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    First Brisket!! / future q/view

    waitaminute...you mean you were cooking for company and coulda been in the woods? oh heck no! I'd a set that sucker to cook and gone hunting... Looks good though....did a little flat end friday night...i think I'll have some of that for lunch today...
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    What is the best way to add pork fat?

    I've never liked stuffing right out of the grinder...I prefer being able to control the flow a little more precisely..s well as packing the stuffer for no air pockets.. Another good book is Michael Ruhlman's "Charcuterie"..
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    used 55 stainless steel drum - $150 Chicago

    at 80 bucks apiece I'd buy em all and sell them on bbq forums and ebay...125 apiece or so....
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    UDS Wheels

    yeah.I know..I'll scav stuff I could get cheaper and quicker...just to prove I can get r done...
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    Is this worth looking into? Hobart 210

    Check around and see if you can still get parts..plus you may be able to get a self sharpener..my old US slicer has one..
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    Kitchen Aid for improvised meat mixer? You bet! Method/pics

    Make sure you keep everything cold....don't want the sausage mix to "Break"
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    UDS Wheels

    stateside 30 bucks will get you one at northern tools...
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    My daughter likes her steak rare, bloody

    Chainsaw, and backhoe here..I'll just park it out front. All three of my daughters like their steak mildly frightened...and two of them started on solid food with ahi tuna...<G> Little foodies..
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    any woodworking experts?

    Thank you..I gave $2.50 cents for an ancient slicer at an estate auction the other day.couple hours work and it was useable, few more hours and it will be a museum piece..there are deals out there... IF you have room and do enough work with meat to justify..I recently made my first canadian...
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    If you could only have one knife, what would it be?

    If I can only have one knife, I will stab someone until I can have more... MY favorites are the cheap tramontina santokus from Sam's club...use it until it won't hold an edge and canx it...12 bucks gets you more.. Also have a 6" henckels santoku I adore for close board work...
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    How To Clean Big Smokers?

    Pressure washer. If it's really gnasty, dawn and water 50/50 mix in a spray bottle..spray. wait. pressure wash.
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    Next door neighbor

    yeah...cooking for neighbors is a good way to win them over...I've had several marriage proposals...WTH would I do with two? prolly the best thing is try to make it right and make friends...I've been in some neighborhood feuds and it always sucks. Sure am glad I live in the country next to...
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    My wife is for sale.

    Classic! That's better than the inside out undercooked meat... Amen to the country girl thing..mine is a yankee, but she's alright...she will fight you for an extra piece of Mr Brown, and refuses to eat bratwurst that I don't make from scratch...
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    My wife is for sale.

    send her to me, I have a shock collar and a good understanding of Pavlovian response, butt if I get her trained you have to buy me a Lang 84" deluxe....
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    No Ribs 'till 2010!

    Probably some EU regulation...and it's probably putting some little guy out of business somewhere.... That situation needs a Gordon Ramsay style hissy fit...
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