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  1. wagdog

    A-maze-n question

    I have a question about the AMNPS. I was wondering how well one of those would do in a little chief or big chief smoker for cold smoking bacon or cheese. Has anyone tried that? If so, did you go with the tube or the tray? Did you put it on top of the drip pan or where? I love my little chief and...
  2. wagdog

    Seasoning a new electric smoker

    A brand new little chief smoker showed up today. I've never had a new one. They have always been used. I've read that some smoker manufacturers instruct you to wash the insides with mild detergent and water, spray the entire inside with some sort of spray oil (PAM, vegetable oil, etc) and then...
  3. wagdog

    smoking cornish game hens

    Just dropped a few of these into some of Pop's brine and into the fridge for a few days to cure. I've only done ducks like this before so we'll see how these little chickens do!
  4. wagdog

    Canadian Bacon rest time?

    I just pulled a couple of small (2.5 pounds each) pork loins out of Pop's brine. I'm letting them form a pellicle in the fridge. I was wondering how long I should let them rest after smoking. Do y'all like to wrap them in something and let them hang out in the fridge for a day or so to let the...
  5. wagdog

    wet cure aka pop's brine question

    I put some loins in a gallon of pop's brine last night and into the fridge it went. It looks like some of the sugar and or salt has not completely dissolved. I was just going to give it a stir or three and back into the soda fridge. Has that ever happened to y'all? I followed the recipe but I...
  6. wagdog

    Spicing up pre-made jerky mixes

    I've had some success with some jerky recipes that I've found here on the forums and they have been pretty dang good. I recently got some jerky mixes from Cabelas. I was wondering if any of y'all have ever tweaked these pre-made mixes. Specifically I have the Original Cabelas Smokehouse and the...
  7. wagdog

    marinating overnight?

    My wife bought me a jerky gun and several jerky kit mixes. I read the ingredients on each one. They all contain nitrite so I was happy about that. I read through the instructions in each kit. Most have packets of cure and seasoning premeasured for 5 pounds of meat. The instructions seem a little...
  8. wagdog

    smoked rainbows

    I started a thread earlier about using cure #1 for fish. I had knee surgery about two months ago and I am still lamenting the fact that I can't really get out and ice fish right now. Some friends brought me a few rainbow trout from a local reservoir (it happens to be one of a few reservoirs that...
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    instacure #1 with fish?

    I've spent a while searching and reading posts on different brine recipes that people have posted for fish. Some have instacure #1. Some don't. I had never really considered putting pink salt in my cures for fish. I don't think it could hurt anything. Here is what I do. I typically have a few...
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  10. wagdog

    Question for you Big Chief owners out there

    Let me begin by saying that I love my big chief. I have turned out smoked catfish, trout, salmon, and whitefish that would make you slap your mama. I recently did a few batches of cheese, jerky, and bacon. They've turned out decent but my wife pointed out that they all remind her of the smoked...
  11. wagdog

    first bacon attempt

    As a result of my lurking, I chose to do a dry cure. It is a pain to weigh everything but I enjoyed it. I did two percent weight of the meat for my salt and sugar measurements and then the proper amount of instacure #1. I did an 8 day cure and smoked em today with hickory and apple.
  12. wagdog

    lurker turned member

    I've spent a fair amount of time searching/lurking these forums for bacon cures and brine recipes. Lots of great info and helpful people. I'm originally from East Texas. I moved to Utah about 10 years ago. I fish as much as possible and chase turkeys. Glad I finally joined.
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