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    Lox - Wet Brine Recipe?

    I've been making lox for several years and have always done a dry brine.... (no reason in particular, that's just how I've always done it)... Generally I use honey instead of sugar and also use cure #1....
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    Filtering smoke - bubbling smoke through water?

    I am trying for that "thin blue smoke", so don't want to introduce high volume air into my cold smoker producing a hotter fire and thicker, darker smoke..... Nor do I want to put the smoke output through a compressor or air pump that will end up clogging from the creosote.... So, my dilemma...
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    What's your occupation?

    I work on computers... break em and fix em (hopefully more of the latter).
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    How Long to Cook a Brisket or The Misconception of the 1 to 1.5 hour rule

    One of my signature smokes is pastrami, but I cheat with that and start with store bought corned beef....  I have yet to corn one from scratch....  but I have a couple of packer briskets in the freezer that I want to try next week.... have never done a whole brisket....  I have not choice about...
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    Pastrami

    Wade: And therein lies the rub.....
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    1st cheese w/ AMNPS.

    I have been smoking cheese for several years.  A couple years ago I tried sealing the smoked blocks or cheese in wax, this was not a particularly successful as the wax tended to permeate the cheese.....  has anyone tried this method of packaging, and do you have any tips on how to do it...
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    ENTER THE AMAZE-N-SMOKER CONTEST!!! YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE 1 OF 10 LUCKY WINNERS- CONTEST CLOSED

    “The first thing I plan to smoke if I win the A-MAZE-N-PELLET-SMOKER Contest is one of my signature pastrami's from the recipe passed down 2 generations to me......  Of course I'll also throw in some ABTs and a few sausages just to fill the smoker.... (and because the neighbors demand them when...
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    Another Smoke Daddy Review

    About 3 years ago I purchased a small 6" smoke daddy, the smallest of the line, as I wanted to try it before investing in the "Big Kahuna".  When I received it, I was very impressed with the quality of the unit and it's ease of useage.  My first project was smoking some Lox, or smoked...
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    2nd generation NC smoker here

    I inherited my dad's smoking notebook.... so had to do it! he make the best pastrami I have ever had.... still working on it.... Ive been doing a lot of pork for pulled pork, ribs, beef riblets, and about anything else that will fit into the smoker.... tried the atomic buffalo turds.... they...
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