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[Ishi]

I found this site searching the web last night wow where have I been. One minute on this site and I had to join up. I’ve been smoking meats for 15-16 years now but I want to up my game.

Bibs, briskets and the such are still fun to make and eat but now I wanting to start curing meats. I’ve learned a bunch in just one day as a member. I’ll ask you experts many questions so be patience with me:)

Awesome site and I will post my cooks in fact I’ll be posting a couple recent cooks in the wild game section.

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[Smoke23]

Welcome and glad you joined!

 

[Rings Я Us]

Good to have ya. Hope you stay around and show off some pics from time to time.

Good smoking to ya! :)

 

[Geebs]

Welcome from KC, this sight certainly has a wealth of knowledge.

 

[dcecil]

Welcome from California, can’t wait to see your post

 

[weedeater]

Welcome from NW Georgia!
You’ve come to a happy place!

Weedeater

 

[Ishi]

Curing, where do you want to start what do you want to make? There are lots of great end products you can cure with equipment you already have (refrigerator and/or smoker) like bacon, dried smoked beef, jerky, biltong or you up your game and build/buy a curing chamber and make some really great aged offerings like bresaola, pancetta, prosciutto, lonzino. guanchalai etc..

Curing meats is a delicious slippery slope. Please do not hesitate to ask and I will do my best to help.

I did my first curing last weekend. I made Venison Pastrami and I think it came out very good. I’ll do a post on it in the wild game section here soon.
Right now I’m wanting to do cured bacon, Canadian Bacon and stuff like that. There are my great threads that I’ve found so far so when I start the cooks I’ll start asking for help if I have questions.
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome this is going to be fun.

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to SMF!
Glad you decided to join us!
Al

 

[Ishi]

Here's a good recipe/process from member Bearcarver for dried beef. Its easy and always turns out to be a crowd pleaser

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/167947/dried-beef-step-by-step-great-stuff#post_1221448

Thanks for the link. In my short two days here I found that on a Google search and that made me join this site :)
I’ll be using this recipe on a bunch of venison that I have in the freezer.

 

[Bearcarver]

Thanks for the link. In my short two days here I found that on a Google search and that made me join this site :)
I’ll be using this recipe on a bunch of venison that I have in the freezer.

That's a good one---Just give me a yell if you run into any questions on any of my Dried Beef Step by Steps.

Here's some made from Venison:
Smoked Venison Dried Beef
Venison Backstrap Dried Beef
Venison Backstrap Dried Beef #2

And Welcome to SMF!!

Bear