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  1. jbenson

    (EDIT!: Problem Solved THANK YOU!) Urgent Help!! Green Wood Smoking!

    Do you have time to throw them in the Oven/smoker/grill for a couple hours to dry them and sweat out the sap prior to using them for smoking, atleast then your cut the odds in half
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    Sirloin tip roast

    My first smoked meal.  Sirloin tip roast covered with A-1 and Montreal, wrapped and chilled for 24.  Meatballs wrapped in bacon.  I think it turned out pretty good, the family loved it and I thought it taste pretty good.......but this is really the first smoked food I have had so I don't have...
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  7. jbenson

    Vinegar Hot Pepper Sauce

    Once you have enough peppers wash them good and cut the stem end off, watch for peppers with internal yuck.  I frequently find ones with fuzzy mold type stuff inside or black seeds, I don't use these.Put the peppers in a food processor and pulse chop until you have pea size pieces.Put them in a...
  8. jbenson

    Built my first smoker, Help

    Thanks for all the input guys, I am going to try a few different options mentioned and see what happens.  I'll let youknow
  9. jbenson

    Hello from Wisconsin

    Thanks Everyone, great site
  10. jbenson

    Vinegar Hot Pepper Sauce

    I make a lot of hot sauce using Habs, Bhut Jolokia, and Trinidad Scorps.  I chop them up and let them ferment for 3 months, throw them in the Vita-Mix with vinigar, onion, garlic, and salt and then can jars of it.  I have had people say it is the best hot sauce they have had.  I have also made...
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    Built my first smoker, Help

    Thanks Dave, could I just take the guts out of the hot plates ya suppose and mount a dimmer switch on the outside of the house?  I was going to keep this as my own but I went and bought a 40" MES today, seasoning it now.  I would like to get the homemade one going as we do Xmas presents that...
  12. jbenson

    Built my first smoker, Help

    I did have both burners running off 1 cord.  I tried running a cord to each burner but not quite reach 190.  I might take the roof off and reduce the volume of the smoker by 1/3 so I am not heating as much.  I don't make sausage or anything yet, so I dont need much space.  I would need at most...
  13. jbenson

    Built my first smoker, Help

    Hello everyone.  This past weekend I built my first wooden smokehouse, it measures 26 x 23 x 46.  I used car-siding so the walls do not leak as of now, we will see once everything shrinks.  I bought 2 1000 W hot plates from walgreens, one for chips and the other for additional heat.  I smoked...
  14. jbenson

    Hello from Wisconsin

    Hello everybody.  I have always loved cooking good food for people and recently found an interest in smoking.  This past weekend I built a smoker out of wood, it turned out pretty good, pictures to come.  I have been reading on the sight for a few months now and thought it was time to join as...
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