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  1. HowlingDog

    LEM BigBite Dual Grind Attachment - I Got One......

    I looked at these when they first came out, but didn't pull the trigger until about a week ago. Well, it arrived and I just had to try it out. The Pieces It goes together easy enough, with the help of a couple pliers to loosen the existing knife/plate holder and install the new one. And...
  2. HowlingDog

    Pastrami. Done, but a fail.....

    I needed some smoke time so I grabbed a small brisket at Costco (is there anything small at Costco). I cut the point off and ground it for burgers. They were yummy and I HAVE to do that again. Got Howling Dog vertical offset fired up: While getting it ready, I noticed it needs some TLC...
  3. HowlingDog

    Bacon - Coming Out..... We Have Bacon

    Been dealing with some life issues, bah, so I needed a diversion and what better way to make life better than, BACON. Went to Costco a couple weeks ago and picked up two bellies. Made the calculations using Digging Dog for Cure #1, Salt and sugar. I like to use maple sugar and I also add a...
  4. HowlingDog

    After many delays: My Mini Smoker is DONE!

    I think I started this over a year ago, and I may have even started a thread on it. I know I shared a picture or two, but now that it is done, I figured it deserved a new thread. I have a bigger smoker, insulated cook chamber with with a side fire box made of 1/4 inch steel, but I wanted...
  5. HowlingDog

    My Poolish Bread - I need better equipment.

    About two months ago, I started a thread asking for tips and tricks for making bread, and I received many responses, ideas and suggestions (Thank You all for taking the time to post!!) I finally had the time to put them to use and make my first try at a Poolish Bread. The first step in any...
  6. HowlingDog

    Weber is introducting a stand alone Griddle.....

    Saw this on another forum: https://www.weber.com/US/en/griddle/stand-up-griddles/ I really like my Blackstone, but Weber has traditionally made a high quality product. Only seems to be available from their website at the moment. I am not currently in the market for a new griddle but I...
  7. HowlingDog

    Spices: How old is too old??

    Saw the Sausage Maker has a sale on so I went looking to check my supplies. What I found was many of my spices were 2 or more years old. Some are in seed form, but most are ground. The last time I made things, I was a little underwhelmed with the flavor and vowed to only use new spices to get...
  8. HowlingDog

    So, I found this YouTube Kielbasa recipe...

    I don't make alot of sausage and because I do not make alot, I do not have a good sense of how the spices will taste and I was wondering if anyone has used the combination of spices listed below and what you thought of it. I found this recipe on YouTube (probably my first mistake). The...
  9. HowlingDog

    Jealous Devil Smoking Blocks??? Now with Pictures...

    I was wandering around the Home Depot near me and they now have a selection of Jealous Devil charcoal and they had boxes of there smoking blocks. Hickory, Cherry.... The look like cut up 2x4's, very clean looking and the hickory was only about $8.00 for an $8 lb box. They also had whiskey...
  10. HowlingDog

    Pulled my Cast Iron out....

    So I needed a diversion and decided to try making tortillas for the first time. Since the recipe calls for a cast iron pan, I rummaged through the garage and found my cast iron collection. It had been a number of years since I last worked them, and a couple were in pretty sad shape. The...
  11. HowlingDog

    What are your tips and tricks for making bread???

    Good Morning from So Calif... I am getting the itch to make bread/english muffins/pizza dough again but every time I have tried in the past, they look fine, but the taste like flour mixed with water and heated up. Just plain bland. You would think these would be tasty... but Nope...
  12. HowlingDog

    Breakfast on the Griddle

    Dragged out the Blackstone for breakfast last week: Home made breakfast sausage, hot smoked bacon and buttermilk pancakes. Yummy!! Reminds me I have to do this more often. Mark
  13. HowlingDog

    They said I was Crazy.....

    To put bacon on the grill...... I was grilling up some pork loin and grabbed a bag of bacon and thought, heck why not.... The plated pork loin and bacon sandwich... Tasted like bacon, with a little something that neither the wife nor I can figure out. It is a good something... bacon...
  14. HowlingDog

    Best Buy Dates.... Cure #1

    So I just ordered a pound of Cure #1 from Amazon and delivered today (in less than 24 hours). It has a best by date on it of 2024. I pulled out the old package of cure that I have had at least 4 years and the best by on that one is Nov 2023..... Makes me wonder if they "adjusted" their best...
  15. HowlingDog

    Sausage Time.....

    Had been a while since I did any sausage so this weekend was the weekend. First, a trip to Costco: I was not entirely pleased with the price but sometimes you gotta ignore it. The plan was breakfast, Zesty Italian, a pizza sausage, and a new one for me, Texas Hot link from a recipe I borrowed...
  16. HowlingDog

    Couple Slabs of Bacon

    Just found these pictures from my last bacon: Weigh the belly and using Digging Dog to calculate the salt, sugar and cure: The belly will not fit in the bags I have, so I had to cut in half Into the smoker A couple hours in And we are done I really want a slicer, but I am not too bad...
  17. HowlingDog

    What kind of "beef" do you prefer in your pork/beef sausage??

    Went to Costco today and picked up a 17lb pack of pork shoulder butt and a pork belly (for a little extra fat) because I am running out of sausage. Generally, I only use the pork shoulder butt, but I have received a couple comments that the sausage from the Costco pack is a smidge dry. so a...
  18. HowlingDog

    Tubes and Trays and Dust.... Oh My....

    Am in the process of building a smoker for things like cheese and perhaps bacon and sausage. Plan is to use charcoal for heat (ya, we will see how that goes..), but smoke will be tubes or trays. Smoker is about half done: I have used a tube with pellets before, but I was curious about trays...
  19. HowlingDog

    Ribs..... I think I forgot how

    Howdy Everyone.... It has been awhile since I smoked some ribs and today was the day. I was wondering if I remembered how to do it. I had three racks in the freezer so out they came and sprinkled with a couple of rubs: I like to use Big Ron's original rub and Sweet Money from Big Poppas...
  20. HowlingDog

    First Cold-ish Smoked Bacon: Update #2: Done - Results

    Howdy!! Been a while since I last posted and I actually have something new to post. I ended up with a 7 lb pork belly so I thought I would give Cold smoking a try. I usually do a hot smoke but since everyone keeps saying Cold is the way to go, I thought I would try. Did alot of reading and I...
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