Another beginner from Iowa

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tastetester

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Jun 14, 2011
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Iowa
Hi all,

I'm new to the smoking game, but an old hand at cooking.  Prompted by a bunch of venison burger sitting in my freezer I decided to build a smoker and make some sausages.  So I did.  Out of an old fridge and using a homemade air pump smoke generator.  Made the first sausages this week.  And during the trial phase I made 3 pastrami.  Two from store bought corned beef and one I dry cured.  Next up some nice bass.

Have learned a lot about sausage from this forum through lurking here and picked up some good hints for the smoker build as well.
 
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First off Welcome to SMF. You'll like this place for here are alot of really good folks here that would do anything that they can to help you with just about anything to do with smoking.

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Welcome to the SMF. Glad to have you here. Lots of good folks, great recipes and knowledge. Looking forward to your first qview. 
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Thanks for all the hellos.  I'm sure I'll learn a lot here because there is a lot to learn here.  I'm smoking some fresh largemouth bass tonight.  I think it's time to pull them in about 10 minutes.  Next up is a few racks of baby backs, hopefully on Sunday after a long weekend of work.
 
 

Welcome to SMF, Glad to have you with us.


This is the place to learn, lots of good info and helpful friendly Members.
 

Many of our members have years of experience in smoking meat.  They are more than happy helping Newbies learn the art.
 

We have members who cure there own Bacon, Hams, Jerky, Snack Sticks, Make Their own Sausage, etc. if you want to learn,
this is the place. 
 

Don't be afraid to ask questions of them and follow their advice. You won't be sorry, you will be making great Q in no time at all...

Just remember, when curing your own meats follow the instructions included with the cure to the letter, this is not something to experiment with.  


Never use more cure no mater if it is Tender Quick or Cure #1 or Cure #2 than the manufacturer says to use, this can be very dangerous.
 


Tender Quick and Cure#1 or Cure #2 are not interchangeable, neither Cure #1 interchangeable with Cure #2 or vise versa
 


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  11. Remember, We Always Cook by Temperature and NOT BY TIME...
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  13. If you are wanting to get into curing meat, there are many members here more than happy to help and give good advice.

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