I was wanting to do up a batch of uncased snack stix for the Memorial Day weekend festivities and thought that Bear's recipe for his unstuffed beef logs would fit the bill. So I made up a 7 lb. batch and squirted them out of my Dakotah stuffer onto trays and racks to chill over night and be ready to smoke the next day.
Dexter was waiting for something to fall...
Got them chilled down and racked onto the smoker racks using the Q matz so they wouldn't stick.
Then placed them into the smoker that was preheated to 135 degrees to dry just a lil bit more. Then added hickory smoke with AMZNP and bumped the temps every couple of hours til they turned a pretty mahogany color and reached 161 degrees IT. Pulled them out and chilled them in a cold water bath to stop the cooking and cool down, then dried them and placed back into fridge to chill down over night.
So today, I cut them to size and bag sucked them to freeze and send some as gifts.
Looks like there was bear log left..lol
Worked up a thirst doing this so I thought to myself, what would be a good to have to sip on over the weekend?. So I made a batch of Apple Pie to partake of this weekend while celebrating, and remembering the lives, the efforts and especially to be giving much "Thanks!" to all of the brave men and women who have given so much through out the decades for us to be able to have what we've got and live free.
Salute...
Thanks for looking...
Dexter was waiting for something to fall...
Got them chilled down and racked onto the smoker racks using the Q matz so they wouldn't stick.
Then placed them into the smoker that was preheated to 135 degrees to dry just a lil bit more. Then added hickory smoke with AMZNP and bumped the temps every couple of hours til they turned a pretty mahogany color and reached 161 degrees IT. Pulled them out and chilled them in a cold water bath to stop the cooking and cool down, then dried them and placed back into fridge to chill down over night.
So today, I cut them to size and bag sucked them to freeze and send some as gifts.
Looks like there was bear log left..lol
Worked up a thirst doing this so I thought to myself, what would be a good to have to sip on over the weekend?. So I made a batch of Apple Pie to partake of this weekend while celebrating, and remembering the lives, the efforts and especially to be giving much "Thanks!" to all of the brave men and women who have given so much through out the decades for us to be able to have what we've got and live free.
Salute...
Thanks for looking...