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  1. mneeley490

    Featured It's all fun and games until your kid decides she's coming for your crown.

    Love it!!! My (grown) kids aren't really interested in smoking, but they'll happily eat anything I make. My son decided to make a layer cake for Christmas, and used a full box of cake mix for each 9-in. round pan. Then panicked when he saw them overflowing. Geez, kid. Read the back of the box...
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    2025 NFL Season Thread

    Had fun watching the Falcons beat LA last night. Seahawks and 49'ers on Saturday!
  3. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    I would have used a fan, but that's something that didn't make it in the move. I'll have to see about getting another one. I ultimately smoked them for 3 cycles, the final one getting the IT to 120°. Then wrapped in plastic, and into the freezer. I'll probably slice this weekend, as I already...
  4. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    Yeah, there's no heat airflow w/o smoke in a Recteq. But things still seem to be progressing well. This is 3 hours in. The IT hit 100*, and I've shut it down. I'll let it cool with the lid open until the IT goes back down to 40*-ish or so, then start it up again. Shouldn't take long, it's still...
  5. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    Surprise, surprise! Woke up to a little snow this morning. Got the bacon on the Recteq. Keeping the door cracked hasn't really been working, so just going to let it get to 100* IT, then let everything cool down and start again. Might try my smoke tube inside it, if I can find my lighter...
  6. mneeley490

    2025 NFL Season Thread

    I think Taylor just wears him out. Remember when your high school football coach would tell you to stay away from your girlfriend the night before the game?
  7. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    I thought of that. Not really possible with a Recteq. I think the lowest it will go is 180 degrees. I've smoked this way in the past with my GMG, keeping the door lid cracked with a block of wood, but it would go down to 170. This is when I miss my MES-40 and mailbox mod. I may have to stop when...
  8. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    Yeah, it's in the 30's tonight.
  9. mneeley490

    Bacon Pellicule Dillema

    I'm no stranger to making bacon, I use Bearcarver's warm smoking method. But I've come to a bridge I haven't had to cross before. When I owned a home, the night before I was to smoke, I'd take the cured meat to the cold garage and run a fan over it to form the pellicule. Now that I no longer...
  10. mneeley490

    Christmas Eve Dinner

    Love that plate! 😁
  11. mneeley490

    Any other SMF Bourbon/Whiskey "enthusiasts"?

    I subscribe to a channel on YouTube called SLB Basement Bourbon Bar. It features a guy and his son who taste whiskeys and will give you the good, the bad, and the ugly reviews, and whether they think the price point is worth it, or not. They don't shill for anyone, and I've found their opinions...
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    2025 NFL Season Thread

    Just one short of a full offense.
  13. mneeley490

    When to vac seal?

    I haven't had a problem with it. I usually buy steaks in the value packs, and then sprinkle with Montreal Steak seasoning, individually vac pack, and into the freezer they go. When I'm ready, I'll pull them out to defrost in the fridge and then cook. They're fine and perfectly seasoned all the...
  14. mneeley490

    Piedmontese deal

    Lol. I had 2 fridge/freezers and a stand up freezer in my old place, and it still sometimes didn't seem like enough. Those went away in the divorce. When I moved into the new condo, I quickly surmised that the side-by-side in my kitchen was never going to do, so I got a small chest freezer to...
  15. mneeley490

    Hiya from the PNW!

    Welcome from Everett. You've come to the right place.
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    Gas Prices???

    I had the Upside app briefly. I found that the participating stations weren't among the cheaper places in the first place, so I deleted it. If you live somewhere where every station's prices are pretty close, then it might be worth it.
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    Local To Your Area Recipe Thread?!

    I think that was some Food Network dip.
  18. mneeley490

    Christmas Plans

    A little different this year. Christmas Day will be at the Ex's for breakfast with the kids and grandkids, and we watch them open their presents. Ex got ticked last year because they tore thru everything so fast, she couldn't get any pics. This year she's making the grandkids do a scavenger hunt...
  19. mneeley490

    SRF Wagyu Beef Tallow Chips. Do I need another Addiction?

    SRF Wagyu Beef Tallow Chips I saw these at the grocery for $8.99 a bag. I'm afraid to try them.
  20. mneeley490

    Local To Your Area Recipe Thread?!

    Only thing I can think of here would be alder-smoked salmon. But's that not exactly a secret. I think the native Americans here figured out pretty quickly that pine wasn't a good smoking wood, and used alder as it was plentiful.
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