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  1. deerjohn

    freezing ground venison for stuffing latter

    Thanks JJ,  My plans now will be to freeze the fresh cuts and trimmings to be thawed within a couple weeks, mixed, seasoned, cured,ground, stuffed and smoked???  Sounds like a plan to me!!  Thanks for your help.  DEERJOHN
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    freezing ground venison for stuffing latter

    Thanks JJ, When you say plain ground meat, are you speaking of ground venison??
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    freezing ground venison for stuffing latter

    New to grinding my venison.  Can I  grind and mix in the pork & seasoning for summer sausage, stuff and then freeze the logs for latter smoking??
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    MES #30 MOBIL CART

    Is there any reason not to clean it???
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    MES #30 MOBIL CART

    I've used it about 15 times, but clean it after each smoke!  Most everything is covered with foil during smoking, and that really helps!  The shelves are really handy.  I keep the smoker in my workshop when I'm not smoking, and I create a lot of saw dust so I quickly found the cover was necessary.
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    MES #30 MOBIL CART

    Just completed this cart!  The cart has side and front fold down shelves that hold my foil pans loaded with meats.  I tested all sides and top of the smoker with an infrared temp gun before I started the project, and found no temperature over 98 degrees.  I am able to roll the cabinet right out...
  7. New Ride for my MES 30!

    New Ride for my MES 30!

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    New Ride for my MES 30!

    About a month ago I started a thread asking for info on the external temperature of my recently purchased MES 30?  I was considering building a wood cabinet for the smoker and wanted to be sure that I wasn't creating a fire hazard!  Everyone suggested that the smoker was cool enough to lay your...
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