Ref; And..pulled the trigger! First Fatty in progress!

[TomKnollRFV]

Preface; God I hate Saran Wrap.

So I decided to do a combination of Farmland pork sausage <1lb> and roughly half pound of beef or so.

I'm going to fill this with pepper jack, a cheese from a goat farm around me <It's part cow, part goat milk> and some type of cheddar. Turkey Stuffing, Cranberry sauce..and a dabbling of Pepper Jam, Gotta have dat spice!

Unfortunately, I -really- hate Saran wrap. I am utterly convinced a better solution has to exist then using it. Or maybe buying walmart brand saran wrap is the problem. I can never get it to tear nicely, it just ends up some horrid ball every time I try lol. I'll get pictures as I go. Right now I just did the rolling out in a bag phase.

 

[SmokinAl]

You need to get a saran wrap cutter, I have one on my saran wrap & one on my foil. They just slide across the end & cut it perfectly.
Al

 

[TomKnollRFV]

You need to get a saran wrap cutter, I have one on my saran wrap & one on my foil. They just slide across the end & cut it perfectly.
Al

That is def on the list. Tinfoil I never have a problem with..but me and Saran Wrap are ancient enemies Al ;)

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Here we go! Picture time! I forgot to take a picture with the cranberry and pepper jam on it..and I believe I might have over filled, wasn't easy to roll this..so I'm sort of vaguely hoping that I just end up with it not leaking out all over when smoking it. <Also raining now, so not sure when I'll be able to smoke this>

 

[atomicsmoke]

I use the cutter that comes with the large costco roll. Works nicely for a while until it dettaches from the box. I hate the saran wrap cutter LOL

 

[SonnyE]

I see you went to waxed paper. I like waxed paper and foil myself.
For the same reasons you hate plastic wrap.
However, as you probably found out, waxed paper and meat like each other. A LOT.
Often too much. But you can eat waxed paper if it can't be removed entirely.
But you may fart candle dust if you eat too much.

I find Ziploc bags are very friendly for making stuff. I use a quart sized one to make jerky patties with ground beef, and a form I made. I just slit the side seams and have a nice plastic form.
But plastic wrap has always been a PITA for me, too.

 

[gmc2003]

I don't think you overfilled the fatty, I think you didn't spread it out enough. I've never had issues using plastic wrap as I use the costco roll that has the built in cutter. Parchment paper works a whole lot better then wax. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Chris

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I thought that could be a problem..but trying to shred soft cheese was just a headache. I might try it frozen then shred it for fatties...

The other issue I have is my bacon weave isn't pretty; next time I might try to roll it flatter <Also it would help if the bacon pieces were all the same length! Some where a candid 2 inches shorter!>

I sprinkled my bacon weave with a touch of honey garlic weber rub!

 

[gmc2003]

Sorry I can't lie, but that is one butt ugly bacon weave. Who sells bacon with that much difference in length? If you can't shred the cheese then try to shave the cheese. I like to keep about a half inch or so away from the sides of the fatty, and probably about an inch or more from the bottom when rolling(the side furthest from you).

Chris

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Sorry I can't lie, but that is one butt ugly bacon weave. Who sells bacon with that much difference in length? If you can't shred the cheese then try to shave the cheese. I like to keep about a half inch or so away from the sides of the fatty, and probably about an inch or more from the bottom when rolling(the side furthest from you).

Chris

Walmart..Walmart does. That was the Walmart Brand. Every time I buy bacon <regardless of brand as of late> it's sort of really odd lengths. I got a pack where half the pieces looked full sized in the pack, when I opened them, they were actually mangled halves.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Rolling smoke at 250f on applewood. I put the Temp Probe in after the picture don't worry!

 

[gmc2003]

Man, I've never experienced that, and hope I never do. It almost sounds like Walmart is selling factory seconds on bacon.

Chris

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Man, I've never experienced that, and hope I never do. It almost sounds like Walmart is selling factory seconds on bacon.

Chris

I've had it happen with brand name and GV bacon. Sure, for breakfast it's not bad..but I'd need to probably open two packages to get all even sized bacon. So, as we learned now, my ability to make a bacon weave is bad though ;) Sort of as I figured it would be. My ABTs never look good either cause of that LOL.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

I would need a few drinks after dealing with saran wrap and crappy bacon like that!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I would need a few drinks after dealing with saran wrap and crappy bacon like that!

Eh.. Well I mean, I have seen people just wrap pieces and tooth pick it, so I don't feel to bad LOL

 

[TomKnollRFV]

So I went out to hit it with another load of apple chips, took a pic to snap a picture.

144f Internal.

Going to run her to 165f, let her rest for about 30 mins in the oven or so...

Can I vac seal half a fatty? Like if I bagged it up, then shoved it in the freezer to part freeze so the cheese doesn't splat out, will it be good that way?

 

[TomKnollRFV]

She hit 165f..quick run under the broiler to crisp the bacon a bit..which sort of rolled back. So. I mean, not the best idea.

Plated shot to follow when it cools down a bit so I can cut it with out any explosion.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

It's not pretty..but it tastes good. Wish I had used less cheese, and more cranberry sauce..I love that canned cranberry!

 

[gmc2003]

Looks much better now that it's cooked. As for vacuum sealing sealing. I wait until the next day to slice it up and vacuum seal it. That way the cheese and other fillings won't run out.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[KrisUpInSmoke]

It came out pretty good!