Recent content by supercajun

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    venison belly meat

    looking to make some bacon from venison belly meat instead of ground bacon. anyone ever try this? tried to search with no results. 
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    smoked small pigs

    for the brine i used pops recipe. i use his brine for everything.  1 gal. cold water 1 cup salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp # 1 cure you can leave the cure out if you plan on smoking at high temps. i use apple wood for pork.
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    smoked small pigs

    ill leave the skin on a domestic hog but i dont like the skin on the wild ones.
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    smoked small pigs

    i call them small pigs because they were weaned. they were about 10 pounds un dressed. probably 6 pounds dressed. as far as how they taste. its the most tender mild tasting pork you'll ever eat. no gamy taste at all. the meat has a consistency of dark meat chicken. i took it off at 165 it and...
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    smoked small pigs

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    smoked small pigs

    last weekend i took a few pigs out of the marsh lease. i had two that were perfect size for the mes40 and this is my first attempt of whole pig in the smoker. first i brined them for 48 hours in pops brine. next i took out of brine then let them dry a lil. then i rubbed them down with a little...
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    mes 40 questions

    do yall use other thermometers other than the one on the unit? i have a maverick i used on other pits but im finding it hard to find a spot to run the wires to the inside of the smoker. where does everyone route them? also does anyone use the water tray? thanks
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    building a smoke house

    hi everyone, new member here but i have been a lurker for some time. im finally going to start building my smokehouse. i really like pops build and im going to follow his design with a little tweaking. my question is what material should i build this house out of? i have read that some people...
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