Search results

  • Some of the links on this forum allow SMF, at no cost to you, to earn a small commission when you click through and make a purchase. Let me know if you have any questions about this.
  1. texasfiddlefan

    Hanging spareribs?

    I have been thinking about smoking spareribs by hanging them from a hook to a rod across the top of my MES 40. Kind of like hanging sausage. I could probably do 5 or 6 slabs at a time. Can anyone tell me why ti's wouldn't work?
  2. texasfiddlefan

    At what temp. does meat absorb smoke.

    I have heard in the past that meat will only absorb smoke to 135 deg.  (I presume this is internal temp)  If you wanted a smokier end product that you should start with cold meat straight from the refrigerator.  If you start with room temperature meat it will absorb less smoke.  If this is true...
  3. texasfiddlefan

    Wimped out due to weather.

    I started curing my first Boston butt for BBB on 1/24/01, today would be day 8.  I butterflied the butt so it's only about 2 in. thick. I was going to smoke today but wimped out due to the weather.  It's 2 deg. N. wind gusting to 40 and a chill factor of 20 deg. below. Tomorrow is not supposed...
  4. texasfiddlefan

    My first attempt at CB

    Using Shooter's CB recipe I let the 5lb. pork loin cure for 9 days.  Yesterday I smoked it in my MES 40 using my new Amazn Smoker.  I smoked it at 250 for 3 hrs. l5 min. to an internal temp. of l62.  using the meat probe on the MES 40 and double checking it with my thermopen, the meat probe was...
  5. texasfiddlefan

    How much should jerky shrink?

    If you start with 5lbs. of trimmed meat how much jerky by weight will you end up with?  1lb. 2lbs. 3lbs.?
  6. texasfiddlefan

    How much should jerky shrink.

    I hope I'm in the right place to ask this question.  I am curious how much shrinkage you will get when smoking jerky. If you start with 5 lbs. of trimmed meat, how much jerky should you end up with? 1lb. 2lbs. 3lbs. ?  Thanks in advance.
  7. texasfiddlefan

    Type of pork loin for canadian bacon.

    Can I use a pork loin that says ( solution added) for making canadian bacon. Thats about the only kind I find in the grocery stores. Thanks in advance for your replies.
  8. texasfiddlefan

    Thermometers and their accuracy.

    I got a new MES 40 for Christmas, the Sam's model.  The recommended breaking it in at the max. temp. 275 deg. for 3 hrs.  I did this, and while I was doing I thought I would check the accuracy of the temperature.  With the unit holding very nicely at 275 deg. I put my wife's oven themometer in...
Top Bottom
Back
Clicky