Graduating to pigs

[smellslikeagoat]

Hi All,

I've smoked my shair of salmon, trout and venison for jerky, but now it's time to move on up to the big time.  I purchased three Red Wattle feeders two months ago and have between now and December to decide exactly what I'm going to do with them: ham, prosciutto, sausage, bacon (mmm)...  They're on pasture with extra apples and commercial hog feed.

I've always made my own makeshift smokers - the best one was a large, round bird cage covered in old drapes and the smoke generator consisted of a 1lb coffee can with a single 16 penny hole in the bottom filled with a couple of burning charcoal briquettes and then similar sized chunks of wood.  It burned for  6-8 hours just perfectly.

I hope to learn a lot about butchering, curing, and get some good recipes.

Thanks

Oh, the name, We have dairy goats and if you ever had a buck in rut rub up against you, you'll smell like a goat.

 

[s2k9k]

:welcome1: to SMF!!! We're happy you joined us! We have over 50,000 members now who just love to share what they know. You've come to the best place on the net to learn and share everything Q!!!

 

[kathrynn]

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[gary s]

Hello and welcome from East Texas. This is a great site, lots of information and great people that are willing to throw in their two cents worth on about anything.   

Gary

 

[themule69]

Glad you joined the group. The search bar at the top of any page is your best friend.
About anything you wanna know about smoking/grilling/curing/brining/cutting or slicing
and the list goes on has probably been posted. Remember to post a QVIEW of your smokes.
We are all smoke junkies here and we have to get our fix. If you have questions Post it
and you will probably get 10 replies with 11 different answers. That is because their
are so many different ways to make great Q We all have our own taste.

Happy smoken.

David

 

[wjordan52]

Welcome Goat! We're happy to have you here. There's a great deal of knowledge shared on this forum, and we look forward to your input as well.