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    Tired of bland burger

    Looking for suggestions. After constant Complaining about how poor the ground beef we buy tastes, I decided to buy a chuck roll and grind it myself. Probably cost about the same as ground beef at the local Wmart,( have to drive 20-25 minutes to get to another grocer ), but I want better flavor...
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    Smoking cheese again

    My family has always liked cheese, and most enjoy the flavor of smoked cheese also, so I decided to try something different to see what the outcome will be. I like spicy foods, and covered 3 blocks with different peppers that I had ground up. Going to smoke a second time to hopefully add more...
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    Need help curing hams

    I just had a neighbor drop of 2 fresh hams ( #7 and #9 ) that he would like me to cure and smoke for Easter. I Have used Pops brine method before and had excellent results. My question is do I have enough time to get them cured correctly before smoking using pops method? I have always errored on...
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    Pork and then more pork!

    First time firing up the smoker that my uncle build me since his passing a couple weeks ago. Kind of thought of a tribute to him. I think it he was looking over my shouldear on this one and I thank him as it was a hard cook. Had some friends invite us to a party and said only if I can bring the...
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    Brisket n Butts

    My neighbor usually throws a Fourth of July party and asked me to do the meat. I figured it would be a good opportunity to fire up my stick burner, and cook more than a single rack of ribs or brisket. I ran to the local WMart, and they didn’t have any briskets in the cooler. I pannicked, found...
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    Brisket fajitas

    Any help with a rub to season a brisket to be used for fajitas? I had an urge for fajitas and pulled a small piece of a previous smoked brisket seasoned with spog out of the freezer, thawed it, sliced it added fajita seasoning and some oil, let it marinade for 1/2 hour and put it on the grill...
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    A long time in the making but it’s finally done

    Started out about 4 years ago wanting to have my own cooker. My Aunt and Uncle have catered many cooks on their custom built smoker that my uncle and friends built from an old boiler, so after 3 years of me have most of what it was going to take to build it, he offered to do it for me. We went...
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