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  1. chad martinell

    Pepperoni First try: Some Questions

    So I may have jumped the gun making my first pepperoni snack sticks, and I want to know if I made any mistakes. Here is the recipe I used: 2.5lbs. Chuck roast 2.5lbs. Pork loin 1/4C Kosher salt 1tsp. Pink curing salt #1 1tsp. Cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp. allspice 1tsp. Anise seed 2tsp. Fennel seed...
  2. chad martinell

    Ramping Up!

    I told my wife a day or so before Christmas that if I didn't get a Thermapen for Christmas then I would just buy one myself. Low and behold my in-laws got me the back-lit Thermapen! It even came with a little baby Thermapen, so now I have two!!! But that was just the beginning. My wife comes...
  3. chad martinell

    Yet another 1st Bacon Story

    I finally cured my own bacon. I had been watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and one one particular episode it seemed that every episode he visited had cured their own bacon! This got me raring to try it myself. I had found a recipe online, it was by Michael...
  4. chad martinell

    Smoking Sunflower Seeds

    I've searched and saw a couple of older threads about smoking sunflower seeds. I thought about this last night, and will definitely try a batch over the weekend. My plan is to buy roasted/salted sunflower seeds, then I'll mix them with some olive oil, and add some additional seasoning to them...
  5. chad martinell

    New Years Eve Goodies!

    So what is everyone smoking up for NYE? I decided this morning that even though we aren't having people over or going out, I'm going to smoke up some ABTs (probably stick to basics with just cream cheese and wrapped in bacon), and some smoked chicken wings. I had smoked wings at a BBQ place in...
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    New smoker from Southern California!

    Good morning all! My name is Chad, I am a traffic engineer in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, and I would consider myself an amateur chef/semi-pro baker (I partially owned a cafe where I made cheesecakes which are my specialty.) Like many I received a new smoker as a Christmas...
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