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    WHAT WENT WRONG ?

    Hey all i have a problem and need help, i made 20 rings of cabelas bologna last night, they reached IT of 156 per instructions but took little to no smoke, can i put back in -no heat- and just let the amaz-n give it more smoke? TIA
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    NEW STUFFER

    Evening all, so I don't know if anyone has seen my RANT today but I was stuffing 25lbs. of sticks and my Cabelas 11lb stuffer was giving me a hell of a time so I'm looking for a new one. I would like it to be able to stuff 17mm casings and be motorized as I most often have to work alone...
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    Help quick

    Morning , I am making 25 lb. sticks today . Is it ok to mix the ECA into meat with my power mixer?
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    ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND POLISH SAUSAGE

    Evening all, So I have a coworker who wants me to make some FRESH SAUSAGE . So I have mixed and stuffed ITALIAN sausage before ( no smoking just stuff and freeze ) my question is what blend of meat should I use ? the last time I did this I used straight pork loin that I grinded but i'm not sure...
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    BEST CHICKEN WING RECIPE

    Ok the wife is at the store right now picking up fresh wings for dinner so who has the best smoked wing recipe for us to try???
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    rolling multi use table

    Evening all, So maybe you guys may have seen some pics on here of my work area (and maybe not)but I have been trying to figure out how to get more space to work but not take up more square footage(wifey not likeee). I was surfing the web and came across this workbench at one of my favorite...
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    Saturday ring bologna ( with pics )

    Hello all, I made some ring bologna yesterday. 25lbs. 50/50 mix of beef and pork. got 4 plain, 6 with cheddar cheese, 5 with hot pepper cheese and 1 with half and half hot and cheddar cheese. I must say it didn't turn out bad except next time I might not smoke them all at once, didn't get the...
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    Another Auber PID question

    Hello folks, So with the help of tallbm I rewired my MES and added an Auber WS-1510ELPM. I did some ring bologna yesterday so I simply turned it on set the temp and left it alone. while that was going i popped in the USB manual and read through it. it say it has an AUTO TUNE setting . I CAN'T...
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    TO STUFF OR NOT TO STUFF

    Mornin' all So i planned on grinding, mixing and stuffing and smoking 25lb of ring bologna and 25lb of snack sticks problem is i forgot about some previous plans (wife made) for later this evening so can stuff today and possibly smoke the ring bologna and keep the sticks in the fridge till...
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    Auber PID probe

    So I just got my Auber PID in the mail. my question is where to put the probe. I do a lot of smoking that requires hanging from dowels like snack sticks and bacon so I don't want to attach it to a wire rack because they probably won't be used. Any suggestions? TIA
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    ONLY BLEW THE BREAKER ONCE!!!

    Evening all, Well everything finally came in the mail. used tallbm's post to rewire my MES30, of course all the wires were completely different colors. I had white solid, red braided, blue braided and black solid. after looking at the pics he posted I cut and spliced everything together. put it...
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    PID for (this) dummy

    Evening all, So I've been reading all the posts I can find about rewiring and using a PID. I have a MES130B I bought at Cableas on sale two Christmas's ago. I mainly use it for cold smoking bacon as I don't need to actually to the unit on. but when I do use it for other smoking I have a hell of...
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    Spicy snack sticks

    Good evening all, anyone have a spicy slim jim type recipe that doesn't come in a kit. looking to do a 10lb. batch maybe. TIA
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    STUFFER PROBLEMS

    Hello all, I know I've probably asked or read about this before but I purchased a tube for my CABELAS 11# stuffer ( I know, "you get what you pay for", my wife already told me ALOT!! LOL) anyway it is a 3/8" tube for slim jim type 17mm casings. but there ain't no way anything is makin it through...
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    Cabelas ring bologna kit

    Mornin all, has anyone ever figured out exactly how much meat it takes to fill ONE casing in the Cabelas ring bologna kit i know it say there is enough stuff for 25lbs. of meat but can you REALLY fill all the casings. I have a bunch of people asking me to make some but I have never done a Full...
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    NEED HELP -COLD SMOKING

    Hello all, So I have been cold smoking bacon for some time now using BEARS guidelines for curing , then I use my A MAZE IN tube smoker in the bottom of my masterbuilt electric WITHOUT PLUGING IN OR TURNING ON . But the problem is I have always done this during winter months when I have more...
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    Another ECA ?

    Hello all, So I’m finally going to try adding ECA to some snack sticks problem is I cannot remember when I bought it. I’m guessing maybe 3 or 4 years ago, I don’t see any use by date on the package. Is there a shelf life if so how long. I just opened the package and it looks okay, I was on LEM’s...
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    Meat mixer ?

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all !!! I have a question about encapsulated citric acid and powered meat mixers. I am getting ready to try ECA in some pepperoni sticks and I’m not sure if I can mix it into the meat with the mixer attached to my grinder or if I should mix it by hand.
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    Sausage hangers

    I have pepperoni sticks in the smoker for about 3 hours now and I just realized that smoke only hit one side because the sticks were touching each other. Normally I use dowels to hang them on but I didn’t have any that fit my new smoker so I used metal sausage hooks. I just flipped them so the...
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    Help with sticksp

    I took a shot at getting some 17mm mahogany collagen casings and a 3/8 tube from smokehouse chef. Just as I suspected my cabelas 11# stuffer can’t budge it.Anybody have any ideas, I tried spraying the tube a still no dice, I was going to try my jerky blaster but I’m afraid it will break.
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