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  1. Oceantoad

    Found a Dimond in the rough? or a lump of coal?

    I saw this at the side of the road for trash pickup. It was real early so I didn't want to bother the homeowners to get the story why it's being tossed out. My immediate thought is to make it into a cold smoker. Please look at the pics and let me know what will be the best decision in moving...
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    Payment for cutting wood

    My son and his roommate helped me cut up some downed maple trees at my uncles today. I'll be using these splits for my pit along with Ash and some store bought Hickory. I said to pay them for their work, stop by at 5:00 and I'll have some ribs done. I trimmed and seasoned up 4 large slabs of...
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    Smoked Braided Pork Loin with Peach Glaze

    I ran across the post from Milkman55 of when he did a braided pork loin with a peach glaze. My mouth started watering right away. I figured I would treat my wife to an "unusual" smoked dinner for our anniversary. Even though it was Saturday and I didn't get to do it until today, oh well. I...
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    Grilled up some Pork Steak tonight.

    Weather was holding out, no rain and cooling off a bit. Decided to fire up Ole Black Betty. Threw some charcoal in the main chamber with half a split of hickory. When she was hot, I tossed on some spiced potatoes and onions in foil packs. While those cooked for a bit, I cut up some...
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    Attention All Bacon Makers!!

    My local meat mkt has bone in pork butt for $1.49 per #. These are packaged two butts per bag. I jumped on this sale a few months ago and bought 2 bags, (4 butts total). It wasn't until AFTER they were frozen that I discovered they are in the SAME vacuum packed bag. I tried to get one out to...
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    5 Day Basics eCourse

    OK, what am I missing? I have tried to sign up for the 5 day smoking meat eCourse like three times. I have submitted my e-mail address and have received nothing. I have checked my in boxes, spam, junk and any other place I think they would have ended up. Nothing. Any thoughts?
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    Rained Out!

    I was removing the cover on "Ole Black Betty" when I heard a deep rumble. I was thinking dang, I sure am hungry. My stomach is growling like crazy. After getting her cover off, lifted her lid and started removing her racks, there it was again, even louder. I was wondering if I should make a...
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    OMG I ate the whole thing!!

    I picked up another 3 pkgs of spare ribs today at $1.89 a lb and a couple of pork butts to go with them at $1.99 a lb. Got home and proceeded to fire up "Ole Black Betty"! While she was warming up, I trimmed up a couple of slabs, used some mustard as a binder and powdered every nook and cranny...
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    Pork Chops on the new Char-Griller Grand Champ XD

    Got the new offset grill on Sunday. Did a few seasoning burns. Decided to take her out for a spin tonight. Cooked up some Hasselback potatoes and pork chops. MMM, MMM, MMM!! So tender and juicy. Done to perfection. I was actually seeing how well she held her temp with just a few small...
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    Finished product on smoker...What to look for.

    I joined this group a few years ago. It has been a plethora of information when I started making sausages 2 years ago. I have now taken the plunge and bought an offset smoker. In researching the art of BBQing ribs, (I thought I was starting with something easy), is there a checklist...
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    Busy couple of days

    I mixed up 27 lbs of Venison/Pork Butt (60/40) and made up some pepproni sticks, Wild Garlic Summer Sausage, Wild Game Salami and some AC Legs Summer Sausage. Spent most of the day yesterday smoking them on a GMG Daniel Boone pellet smoker. Let them rest over night and vacuum packed them...
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    HOOOOTTTTT Snack Sticks.

    I'm looking for a recipe for 7 lbs of venison/pork butt that I'm turning into snack sticks. This recipe needs to be HOT!! extremely hot. This is at the request of my son. He'll be home for the holidays and would like some snack sticks that will leave him breathing fire. I could go searching...
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    Recipe for sausages...Store bought or Homemade?

    I've been getting into sausage making again since the weather is favoring it. I find it cumbersome to make sausage in the summer trying to always keep everything cold. Anyway my question is, do you prefer a store bought mix or a homemade recipe? In my research for different summer sausage and...
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    BBQ TURKEY

    My father in law has always done a turkey on the grill for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It turns out so moist and succulent. From what he has explained, its all in the brine. Brining it for 24 hours helps loosen up the connective tissue. Slow cook that bad boy on a well maintained BBQ and you...
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    BREAD STORAGE

    After making these beautiful loaves of bread, how and where are you guys storing them? I was keeping ours in our pantry, in a wire basket in a plastic bag. Then I read that keeping bread in a plastic bag will cause it to mold earlier,(not sure how something will mold if it disappears in less...
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    Michigan's UP Sausage...Cudighi

    Anyone have a good recipe for this sausage? I've had it a long time ago. Great taste. I've heard that it calls for red wine in the ingredients. And the type of red wine will affect the flavor. Any "YOOPERS" out there with a family Cudighi recipe tucked away? This "TROLL" would be forever...
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    Frozen food....Really?

    My mother inlaw asked dad to get her brisket out of the freezer to thaw so she can prep it for corned beef. When I saw this thing I just shook my head. What is it?, how long has it been in the freezer? Why not take the time to freeze it properly? All of their food in the freezer looks like...
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    Aaah Houston, we've got a problem!

    Came back from local supermarket having a sale on their pork butts. .99 a pound! Already have 10 whole ones, 5 deboned and sliced up in the freezer now. Tried cramming in that last roast but it had to go inside the house. NEED TO MAKE MORE SAUSAGES. Life is good!
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    Butts, Butts and more BUTTS!!!

    Attention all hands....Meijer grocery stores here in MI have their Bone-In Pork Butt Roast's on sale for .99 a lb. Sale is on until the 12th. There is a limit of two per person. But it does not state how many trips you can make to Meijer between now and the 12th. Or does it state how many...
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    Pocket scales

    Who on here not only weighs their spices, but uses a pocket scale for the lighter ones. What pocket scale do you recommend? ⚖
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