I'm depressed!

[az_redneck]

It's 110' outside and the monsoons are coming. I can't smoke!

I need therapy... Maybe I'll do some canning or make some sausage or something. I just know I have to get my backside off this chair and do something..

Naww..It's too hot to do anything..

 

[cheech]

Well how about preparing meat to smoke for later. I have a recipe for Canadian Bacon that needs to sit for 4 days first.

 

[deejaydebi]

Gee you could smoke bacon without fire.

 

[blackhawk19]

Or you could just relax and have a Miller Lite

 

[az_redneck]

The monsoon storms are so unpredictable, I might have to retire my smoker until about September when the season ends.

You could be outside in your pool enjoying a cold one and all the sudden there's a wall of dust coming straight for you.

This is my 1st year smoking and I have never done it during monsoon season. I'm sure wind, outside temp, and humidity play major rolls. Might be difficult to control. I might have to give it a shot.

OK Deb, I'll bite.. How do you smoke bacon without fire? PLEASE don't say liquid smoke..

Blackhawk19, I think you might have the best idea!

Edited because I just realized that this is post #150 and I was raised to Meat Mopper! Woo Hoo!

 

[smokewatcher]

AZ....I'm just east of you so I'll get hit first. I'll give you a heads-up! I've never tried smokin' during a dust storm though....could make for gritty eats.

 

[az_redneck]

Yep, you're real close. I hang out in Florence with my Ham Radio group. We go to the County building over there on Butte Rd. I think you were the one who gave me the heads up about the wood guys in Phoenix. I'll give you a heads up. Albertsons in Casa Grande has Country Style Pork Ribs on sale for $1.00/lb this week. These are cut up shoulders. I'm sure if you called ahead, they would set aside a whole roast. Also, if you spend $100, you get .50/gal off on gas at the pump. .25/gal for $50 purchase. They have chicken on sale too at $1.00/lb, but I can get wholes for less and cut them up myself.

 

[deejaydebi]

Gee Redneck I don't know - I saw this thing called a smoke cannon or something like that. It shoots smoke into a smoker somehow. You have the heat already! Saves on fuel!

Congrats on the Meat Mopper status!

 

[ajthepoolman]

Make some Amish Friendship Bread. First 10 days all you practically do is kind of mush it up.

 

[ammjr]

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...cStoreNum=8125
I saw the smoke blowing thing Debi is talking about on the Home Depot website the other day while looking for a new grill. It seems like a great idea if you can get your hands on an old fridge - hook it up and instant huge smoker... now how do I convince the wife I need to turn our fridge into a smoke house?
- Anthony

 

[az_redneck]

That would be great for cold smokes, but the darn thing costs more than my smoker!

Maybe when some rich old aunt that I never knew leaves me my fortune..

 

[az_redneck]

My wife had some of that a couple months ago. Looked like a science project. She threw it away before it matured. I also heard there are some safety issues with it. Have you heard anything about that?

 

[ammjr]

Yeah, it costs more than my chargriller, too - but think of the possibilities of a 20 cubic foot smoker

- Anthony

 

[beertender]

If you're in Az gimme the heads up too. I'm in Houston. It's rained everyday but about 9 in the last month and a 1/2. I need to wash my car so bad that I think it put on another 100#s. I open the sunroof and can't tell it's open. This has been one messed up summer.