I said vacation day and husband started throwing stuff out of the freezer into the fridge, so here it is. Smoking my first two venison shoulders, two elk italian sausage (they were given to us, we didn't stuff these), and why not - two racks of pork ribs. Into the 5 crock pots went 10 lbs of ground elk/venison (chili, taco meat, "manwich" which will all be refrozen into smaller freezer bags to go into my husband's little crock he takes to the job site every day), and an Elk roast. Whew - I'm tired and haven't even had breakfast, lol
More pics to come later - as the day progresses. Haven't ever done the whole shoulders, and wouldn't you know one wasn't completely thawed, so it's going to have to wait until later today.
Ribs - 3 hours smoked, ready for foil.
Venison shoulder, still very moist after 3 hours. I put bacon on the top of it after 2 hours. Still a little rare by the bone, perhaps it wasn't totally thawed.
Two more hours foiled, and it is still very juicy. My son absolutely loves it (he is usually the tough sell). The bigger shoulder I didn't start until about 2 hours ago, so perhaps another shot of that later.
Sausage pic - not so good according to my son, but neither of us are much of a sausage eater (except for pan sausage). Husband will have to give his take on it at dinner time.
All in all, I'm calling the shoulder a success and a definite do again!
More pics to come later - as the day progresses. Haven't ever done the whole shoulders, and wouldn't you know one wasn't completely thawed, so it's going to have to wait until later today.
Ribs - 3 hours smoked, ready for foil.
Venison shoulder, still very moist after 3 hours. I put bacon on the top of it after 2 hours. Still a little rare by the bone, perhaps it wasn't totally thawed.
Two more hours foiled, and it is still very juicy. My son absolutely loves it (he is usually the tough sell). The bigger shoulder I didn't start until about 2 hours ago, so perhaps another shot of that later.
Sausage pic - not so good according to my son, but neither of us are much of a sausage eater (except for pan sausage). Husband will have to give his take on it at dinner time.
All in all, I'm calling the shoulder a success and a definite do again!
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