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  1. thirdeye

    Tri-Tip Pastrami Using Pop's Brine

    For my most recent pastrami, I used a 1-gallon corning brine based on Pop's Brine, but added a bunch of corning aromatics and substituted 16 ounces of beer. I did inject 10% of the meat weight. The beef corned for 12 or 14 days, seasoned, rested 24 hours, then smoked followed by a pressure...
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    BLT - "Bacon Long Time"

    For some reason, in the high lonesome, pork bellies have been hard to come by for about 3-years or so. But on occasion, all the stars are aligned. Last month I got a nice one from Costco in Colorado from a friend. I did a 15 day dry cure, smoking 2/3s and making 1/3 into 'streak-o-lean'...
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    Let's Take a Ride on the Wayback Machine to 1959 ~ Beef Steaks

    When I was a little boy in the '60s, steaks were very different. The two of these examples I remember the most were full sized bone-in round steaks... and T-bones that always had the 'tail'.
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    Butterflied Drumsticks ~ Alternative to Wings

    I've been getting in to lollipop drumsticks for a couple of years, but decided to revisit butterflying them. This is a decent lower price option to grilling wings, the prep is easy compared to lollipops, and dark meat likes higher internal temps. You follow the bone for the first cut, then cut...
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    TNF 9/14 - Vikings vs Eagles

    Well, the spread is falling. Vikings started at -7, then went to -6.5, and now it's -6. Draft Kings has a promo called "Up to 7" meaning that if you place a money line bet, and your team leads by 7 points at any time in the game, it's an instant payday. I like the Vikings, but hate those...
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    Freezing Sous Vide Hamburgers?

    I've been playing with sous vide hamburgers, using ring molds, and silicone weights in the bags. At 135° for 90 minutes, These are excellent, flavorful and so moist it's like eating a medium rare steak sandwich. Now I want to freeze some so I can simply thaw and sear. My plan is to sous vide...
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    Gifted 5# of Halibut - Let's Hear Your Recipe

    I guess the title says it all, I'm open to grilling recipes or sous vide. Or, I might just might do a combo meal. Headed to the archives to snoop around...
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    Rainy Day Smoked Steelhead

    We've had 4 days of springtime rain showers and I bought a side of steelhead from Sam's to sous vide, but I reserved a generous tail section to cure and smoke. Here is the 'rainy day' set-up with my Big-Chief fish box smoker. I ran some of my remaining A-Maze-N 'Pitmaster Blend' pellets. This...
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    Heads Up - Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive is Saturday, May 13th

    If you are so inclined, tomorrow's food drive is the easiest food drive to participate in because all you do is leave a bag of non-perishable food near your mailbox and your Letter Carrier will collect it. And.... considering that 75% of Americans own a grill, smoker or other outdoor cooking...
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    Early Season Refrigerator Pickles

    Walmart had 2# bags of pickling cucumbers, so I broke out one package of Mrs Wages 'Refrigerator' Kosher Dill mix and made a few jars. These will be ready to sample in a week, but the flavor is greatly improved at 14 days. Going forward, they have a refrigerator life of 6 months. But I'll...
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    If My Beer Fridge Dies Tonight...

    ... I'm in trouble. The beef back ribs I cooked the other day were part of the Costco bounty we scored last week. But they had Prime brisket for $2.99, so that's on the pit this weekend. All trimmed up. Now I need a battle plan.
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    It Must Be Beef Back Rib Time....

    It looks like @Nefarious and I were on the same page, just one day apart. I stopped into a Costco last week for pork bellies, and they had some good looking beef back ribs. I used some Minor's AuJus prep for a binder, and seasoned with salt, pepper, Moola Beef, and Oakridge Santa Maria. I...
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    Spare Ribs & Hobo Potatoes

    The day before our big snow storm hit I decided to barbecue some ribs, and for a side I made some hobo potatoes, (aka Boy Scout potatoes, or campfire potatoes) which are a mix of potatoes, onions, garlic, butter and about anything else, and cooked in a foil pouch. Starting off on the kettle at...
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    Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

    On Monday, 26.7 inches of snow fell upon us, which is the largest snowfall on any single day in my town since records began. All-in-all, the two-day blizzard dropped 37.4 inches of snow in town, and roughly 48 inches on the mountain, which is 3,000' higher in elevation. And drifting often...
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    Big Poppa Smokers - February 14th FREE Shipping

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    At My House This Morning, Celsius and Fahrenheit Were Almost the Same Number

    At -40° Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same value. Burrrr.
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    Did The Ames Company aka The Ingredient Store close? I can't locate Ames Phos.

    The business founded by Joe Ames Sr. was taken over by Joe Jr a few years ago and I used Ames Phos in my corning brine (beef and pork butts) and also in the @daveomak injectable cure for my hams. I can't find the store online.
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    Lollipop Chicken Drumsticks

    This is my favorite prep for drumsticks. Not only do they look nice, they cook very evenly and there are no tendons or the little fibula bone to deal with. I'm always surprised at the amount of trim, but I finally got an actual weight and a visual. I'm guessing the prep takes 5 minutes each...
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