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  1. southensmoker

    Cured meat in the fridge. How long?

    Made 5lbs with lem packs. 3lbs 80-20 beef, 1lb of buffalo, and 1lb of deer with 1.25 teaspoon of #1 cure.  Got about 2lbs done and my 5lb LEM stuffer broke.  They said sometime nexy week I should have parts.  How long can the cured meat sit in the fridge? Thanks
  2. southensmoker

    snack sticks went in at 10:00 CST with Q view

    Like it says made them last night mixed together at 9:00pm and now in the smoker at 10:00amCST
  3. southensmoker

    Help me with snack sticks recipe

    I have made snack sticks in the past that turned out really good but I'm wanting more of a tang in my sticks.  I use 80/20 ground beef LEM snack stick mix cure #1 2 jalapenos per pound of meat .5lbs of pepper jack cheese per 5lbs meat Like I said would like more tang so I went out and got...
  4. southensmoker

    My PID install

    I have a 30" MES and I love the smoker but I didn't like the + or - 25 temp swing.  So i ordered the following items from auber: 1 x 25A SSR (RS1A40D25) = $15.001 x Universal 1/16 DIN PID Temperature Controller (SYL-2362) = $42.551 x K type thermocouple 4"probe, Smoker, Oven (TC-K3MM) =...
  5. southensmoker

    Another question for PID install or rewire om MES

    For those of you that installed a PID or did a rewire on your MES, did ya'll bypass the thermo relay that is installed on the right side (if your looking at the back of the MES with the back cover off) or just leave in it?  Does anyone know the temp that it trips at?  Thinking I'm going to leave...
  6. southensmoker

    What to use to insulate a smoker?

    Thinking of buliding a smoker and would like to have it insulated.  It will be a double walled.  Would should I use to insulate the space between the inside wall and the outside wall?  Thinking the space will be 1.5 in.  Thanks Southensmoker
  7. southensmoker

    counter casing breakage ideas

    I'm using a L.E.M. 21mm Collagen casing and during the stuffing process I'm geting one or two breakages.  When I put in the smoker I'm geting a couple more.  Could I be over filling the casing?  How many breakages do you get?  What could I be doing wrong?  I have tried other brands of casing and...
  8. southensmoker

    Lets see some of your projects

    I repainted the freezer to freshen up the white and ordered the Jack Daniels sticker. Placed the JD sticker on when the white paint dryed and painted the whole fridge with a black textured spray paint.  I removed the JD sticker when I was done with the painting to show off the white JD logo...
  9. southensmoker

    Another curing time question

    Been making snack sticks for a while and been keeping them in the frig over night after putting in the cure (#1) and stuffing.  Thought I read somewhere that I could just put the snack sticks in the smoker right after putting in the cure and stuffing.  Is this right?  If not correct what would...
  10. southensmoker

    Smoking in the rain (MES)

    I have a MES and been using it this weekend in the rain (it is only misting).  My question is how do y'all handle the rain when smoking.  I have started to just put a bucket over the electrical control unit and let it go to town.  What you think? Thanks
  11. southensmoker

    Jalapeno Sausage w/ cheese

    I'm going to be trying to make some Jalapeno Sausage w/ high temp cheese (snack sticks).  Some told me that if I don't use dehydrated jalapenos that they would turn bad (spoil).  Is this true?  Or have you  heard of this? Thanks Southesmoker
  12. southensmoker

    MES door change out

    Just wondering has anyone ever thought of or researched if you could take the old style of door like model #20070910 and buy a "replacement" door for a model #20070110.  Than you could get the window feature without replaceing for whole unit.  Would this work or is there something that...
  13. southensmoker

    Drink of choice?

    Like the title says...  Whats your drink of choice when smoking, and I don't mean the "water tray" Mine is Jack and coke
  14. southensmoker

    New smoker with new MES

    Just bought a MES 30 (20070910) today and I'm reading all about this free retro-kit, and problems with loading wood chips.  Does anyone know that the model numbers are required in order to get the free retro-kit?  Also I'm smoke ribs tonight at 225 just wondering after an hour should the wood...
  15. southensmoker

    New from Texas

    Howdy from Central Texas....  Been making some jerky (beef and deer) in the dehydrator for about 6 months now and I love how it is coming out.  When I have been going to the inlaws during the weekends I got the chance to try out smoking ribs (beef and pork) with his charcoal smoker, not to bad...
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