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To eat the casing or not? I think traditionally is no but I am curious what the popular answer is. Im fixing to make my first batch and want to tell folks before they try it.
30lbs garlic sausage. Simple recipe.
30lbs 70/30 ground beef
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup mustard seeds
6 tsp cure #1
6 cups water
Natural 30-32mm hog casings
Just loaded up smokehouse
Mixed up a batch of chorizo using chefRob recipe without the sauce. Ohhhhhh man this is good. Test fry was spicy and not greasy like the store crap around here. Store stuff is bad had to make my own. No lymph nodes, salivary glands, cheeks, noses or tripe in this. 15lbs snack sticks and 15 bulk...
90lbs of summer sausage loaded up in smokehouse. 30lbs of venison/beef w/cheddar cheese
30lbs of beef w/pepper jack cheese
30lbs of beef w/cheddar and pepper jack cheese
Made 25lbs of venison and pork using ac leggs #6 seasoning like we used to do some 20 years ago. Hot smoked at 225 with hickory smoke.
Done in about 4 hours
Money shot, nice smoke ring and flavor
Just loaded up 40lbs of stix. Using nepas hot stick recipe with the addiotion of fl-c starter culture to give it a shot. Having problems uploading pics will try again later.
Made up a batch of pops brine 2/8. I did the low salt version. All pieces less than 3" in diameter. Brined 15 days then pulled and rest in fridge to start to dry out. Followed Bearcarver smoke schedule. Start at 130 no smoke 1 hr then bump 10 deg and roll smoke every hour till internal temp of...
Peer pressure..... I have seen Bearcarver, cfarmer, and wateringholebrew posts and seeing the wonderful results these folks came out with has got me expanding my horizons and trying something new. Seeing y'all use prime cuts to make this is telling me it has to be good. So here we go. Thanks...
Ok, so apparently I've gone a little nuts. The experiment is this: two whole chickens stripped half naked skin removed from only the breast meat. Theory is more smoke penetration but fear is dried out meat. Basted twice every 15 for last 30 then basted again while resting. So here are the pics...
Craigslist score cabelas 80l dehydrator for $200. New and never been used!!!!! Whoooohooo it's jerky time!!!!!!! 2007 model per label but no rust, no grime, all the trays. Fans works comes to up to temp 160 in 5 min.I'm a happy camper.
Master butcher castle(cinder block smokehouse). Starting with a 6x6 slab. 6 inch deep.
Helper eldest son doing his video game assassins creed pose
breaking ground
baby girl helping
all framed up and level.
a little tamping with sledge hammer
bricks, 3/4 rock, sand and rebar.
starting...
Smoking a 12# Turkey with two Cornish game hens. Started defrost and brine yesterday.
Here is what worked for me in the past.
Brine:
2 gallons of water
1.5 cups of canning salt
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 Tbl minced garlic
1 Tbl coarse ground black pepper
2 Tbl minced...
Ok here we go, starting with 5lbs venison, 2lbs ground chuck, 3lbs pork belly.
Theory: Make a hot and sour dark red sausage to separate the men from the boys.
Recipe
10 lbs ground meat 70/30 to 60/40
8 Tbl Paprika
6 Tbl course ground black pepper
4 Tbl Cayenne
6 Tbl uniodized/canning salt
2...