Well I started off with some 80/20 ground beef from WalMart ( what a mistake ). This stuff was SOOOO greasy and had so much stringy tissue in it it was a pain to work with. I had to stop several times and wipe out my feed chute just to get the grease out. I finally got them all stuffed ....
This is half of what I did. With the problem the grease gave me it took a while to do. I tried the ice water, ice chips trick with no luck. I had two sticks that looked like they where ALL fat, when they got stuffed they had a white look about them.
Mistake #2,,, Took them straight to the smoker and smoked at 100 degrees for about a hour and a half. Then started ramping up the temp. While this was going on I was grilling some chicken for dinner, no pics there. Bumped the temp up to around 180 for the end, went and checked and the IT was 167. Took them in and let them cool and Ice bathed them.
I have several that had liquid fat streams in them. popped and drained them. Left them in the fridge over night on paper towels on a cookie sheet. Cut up and cut out the really greasy spots, threw in a paper bag and back in the fridge. They are dry on the inside and greasy on the outside..
So any "helpful" comments would be great....
This is half of what I did. With the problem the grease gave me it took a while to do. I tried the ice water, ice chips trick with no luck. I had two sticks that looked like they where ALL fat, when they got stuffed they had a white look about them.
Mistake #2,,, Took them straight to the smoker and smoked at 100 degrees for about a hour and a half. Then started ramping up the temp. While this was going on I was grilling some chicken for dinner, no pics there. Bumped the temp up to around 180 for the end, went and checked and the IT was 167. Took them in and let them cool and Ice bathed them.
I have several that had liquid fat streams in them. popped and drained them. Left them in the fridge over night on paper towels on a cookie sheet. Cut up and cut out the really greasy spots, threw in a paper bag and back in the fridge. They are dry on the inside and greasy on the outside..
So any "helpful" comments would be great....