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  1. q dawg

    RAIN....RAIN....RAIN !!!

    Almost no chance to smoke with all the rain here in the midwest !!!     Q DAWG
  2. q dawg

    SHORT RIBS ?

    A friend of mine mentioned today tht he was going to cook short ribs of pork...!  I've heard of beef short ribs, but not pork....ask him if he meant country ribs and he said no.....   Has anyone heard of these.....I know sometime our larger chain stores around here come up with their own names...
  3. q dawg

    QVIEWS !

    Has anyone else tried posting several pics from Photobucket at the same time...?  I read a post that said if you copied and pasted the same as you used to do for all at once, all you had to do was copy and paste the HTML codes instead of the IMG codes.....this is from the page that list all the...
  4. q dawg

    TEST TESTING

    http://s874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/QDawg-Photos/PORKSTRAMI%202010/?action=view¤t=2010_0227CORNEDPORK0005.jpg" target="_blank">http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/QDawg-Photos/PORKSTRAMI%202010/2010_0227CORNEDPORK0005.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">...
  5. q dawg

    Where's the "DUDE" ?

    Anyone seen a post from the Dude Abides lately....he used to post all over this forum.....miss reading his input....always felt I had learned something after doing so !!! Just wandering ?!? Rick
  6. q dawg

    Garlic Water !

    I read on a post a few weeks ago someone relating that his dad or part of the family who used to make a lot of sausage.....would take garlic cloves , put them in a canning jar...pour boiling water over them....cap and let set overnight, before using the liquid in the making of their sausages...
  7. q dawg

    Propane Gas Scale

    I've used pressure gauges and strips on the side of my tank, but this device is the nuts.....tried weighing the tank on my bathroom scale and then checked with this gas scale.....very accurate...used with a standard #20 lb. propane tank.....I found this at my local home improvement store with...
  8. q dawg

    High or Low Pressure...? Can we finally get the record straight ?

    Okay...!!! Is there someone out there that can set myself and a few other lay persons straight once and for all on this high and low pressure subject ? THIS NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED IN SIMPLE TERMS...!!! FOR EXAMPLE....Can you determine whether a burner is high or low pressure by its' BTU rating if...
  9. q dawg

    "Egg Test"

    Ran acrossed this bit of info while looking at older recipes for making your own corned beef. The recipe called for 1 raw egg in shell for testing salr content of the brine. Apparently in earlier times when saltpeter was used and salt was added seperately....you put an egg into the brine as you...
  10. q dawg

    1st Cure - Porkstrami

    Did my first cure. Brined/Cured for 7 days. Cut pork butt in two pieces. One I rubbed with DeeJay's Pastrami Rub, adding granulated garlic to the recipe....the other piece I saved to dry roast in pressure cooker......both turned out delicious.....smoked at 250* for 3 hours, started to rain, so...
  11. q dawg

    Is Your Butt Too Big ?

    Is there a point (size) when a chunk of meat is too big to safely make it passed the 140* in the required time....at 250* temp. I've read here on SMF of those doing 26 lb. chunks of beef....I was even starting to worry about my 5 - 8lb. pork butts until I've seen the size of some that are being...
  12. q dawg

    Search Link ?

    Does anyone know if admin. has ever done any work on trying to make the "Search" link more user friendly......seems like everytime I try and use it, it comes up with no info or says I need more characters in the search or something like that ? Most searches I have used elsewhere go by a key...
  13. q dawg

    Smoke Daddy Cleaner !

    Just in case you haven't tried this cleaner for cleaning up your Smoke Daddy.....works absolutely great....almost apply and rinse off......bought this at SAMS CLUB...three pack with sprayer for about 8 bucks....."PRO Force"..... Q Dawg
  14. q dawg

    Store Bought Fresh Sausage

    Hope I'm not repeating a previous threat.....but.....! I have smoked some fresh sausage (polish) 250* for 1 1/2 hrs or so......Absolutely great flavor !!!, but of course the casing was a little tough.... Is there any way to smoke fresh (Safely) just as it comes from the store without toughning...
  15. q dawg

    Another Brine Question ?

    Want to try makig some CB.....I am a little confused on the quanity of Prague Pwdr to use in the brine....what I have been reading is....some brines say to use a quanity that is determined by the meat size and others seem to have a quanity that is based on the gallons of brine being made...
  16. q dawg

    Okay !!! Anyone Ever Try This ???

    Bought a new thermometer w/probe yesterday....no remote just regular meat probe type.....Taylor brand..... So got it working and decided to check it's accuracy first in case I have to take it back (3 gone back to store in the last 2 weeks) was starting to think it was me....! Checked it...
  17. q dawg

    Brine Question?

    Brine recipes calling for Coriander....is this normally mean whole if not specified ? thanks..........Q Dawg
  18. q dawg

    Prague #1

    Prague #1 powder Instacure...never saw the word Instacure as part of the name before. so is this regular Prague #1 powder... want to order some and wanted to make sure I got the right stuff.....saw it listed on Amazon.com...believe it was $5 something for a 1 lb. bag...Thanks for any info !!! Q...
  19. q dawg

    SMF - Chain of Command ?

    Anyone know the chain of command here on SMF....? I keep seeing threads moved to other topics...like there is stuff going on in the background....! Also....saw a thread that looked like it had been added to after being posted....it was someone opoligizing for posting the threat to early....the...
  20. q dawg

    "Tender Quick" brine ?

    Anyone use the Tender Quick brine solution as a base for an injection seasoning ? Q Dawg
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