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  1. biggqwesty

    Help. What to do with this cut

    Hey guys. Butcher has had me. I asked for a few kg of pork ribs to pick up on my way home. So all good, picked em up and into the fridge ready for tomorrow's cook. Anyway I've just got them out to rub em down and he's given me a mut cut. Sorta like the tail end of the rib cage and half...
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    Question about my keg smoker before i upsize it..

    So i've had my 50l keg smoker for some time now and its a great little bit of kit and im up scaling to 100L keg smoker (custom build) but before i do id like to run a few little issues i have with the smaller unit in hoping i can build out these issues.. so first up my little smoker has 2 trays...
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    First cheese in the smoker. Cheddar on pecan with Q view

    So first up thanks guys for the very helpful advice. It's a beautiful 25 degree c today so in go the new pecan pellets into my home made tray. I put 1x 3ltr frozen bottle in but temp still climbed in the keg smoker. So in with a second. Lol Anyway that bought it down to 20 ish degrees. So...
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    Smoking cheese from frozen

    I tried a bit if a search but no luck. Down here down under its now summer. We struck 36 degrees today. To hot for cheese. So I'm wondering how it'll go if I started with it frozen. I've got my vertical keg smoker and a tray for the pellets. I've read a bit of moisture will aid smoke stick...
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    Addicted. 5th smoke, chuck roast.. Off to a rough start

    So it's my little ones 2nd birthday today so having a lunch party and then a pulled beef for tea. So bought a 2.1kg chuck roast and marinaded over night in a salt pepper perprika and fenal. A base of the mustard and patted on. So up at 430am trying to lite the dam cooker and no bloody luck...
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    First Time Pork Puller. D-day with Q view

    So it's d day. Last night I prepared the shoulder. I had the butcher remove to bone but not the fat. And omg, he took slaughtering to a new low. Hacked it is an under statement. Anyway can't do much about it now. So onwards an upwards. I used a nice run the wife found on the net. I'll get a...
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    First time pulled porker.. Need some advice please

    Ok so I've been given the ok to smoke a roast for pulled pork this weekend. My wife isn't a fan on deep strong smoke flavours so first up in need some advice so I dont over smoke or make it to strong.. I've read maple is maybe what I'm chasing??? Secondly what's the average hours per pound...
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    WIP- My next build.. Stainless keg RF

    So after my keg vertical build I'm looking into ways if up grading. So I have a full size keg (roughly 16" D by 25" long) and can get a half keg? Roughly have the size of the full one. So I'm planning a reverse flow, traditional setup and I have a good grasp on what's needed.. One thing I am...
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    First time fatty.. Am excited.. On the roll

    So I'm branching out. After seeing Grits fatty I had to make one. The plan was for the Cordon Bleu but in the end we settled on a chicken with spinach, feta and sundried tomatoes.. Plan is to slow cook, 105-110 degrees C with the jack Daniels oak pellets I was given on fathers day.. So far we...
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    Preparing a fatty

    Minds outta the gutter please.. ;-) Right.. I'm trying to find if it's better to prepare a chicken fatty the night before?? If it was beef I wouldn't hesitate but being chicken, the last thing I want to do is make the family ill. So can I prepare my fatty tonight and then rest it in the...
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    My first smoke (real smoke), Hog Shots with Q view

    So I've decided to give hog shots a crack. An impromptu after tea drinks catch up with mates, no better time imo.. Any I've sorta gone on the fly for the filling. Equal amounts sour cream and cream cheese. Vintage cheese, cheddar grated. Equal amounts paprika, cinnamon and a few others. Now...
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    troubles logging in with tappatalk

    Tappatalk worked well for the first few days but the last day or so it's been coming up with "login failed. Please contact admin if problem priests" It happens on wife and 4g so not sure what the go is. It seems to sometimes load up, but it's very hit and miss.. Any tricks I'm missing or is...
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    My Keg Cooker

    So it was a tough call as to what to use my keg for. It's been in my shed for close on 5 years and was nearly a heater.. That was untill I went to a mates house who also smokes meats.. From that moment it's was sorted. Being a backyard welder I had pretty much everything needed to complete the...
  14. biggqwesty

    G'day from South Australia

    Hay guys. New to the hobby. Based in mount gambier, south aus. Enjoy camping and 4wd'n with the wife and 2 girls, 3 and nearly 2... So I've just completed a keg smoker. Kegs been in my shed for roughly 5 years lol and after having a night at a mates house who also smokes food and well 5 days...
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