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  1. OldSmoke

    They said they wanted ribs!

    So, let there be ribs! The smoker is getting a workout!
  2. OldSmoke

    Busy Day!

    My daughter is arriving tomorrow so I made a pot of smoked brisket chili. I’ll also make cast iron frying pan cornbread to go with it. I still need to work on my brisket skills. It got to 190 and I started probing. I wanted it less than what you might do if you were serving it. I don’t want it...
  3. OldSmoke

    Smoking Cheese for Gifts

    I’m making some gift bags for our neighbors. I will include smoked cheddar, Gouda, jerky, and trail mix. And a nice bottle of champagne. We are blessed with great neighbors! We were on a trip and picked up some smoked cheese for a picnic. It was so disappointing after smoking our own. I...
  4. OldSmoke

    Spiral Cut Ham

    I picked up a nice 8lb spiral ham at Costco. I like the honey based basting recipe I found. I baste it then coat it with a brown sugar and spice rub. I’m smoking it using apple At 235. In between rain storms. It seems the atmospheric rivers have painted a target on Oregon. About three...
  5. OldSmoke

    Orzotto alla Carbonara

    We are finally back home! We left at the end of August for a month of sailing, went to the Nederlands for October to visit the most beautiful granddaughter in the world, then San Francisco for Thanksgiving. We returned last week. We had a few days in between trips and I smoked up a killer batch...
  6. OldSmoke

    Utrecht Netherlands Butcher Shop

    We just returned after spending a month with our daughter and year old granddaughter. Man, it is hard having them so distant! In Utrecht, in the neighborhood where they live, is this windmill. Originally from the 1600’s, rebuilt in 1913, and still operational and used to mill grain...
  7. OldSmoke

    Smoking Again

    I haven’t disappeared, I just messed up my back picking up our very cute granddaughter. I couldn’t move propane tanks around and it got too darned hot anyway. It is cooler now and company is coming to dinner tonight! It is so nice to cook again! The first step is bourbon BBQ sauce and jerky...
  8. OldSmoke

    Melding

    I just made a batch of bourbon bbq sauce for the pulled pork dinner tomorrow. I have learned, to make dishes like pasta sauces, bbq sauces, chili, etc, a day or two before serving to allow the flavors to meld. After at least overnight, the sauces get much richer and complex. Foe example, the...
  9. OldSmoke

    Back At It!

    Over Christmas, our over 100 year old cedar tree split at the top in a wind storm. The hotter, dryer weather is really raising heck with the western red cedars in our area. Quite a few were lost. As a result, I’ve been working nearly non-stop starting in February, to put things back together. I...
  10. OldSmoke

    Easter Ham

    Well, it sorta looks like a ham.
  11. OldSmoke

    Jerky - weather permitting

    After returning from two months enjoying our new granddaughter, we smoked and reversed-seared a ribeye and that was pretty good. Then it snowed and buried access to the smoker. It thawed finally, then rained. Forever. Umbrella in hand and galoshes mounted, it was time for some fresh jerky. I...
  12. OldSmoke

    Back Home

    I’ve been pretty scarce for the last three months. Our youngest daughter had a baby in November and we now have the most beautiful granddaughter ever! I’ll back that up with photos, so be careful! Said daughter lives in the Netherlands. Hence the absence. It’s good to be home, but man I am in...
  13. OldSmoke

    Smoked Brisket Chili!

    My wife is leaving me, and going to Mexico tomorrow. Don’t worry, she will be with my daughter and will hopefully be coming back. I’m crossing my fingers for her return. So, in my lonesomeness, I decided to invite some friends over for a chili dinner. I started out yesterday by smoking a...
  14. OldSmoke

    Wednesday Ribs

    I have done BBRs only twice. The first time was not that great, but edible. The second, good enough to see potential. Today was forecasted to be cooler so I picked up a rack yesterday while getting jerky meat. I need to keep trying! I rubbed them the night before. This morning while it was...
  15. OldSmoke

    Pulled Pork

    We did not get together with friends on the fourth since everyone was out of town. So we are getting together this Sunday! I was elected to cook, mostly I think, because no one else wanted too. Everyone wants pulled pork. I would have added ribs or something else for fun, but I’m getting over...
  16. OldSmoke

    Storing Freshly Butchered Beef

    Assuming the beef I buy at the butcher’s shop was cut the day or night before, how long can I safely keep it in the refrigerator without freezing? I am very conservative about this, but it can cause timing issues when smoking for guests.
  17. OldSmoke

    Channeling…

    Mrs. Smoke put beef salads on the menu for tonight. i went to the meat market and picked out a nice top sirloin. My plan was to rub it overnight, freeze it for several hours, smoke it gently over apple, then reverse sear. Looking for validation, I decided to search the forum for “top sirloin”...
  18. OldSmoke

    Back in business!

    It has been four weeks since surgery. The first three were pretty awful. Now I‘m getting my energy back and feeling better every day. It will be a while before I can move propane tanks around though… To celebrate, I smoked a couple of small pieces of salmon. I made Mrs. Smoke a snack of...
  19. OldSmoke

    Tri-Tip smoked like a brisket

    I was out running errands, as I drove by White’s Country Meats, my truck just drove in and parked itself. In a daze, I walked in and just stood there, not sure why I was there in the first place. The young guy behind the counter immediately jumped to help asking, “Can I help you?” I just stared...
  20. OldSmoke

    Shhh, pizza dough is resting

    When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie That's amore When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine That's amore Shhh! The dough is resting. Not a damned thing to do with smoking, blame it on @Count Porcula and his pizza recipe! Yea, I’m listening to Italian cooking...
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