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  1. veener88

    Help with more smoke flavor out of my Weber Genesis

    Last fall I bought my first gas grill.  Before this all I used for cooking was a lump coal grill or a true smoker.  One was a double barrel that I built myself but unfortunately with changes in life I had to sell it.  The smoker I have right now is a small one.  With moving around it was also...
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    Curing a ham like bacon?

    I have a question. I got done a few weeks ago curing 20lbs of bacon with a new cure. Just rubbing the pork belly with 50/50 mix of kolsher salt and brown suger. When I smoked it used apple and hickory with about 50/50. Well my family loves this nice and simple taste. You have a nice sweet...
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    Bacon qustion lost how I did it last

    It has been about 8 months since I did bacon and last time did it I did a wet cure. I can not find how I did it last I lost it :(. what I am wondering since I smoke my bacon over hickory in a cold smoke what is the best cure to use and should I go dry? We like just a little sweet flavor to...
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    Did my first competition on Saturday

    Well thought I would share my local ACE hardware did its first all cooker BBQ contest. This means you had people grilling and BBQ'ing since up north people think grilling is BBQ. I have to say this was my first time I have ever done a competition and in this event I knew of at least 4 guys...
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    Making Cracklins

    Well after watching a few BBQ shows I see some BBQ places make cracklins from the hog skin and their fat. I am thinking of giving this a shot. Before I was buying hog skin for making my dogs treats by buying the skins, cutting off the fat, and smoking them till they got crisp. For 59 cents a lb...
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    Wanting to make my first jerky this weekend

    I was at my local Mejiers today looking for a pork butt but the price was to high. I look at the beef and they had some bottom round steaks on sale that were lean for the most part so I picked up 3 of the leanest ones I could find. So I have a little over 3lbs of meat to start off with. If I...
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    Large stash if Hickory and some oak?

    After this summer of finding a stash of Hickory that we had around the house I some oak and a lot of maple I think I found a even larger stash of good smoking wood. This wook was cleaned out by a contractor that uses our land and the land behind him for his equpment and soil and stone. When he...
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    Box elder trees any good?

    Just wondering when I was going though my wood pile I came across a few Box elder cuts. From looking at the tree it is part of the Maple family. I am just wondering if this tree is any good for smoking. Thanks
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    Check your wood piles

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well with our very warm 50's this weekend in IL I thought I would go though about 5 face cords of wood that we had on the side of the house of wood from trees that fell and from wood for a land scaper that we had...
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    hawthorn wood?

    While up in my deer stands this weekend I noticed something by both of my stands that are right by deer trails. Each had this little tree that had barries on it. I did notice any barries at deer height were missing but up by my stand there were still some. I saw them in red and black. I...
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    What meet is best for Jerky first timer?

    I have been trying to make a lot of things with my smoker but I have not done Jerky yet and I love the taste of it but I hate the cost of it in stores. Most of the time I just get original flavor. What I am wondering what is the best cut to start off with first for my first time making this...
  12. veener88

    Smoking Goose and Duck Breast

    I just got back from the back yard and between my buddies and I have have 3 geese and 3 ducks to smoke. We have just breasted them out. I am wondering what is the best way to smoke these? Should I brine them? I have never done wild game meat and for me I got my first Goose and Duck and started...
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    Boston Beef Roast

    I am just wondering we got a botson beef roast and have always done it in the oven. I am just wondering is there any way to cook this on the smoker or even do a half and half between the oven and the smocker. I thought would ask and see instead of just doing the normal oven cooking.
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    Very juicy butt what did I do right?

    I just gone done pulling my 9lb pork butt and to my shock it was very juicy. I have never had a butt have this much before and I am not sure what I did. I fallowed the resipe file we have for Johnnys Pulled pork and today I put is on my new double barrel smoker at around 9 and pulled it off...
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    Cooking Chili for about 150 people. Charity event

    I just found out local Kiwanis is helping out our local school that has a grant to build a playground in a day. This will be done in 2 shifts and there will be about 200 people doing this build and Kiwanis is feeding them all with burgers, brats, and Chili. I have made Chili for people but...
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    Temp gauge not on door digital idea

    I have a question about the placment of my temb gauge. When I got my smoker going this weekend I ran into a problem. Some how my door got twisted between prep and paint and it was not sealing well. I do not know if that caused this issue or not the temp gauge on my door was horrable. It was off...
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    pulled pork cook and pull night before?

    I am wondering I want to do pull pork next weekend with my new double barrel but with it still being a learning experence for me I still have to watch it more then my old one. What am wondering is if I want to have pulled pork done for about Sunday afternoon for the NASCAR race can I cook my...
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    Do not forget your dog (pork treats for him)

    I am not sure if this is the right place but since it is pork I thought I would post it. When I got our hog from the local fair this year for the first time I asked for the skin and jowls and everything that I could get. If you have a dog you know how much natural treats are for your pet. So...
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    To much wood on the fire?

    Right now I am trying to cure my new double barrel smoker and I am having a problem. The fire. I am having a hard time getting enough air to the fire. I am having to open up the bottom dampaner to get enough air in. I am just wondering am I trying to make the fire to large? I have about 4 logs...
  20. veener88

    55 gal barrels for Chicago area people

    I just wanted to let you know if you live in chicago area and you want some 55 gal barrels I have the place for you to go. Trilla Steel Drum Corporation 2959 W 47th St, Chicago, IL, 60632 I bought 3 55 gal drums form them today and that is all they make. This was the sweet part all 3 of them...
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