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  1. herr tulpe

    OffSet Smoker Quality vs price

    Since my last foray into smoker design, had been thinking about some alternatives, and have pretty much finished my design when I remembered that most of the smokers you buy in the US are actually made in China.. Have been doing the ring around 7 or 8 chinese manufacturers to get some pricing...
  2. herr tulpe

    Bacon - Take two!

    Second attempt has just begun, i have about 5 lbs of pork belly curing as of tonight, hope to cold smoke it on Saturday. Made a dry cure of about 1 lb brown sugar, 1 lb salt, and 1/4 lb white sugar. Then about 3 tbs black peper. On one of the bellys I rubbed some mustard, then the cure, on...
  3. herr tulpe

    Offset Fireboxes

    Why are the fireboxes in offset smokers always at half the height of the meat box? Is there any good reason, other than minimising the amount of baffle required to get the smoke to the meat? After my cold smoking bacon (which was great eating!) the ambient temperature gets to 35 C during the...
  4. herr tulpe

    Street Barbecue in China

    We had a party over the weekend celebrating 10 years of the factory that I work for, and we had a barbecue. Thought I would share some photos of what street barbecue is like in China.. They tend to grill everything on a stick over charcoal. As a result the barbecues tend to be long and thin...
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    What else can be smoked with good flavour?

    Does anyone know anything or have experience with what else other than wood can be smoked? I friend told me that his wife used to use green tea leaves.. That got me wondering... Some things I am curious about: Cherry Pits Peach Pits Used Coffee Grinds Used green tea leaves dried fruits any...
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    A mission...

    I am on a mission.. A very important mission, and it could be dangerous.. Coz we're going hunting.. for Bacon!! I have been living in China for about 4 years now, and one thing I have always missed is good Bacon. You can get something like it here, full of water, kind of pinkish in color, and...
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