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  1. countryboy19

    Anybody ever do a 3-door commercial fridge build?

    Yes, I know it would be huge, but my thought is to partition it into 3 section, take the middle door off (maybe), and use that section as my "equipment and accessories" area. I can have my smoke generators in the middle with a fold-down work-table etc along with my heat-control (I'm thinking...
  2. countryboy19

    Where to get heirloom seeds to grow paprika peppers?

    I've recently got the bug to start making my own paprika. I think the peppers will grow just fine in my area, and the rest of the processing isn't a problem. But I can't seem to find a good source that covers a lot of heirloom paprika seeds. I was wanting to try out a few different varieties...
  3. countryboy19

    Pork Thawing question

    Ok, I have ~450 lbs of frozen pork butts that I need to thaw out. I plan to do the smoke this coming weekend. I don't have that much room in my fridge, and I don't have that much room in coolers (but cooler space can come close). I will have that much cooler space Thursday night, but not until...
  4. countryboy19

    Free belly

    Talking to a friend this past weekend and he mentioned that he had to go home and butcher a hog. I asked what he planned on doing with the belly. He said, "Grind it up into sausage because we don't know what else to do with it." I said I'd happily give them a little homemade bacon in return for...
  5. countryboy19

    Smoking a turkey this weekend!

    It's a BIG one, at 23.5 lbs so I definitely plan to spatchcock it. I read that a higher temp should be used for a turkey just to get it through the danger zone quickly. But I also plan to do a couple butts as well and don't want to over-do it on them. If I'm spatchcocking the bird, is there a...
  6. countryboy19

    I have a pepper sprout!

    Planted some Cayennes about 9 days ago, and saw my first sprout yesterday (I'm assuming its a pepper sprout). 8 days to germination on a cayenne sounds about right doesn't it? I planted my anchos and serranos Friday, so I should be seeing those next week sometime if all goes well. If not, I'll...
  7. countryboy19

    Just stuffed my loin ...

    and put it in the fridge for an overnight rest. I'm not sure I'll be able to do a Qview, but I'll see what I can do. Stuffed with apple chunks and crushed pineapple mixed with a little brown sugar and then rubbed down with a recipe for Carolina Style PP Rub I think I got from here at some...
  8. countryboy19

    Curing poultry before smoking?

    I just got done reading through Rytek Kutas book, and in there he said that poultry should always be cured before smoking. Is that true? Or is he talking about cold-smoking rather than hot-smoking/fully cooking?
  9. countryboy19

    Amazon has the Maverick ET-73 on sale

    Whoops, wrong thermometer. Jak757 posted the ET-73. Regarding my post below, doesn't the ET-73 normally sell for about $45?
  10. countryboy19

    Wood score... anybody need some cherry?

    So I posted up on craiglist looking for fruit woods. I already had a little cherry so I didn't include it. But I got a guy about 20 minutes from me that had 4 big cherry trees he said I could have. 1 was dead and had already been topped/limbed, so I took that one down the other day. It was...
  11. countryboy19

    If I buy "The Bible" should I still get...

    On another website I was told to buy "Charcuterie" by Ruhlman, but here it is recommended to get "Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing" by Kutas. I'm a cheap person, and I don't really want to spend money on both of them if they're just going to mostly cover the same topics, but if they're...
  12. countryboy19

    GFS Pork butt quality?

    I posted this in my wedding reception thread here: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=88157 But I thought it may be better asked here because I didn't get much response to the question there. I will be doing some pork butts (per recommendations in that thread). Gordon's Food...
  13. countryboy19

    Is a combo hot/cold UDS possible?

    I'm looking to build a UDS, or some other type of smoker. I can do just about anything I want given the time. But I don't know what I want or what would work best, and the less time required the better because I don't have a whole lot of time to work on this so I think a UDS would be best...
  14. countryboy19

    Wedding Reception

    I'm new here, but I've roasted a hog before (my roaster, another guys hog, directed on how to do it by a 3rd grumpy old man). The guy directing us how to do it didn't want to stray from his method one bit; I understand and respect this, but I don't think he was really as knowledgeable as he...
  15. countryboy19

    I'm here everybody!

    I know you've all been waiting for me, sorry, I came as fast as I could! My name is Matt. I'm no rookie, but I'm also far from expert. I know some, but not enough.
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