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  1. mackconsult

    Hopefully my bird will turn out okay

    We got a 14 lb frozen butter ball turkey after buying groceries at Winco.  I have been wanting to try and smoke and then cook a bird. 1)  We thawed it out for 2 days in the fridge. 2)  Last night I broke it open and was able to get the sack of gizards out.  The neck was still pretty frozen in...
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    My first try and making bacon

    I just went to Gartners and spent $20 on a 5 lb piece of pork belly.  It has the skin on it and is completely frozen so I threw it back in our freezer for now. My cold smoker is pretty much done.   I am thinking of trying the following...
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    My masterbuilt 7 in 1 replacement

    I am almost done building this portable BBQ/smoker. I wanted something I could BBQ easily with propane on my camp chef.  But I also wanted to be able to smoke things, use briquettes, and also put my dutch ovens in it.  I modeled it all up in solidworks and created 2D mfg drawings so that I can...
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    build of UDS

    So I got my mini fridge, microwave, and computer case for my cold smoking build. Also have a open top barrell, and just Friday found a really nice weber grill, so I am officially kicking off my UDS project. The barrell was used for WVO collection .... it should be okay right?
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    Food for two guys for 15 days

    I am off to do pacific cup this summer: http://www.mackconsult.com/?p=2547 My partner is covering all the cost except food.  I need to come up with the menu and preparation of food for two grown men for 15 days in the open ocean.  We will have water and a small gimbaled stove, but no...
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    barrel smoker from instructables.com

    I searched and didn't see something similar to this so figured I would share.  In the process of building a cold smoker to go in my shed, but would definetely consider building one of these and get rid of the ducane stainless unit. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ultimate-Ugly-Drum-Smoker/
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    Here is what I am building

    Getting all the parts pretty much for free as time goes on from craigslist.  Just need the mini fridge now by admin on Jan.07, 2012, under Family, Mackconsult, Mechanical Engineering cold smoker I have always wanted to design and build a good cold smoking solution. My requirements are the...
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    Tried my first fattie

    Tried to make my first fattie this weekend.  Made a few mistakes and have a few questions.  Didn't post any pictures because it didn't "look" very good because after rolling it I couldn't figure out how to keep it rolled. First mistake I made was buying cheap long stringy bacon.  The weave did...
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    lesson 1 only

    Hmmm ... lesson 1 was delivered when I signed up, but have not seen 2-5 yet ..... are they daily, weekly, or what??
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    Just orderd Jeff's recipes

    Can hardly wait to make some of the BBQ and rub recipe on some beef. Going to make a "meat" purchase at gartners on Friday for some ultimate weekend cooking.
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    Masterbuilt mini 7in1 propane BBQ/smoker

    So bought this from a guy on craigslist for $40.  It was brand new and he got it on a gift card from cabella's. I liked it because it was simple, stackable, has two cooking racks that can be used at the same time, and could be put in a bag. Using it in 10 day camping trip in yellowstone I...
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    Smoking Salmon

    I threw some brown sugar, soy souce, creole, chopped onions, water, & garlic together.  Took out one slab of salmon fillet from the freezer.  It was a little burned on the ends, and about one year old. Soaked it in the brine for 2 hours.  Pulled it out and patted it down with paper towels then...
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    I am new hear ... looking forward to smoking

    Hello all .... I am looking forward to playing around with smoking. But before doing that I will read in depth the material on this forum to make sure I don't make anything that will get any body ill. I fish locally for salmon, perch, halibut, and rock fish. I want to start smoking my fish...
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