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    Cure questions

    yes sir did a fry test and tasted good to the wife and I. Just got done slicing and I’m heating up the griddle as we speak, thanks for all the input everyone.
  2. M

    Cure questions

    Awesome, I was hoping, y’all would say that. thank you now time to hit it with some smoke
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    Cure questions

    Hello all just finished my wait for my second attempt at some bacon. I did the pops brine method and let it soak for the two weeks, i was flipping ever other day and had zip lock bags of water to weight it down. after washing it off I noticed a couple red patches in the belly and was just...
  4. M

    Bacon in sausage

    Yea I agree on the coarseness might send it threw twice next time but still a fun and tasty learning experience
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    Bacon in sausage

    Man @thirdeye them sausages look good I did a practice run and made some hamburger paddy’s with some bacon ground in and high temp cheddar and home cured bacon next will be some bacon cheddar dogs
  6. M

    Bacon in sausage

    That’s what I was hopeing and the cure doesn’t affect the bacon tast or anything
  7. M

    Bacon in sausage

    Just curious about putting bacon into a sausage, as it has already been cured and smoked. then adding more cure to the sausage mix then smoking them is that bad. Or should I just mix the bacon into fresh sausage. Just curious
  8. M

    Fridge build pid questions

    Ok I thought I had an idea on what I wanted but after looking at what you go now I like that idea and your way is considerably cheaper than this but I don’t have eBay so now to hunt something like that on Amazon but I’m not finding output wattage for that style of pid box or I’m a lot more...
  9. M

    Fridge build pid questions

    Awsome thanks guys and I have a smoke tube from Amazon, and was going to do the mailbox mod. Now time to talk the wife into letting me get the nicer controller
  10. M

    Fridge build pid questions

    That’s kind of what I was thinking but it’s always better to double check thanks hoity toit. Another quick question, you said you went from heating element to a relay then to the pid. did you use the cord it came with that has the temp dial on it or a different one.
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    Fridge build pid questions

    I’m closing in on finishing up my freezer smoker build but the pid controller stuff is confusing to me I have been looking into the Auber wsd-1200gph but I noticed it only goes up to 1440watts on 120 my dad has spare 1500 watt heating elements with the cheap little temp dial plug on the cord...
  12. M

    Silly question?

    So I’m starting my cool smoke freezer build, mostly for sausage and bacon that sort of thing. I’m not even sure of what type of heat source I want to use yet just getting the freezer ready. I was out at my parents house and saw a street sign I had “ borrowed“ when I was younger we’ll they are...
  13. M

    Just starting out

    Thanks all for the greetings
  14. M

    Just starting out

    Hello all I live up in the west side of Washington state I have only been smoking for a little over two years on a Traeger. But that just made me want more, I have recently gotten a stand up freezer (metal interior) that I am learning about converting to a cold smoker. I have recently gotten...
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