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  1. junkcollector

    oven loin

    I know, I know, blasphemy but its all i got for now. Haven't got my smoker built yet since the move.  approximately a 1/2 lb pork loin. made a wet marinade for it while i cooked up fish n fries for lunch yesterday. here's the marinade, no amounts, just dumped till i liked the taste. silver...
  2. junkcollector

    gonna miss ya'll

    Time to move on. Literally, going to be moving and out of touch for a while. Sorry I haven't been very active on here lately. I have had some serious health issues since Christmas. They have seem to subsided lately. Haven't posted anything simply because I haven't had time. Between health and...
  3. junkcollector

    chuck roast and rolls for dinner

    Figured i'd go ahead and get started on dinner while my better half was in town getting some chuck roasts. Made up a batch of rollers amish bread and made rolls/buns. Boy did i time it wrong. She took her merry sweet time and the rolls are already done and the CR just went into the smoker. Chuck...
  4. junkcollector

    it begins! tatonka short ribs

    So I finally broke down and got some Tdust to try. 4 are Tdust, 4 are lawerys season salt, white pepper and paprika. In the smoker now with mesquite!
  5. junkcollector

    overmixing ??

    I started a new post on this so I don't hijack jam's thread. I'm just a ol ignorent hillbilly and need some extree edjumikashion sometimes.  Overmixing sausage came up and I wanted to know about it. Been doing sausage for years and have no idea if i've ever experienced it or not cause I have...
  6. junkcollector

    discounted sausage stuffers

    Just a heads up if anybody is looking for a stuffer. I was at Gander mounttain in Knoxville TN yesterday, picked up a 15lb sausage stuffer ((guide series)) for 50%off. I paid $124 and some few odd cents for a brand new in box 15lb vertical stuffer. The knoxville tn store also had 10lb vertical...
  7. junkcollector

    soo, we did pizzas yesterday

    finally broke down and did pizzas completely from scratch. sure is nice to have time for a change to do it from beginning to end in one sitting. saturday i made some italian sausage out of chicken thighs after discovering i was lacking spices for brats. used that sunday on pizza. 1 out of 2...
  8. junkcollector

    slim jim recipe???

    I have recently ventured into collagen casings and after using them now, figured i'd give snack sticks a go. rather than try 10 different recipes and not liking them, i was wondering if anybody has a recipe that tastes like a slim jim brand snack stick? the girls and I all love SJ's. not a fan...
  9. junkcollector

    so much for keilbasa, now pulled pork

    Well, it all started over a week ago, was going to have a small dinner at church for the preecher, 4 year anniversary being there. Had a small dinner planned and had figured on making up some fresh keilbasas for 15-25 people. Well, got a call thursday evening that there was a death in the...
  10. junkcollector

    smoked korean bbq chicken

    had some chicken and figured we'd go ahead and smoke it instead of just grillin it. wife brined it overnite, sprinkled with jeffs rub and into smoker with apple chips. while it was smoking, grilled up some baby bok choy (got sidetracked n burnt it a bit, still good) with a...
  11. junkcollector

    beef shoulder **clod**

    Called the wife from work the other day, asked her to pick up a piece of beef. Well, she comes home with this ginormous beef shoulder. Never seen one so didn't know what the heck to do with it. Sittin in chat room other evening bs'n and asked Dave Omak about it. He give me a quick low down and...
  12. junkcollector

    new round of chicken bacon using breasts

    Well, trying to slice a chicken thigh in uniform pieces is a PITA, so i mixed up another batch of brine and did up a batch of breasts. I was out of dust so had to do a warm smoke in the mes30.really woulda prefered a cold smoke but oh well, do what ya gotta do. They still cook up dry but flavor...
  13. junkcollector

    chicken bacon

    I have finally gotten a recipe down that wife and kids like really well. I have truly failed on the qview though. Got 1 shot of it frying in pan. Once cooked, it was gone before I could get the camera and get a shot  Have been experimenting using pops recipe as a base. Started with 5lbs of...
  14. junkcollector

    F.Dick 12lb Sausage stuffer

    Right off, this is not my stuffer, do not know the seller, just saw it and thought somebody on here might be interested. i don't even know if it is a good price. saw it on knoxville tn craigslist. if somebody wants it, i'm still in town for a week and a half and can pick it up/ship it for you if...
  15. junkcollector

    made up some lunch meat

    started this a few days ago. used some generic rub wife has bought several times over the years that she likes.  here's what i began with.... next gotta dress up the bird. into zip lock bags (out of saran wrap) and into fridge overnite. did whole pack, only pictured 2. off to the smoker...
  16. junkcollector

    chicken dogs using nepas recipe + experiment......

    Went to sams club last nite. Boneless thighs were up to $2 per lb. I just let em keep em. Food city had thighs on the bone for $.99 so we're going that route tonite. Deboned them, skin in with bones for soup stock, meat definately has much more fat attached since a butcher hasn't had their paws...
  17. junkcollector

    chicken brats in sheep casings

    Did up another of brats last nite. My 4yo is still limited with a very small mouth, so I stuffed this into sheep casings. Hog casings stuffed are almost as big as her mouth, then add a bun n kraut and its impossible for her to eat. Used small grind plate on the KA grinder, ground once. Used...
  18. junkcollector

    gotta love craigs list!!

    Finally got a score off CL and wasn't too late. Picked up a berkel buffalo chopper today. Spent the day in Gatlinburg TN after we picked it up. It has a noisy bearing in the top end drive area, but I'm confident it can be fixed. Picked it up for $300!!! Talk bout meat grinding/mixing getting...
  19. junkcollector

    advance prepping. all kinds of Q-view

    With Christman coming, we've got several parties to go to. Plus tomorrow is my 9yo's birthday. After doing 2 fatties and armadillo eggs for Thanksgiving, I was ***volunteered*** to do em for the birthday party and 2 Christmas parties. Here's the run down of what got done today. 40 armadillo...
  20. junkcollector

    fatty question.

    Being a poor dog with gout, i tend to not use a lot of bacon in my cooking. I know where i'm going when i die for not doing so but i'd rather avoid gout when possible. So, when talking about fatties, is it still a fatty without a bacon wrap? or is it simply a gorilla turd?   without a bacon...
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