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[diesel-gunner]

First time posting a whole run so please be nice! LOL

So I pulled these three pieces of Whitetail out of the freezer on Thursday. They are from a friends hunt in Texas last season and I didn't want to let them get buried from the latest Costco run of my wifes.

I looked on here for some inspiration, and combined a few things of my own to come up with the following:

I had three, so I soaked the first in Allegro hot and spicy for 4 hours. It will be the one that looks darker in the pics. 

I took the second and soaked in Allegro Smokey for 4 hours. It looks dark as well.

The third I simply dried off with paper towels and sprinkled with salt and pepper.

All three were wrapped in bacon:

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• diesel-gunner
• Jun 11, 2017

And into the smoker at 225 with a single row of Pit Masters Choice Pellets.

I smoked to an IT of 130. The bacon looked good, but needed to be a little more crisp, so I transferred to a 500 degree grill of 3 minutes per side.

This is how it looked after coming off:

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• diesel-gunner
• Jun 11, 2017

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• diesel-gunner
• Jun 11, 2017

 

[diesel-gunner]

I let it rest for 45 minutes under foil, and then sliced thin:

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• diesel-gunner
• Jun 11, 2017

It was juicy, tasted great, and was gone in about 10 minutes with my wife and 2 kids at the helm. 

The black looking hole in the center of the cut is from my meat probe. 

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• diesel-gunner
• Jun 11, 2017

I couldn't really taste a difference in the two different types of Allegro. I use both for ducks and they are definitely different, but for deer, I could tell.

They were a little sweeter than the one with simple salt and pepper and no marinade,but they were all three eaten and enjoyed just the same.

Happy Smokin!

DG

 

[SmokinAl]

Great job DG!

They look fantastic!

I owe you a point, it seems I'm over my limit!

Al

 

[diesel-gunner]

Thank you Al, 

I'm gonna hold you to that promise.

They did come out really well and were so tender.

 

[crazymoon]

DG I'll give you a point for that tasty looking venison. nice job !!!

 

[link]

That looks fantastic! I now know what I am doing with the ones in my freezer this weekend.

I will add the point.

 

[uncletork]

Man that is beautiful cooked venison. 

 

[tallbm]

That looks wonderful!  Keep on posting stuff like that :)

 

[diesel-gunner]

Sorry for the late reply guys, just getting back to this thread.

Thank you for the support!