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  1. joed617

    Back fo a bit.

    Hi Guys  and Gals, It's been some time since I've been here. The BBQ restaurant is closed and I am retired. Smoking meat for a hobby is better than smoking meat at a restaurant. I was smoking 40 tons of meat a year ... yep 40 tons not a typo.  Retired now so I can slow down and enjoy the hobby...
  2. joed617

    Prime Beef Ribs

    Those ribs look fantastic!  YUM ..
  3. joed617

    meat err meet Bertha my smoker

    Cool .. Joe
  4. joed617

    meat err meet Bertha my smoker

    The show will be on the "Discovery Channel" that's all I know... This couple found my place by accident and loved it. They said it reminded them of home. warm and friendly. As far as tips .. hmm I never soak my wood chips .. I never foil or tent .. patience is the key ..and above all ... be...
  5. joed617

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    HI Martin, Nitrates I think were used with salt back in the 1800's .. I do believe bacon predates that era if not mistaken. I have a commercial kitchen and I'm also a chef. My kitchen and my methods had to pass both the city health as well as an FDA inspection. I had to write the proccess of...
  6. joed617

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    Morning Dave, I was responding to his post in which he stated that he "was't going to cure using nitrates" I myself do not use a cure but that's just me I've researched this method for years and having been raised by a family that cured meat  .  I'm not promoting not to use a cure, I was just...
  7. joed617

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    Looks like bacon, smells like bacon and taste like bacon ... I'm guessing it's bacon .. :) Joe
  8. joed617

    meat err meet Bertha my smoker

    I own a BBQ and Blues reastaurant in Boston ... This is the smoker I use there, We smoke between 35 and 40 tons of meat a year and she's going 24 hours a day 6 days a week. So I do have a li'l experience ... I was also on the locat tv food show.. newspapers and radio. We have a customer that was...
  9. joed617

    More Bacon

    Great looking bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Now I'm getting hungry Joe
  10. meat err meet Bertha my smoker

    meat err meet Bertha my smoker

  11. joed617

    meat err meet Bertha my smoker

    956 lbs and will cook 400lbs at a time .. Joe
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  13. Smoked Rib Eye and beef ribs from way back

    Smoked Rib Eye and beef ribs from way back

  14. joed617

    Smoked Rib Eye and beef ribs from way back

    I love beef!
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  17. joed617

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    I found the pic of the bacon cured with no nitrates. Joe
  18. Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

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  20. joed617

    Bacon Cure without Sodium Nitrate

    I cure my own bacon without nitrates and have had great success. I use 1/2 sugar and 1/2 salt. MY grand parents are both from Italy and they would cure thier own prosciutto just using salt .. I remember my grandfather rubbing the salt in every day and hanging it in the basement. I have some pics...
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