked at ??? .....and be honest !!! lol .and also on what type smoker was it ?? ( gas , charcoal , electric ????) and also what was the temp .....Inquiring minds need to know ...
Well it was a balmy 42* F here in eastern Canada , and since I was keepin an eye on the temps , I was ready for a long overdue smoke .... anyhow hadn't made any jerky in awile , so I pulled out some Hi mountain cracked pepper n garlic cure and seasoned up 3 1/2 # of eye of the sirloin tip , for...
ALL I can say is wow is there alot of new members joining lately/daily ...far too many to catch up on ... just wanted to say WELCOME to SMF, and a great big HELLO from a Canadian friend / neighbour ....glad you all joined us ,this is a great site to learn form each other so jump in and have fun...
Does anyone here have a recipe they would share for making beef bacon from ground meat ...other than buyin a pre-made mix ?? ...searched here and google , can't seem to find anything ...........
Hey all...haven't had time to post a smoke in awhile very busy with work and such....anyhow we had a sale on boneless loins at work , whole vac packed for $ 1.99 / lb ...so of course I was thinkin backbacons ..
well I cured them with buckboard cure for 6 days , turning once per day , then I...
Hey SMF gang , just watched the updated weather and it looks like hurricane Noel is heading for a direct hit on my city of Saint John N.B ,forcasting 3 plus inches of rain and 85 mph winds , usually not too much hurricane action here , last one was Juan a couple years back which hit Halifax N.S...
Well folks , my father in-law had an old fire extingisher in his garage and was calling it garbage ..well I took a look see and low and behold it was made of stainless....he was thinkin garbage...I was thinkin stuffer ,so home with me it came !
Next I needed to come up with something for a...
A local power commission needed 2 teams of men to dig holes and put up new telephone poles by hand , they hired a team of new brunswickers and a team of newfoundlanders !
Well after the first day the forman asked each team how'd they done ?......new brunswickers answered " we did alright sir...
Hey gang ,anyone here ever build their own sausage stuffer ???
I am in the process of gathering some materials to use,already have the cylinder ...should be pretty easy to whip something up that will work ...the only tough spot I can see right off is fixing the stuffing tube to the cylinder...