Recent content by Bowfineater

i just cold smoked some canadian bacon using weber pellets, and i agree that the smell of the smoke was not pleasant.  i see on the smokin-it website that it says you can use chips or pellets.  i have contacted smokinlicious for their opinion.  they have 3 sizes of chips called minuto.  3/16...

the sous vide part of the recipe was modified from this one https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/cheddar-cheese-sauce cheese sauce 300  grams        cheddar 300  grams        milk, whole   9  grams        sodium citrate   3  grams        salt 0.75  grams      sodium hexamatphosphate...

Ground Elk Jerky ground elk                      3    lbs soy sauce                        2    Tbl Worcestershire                1    Tbl Water                              1      Tbl Fish Sauce                      1    Tbl Black Pepper                  1      Tbl Garlic           ...

sharing so no one else makes this mistake. i had 10 lbs of stew meat taking up space in the freezer so i thought i would try to make ground jerky with it. well rather than use a prepared seasoning, i made up my own recipe, i wanted to make A-1 Steak Sauce Flavored jerky because my wife likes...

Made a new snack stick recipe trying tomorrow. I got the idea from this page.  https://oldfatguy.ca/?p=5910 It looks similar to a pepperoni seasoning. Going to do this procedure 125F for 1 hour 140F for 1 hour 155F for 2 hours 175F until internal meat temp of 160F Does anyone add the...

Made 15 lbs of these for my sisters grad party. Mixed everything up till a little sticky Put into my stuffer, with no casing, and cranked it out onto some parchment paper I cut, then cut into 6 inch lengths and froze Test cooking I’m a pan on the stove they would burn, get way too dark before...

A family member requested a side of smoked salmon.  So I checked prices around town and found Fresh Norwegian Farm raised for $14/lb Chilean Farm raised steelhead Trout $6.99/lb I went with the steelhead from Costco to keep the cost down for my family that requested it...

I have 15lbs of not very good, thin bacon. So, trying bacon jerky. Just plain first batch, want to see if it works. Smoking at 160F for 2 hours with apple 🍎 Then put the jerky fan on continue at 160F till done

Something I found available on amazon, that I use at almost every party I make food for, a simple 5 compartment bar tending garnish tray. I am not sure if the one I took a screenshot is the one I have, I bought it 3 years ago.

This is the recipe I made for 1 of the salads I made for the party today. I prepped 4 gallons of salad, in 1 gallon batches Ready to mix with the ranch, so it could be made fresh as needed Ranch BLT Pasta Salad                Yield 1 gallon 36    oz              Cooked Rotini Pasta 16   ...

Trying smoked whole chicken for the first time. Made an equilibrium brine at 1.5% salt Added some celery, carrot, onion, bay leaf Black pepper, and celery seed 2 each 5 lb chickens + 2 gal water Figuring whole chicken is half bone Used 5.3 oz salt Brined for 5 days Smoking at 250F with...

Was forced to go with to Costco, so I got 5lbs of eye round for some jerky. I was going to try a traditional recipe, and found out that I was out of Worcestershire sauce, so I took advise from pork bellly, and just threw in what tasted good.  I went for an Asian flavor, lots of soy and fish...

Somehow I managed to cut the cord on the power adapter for the jerky dryer. I didn’t see any for sale on the smokin it website. Does anyone know if I could purchase a new one, or point me to an amazon listing for the same thing?  I know it’s just a computer fan in a fancy container, so I’m...

Hello everyone, I have a lot of ground elk, I would like to try to make some ground elk jerky.  I have made whole muscle jerky from beef, but never the ground type.  Any recipes or techniques would be appreciated! I will be shaping it by hand, want to try it first before I invest in the jerky...

The last of the pork for my cousins kids grad party are shredded and cooling down in the fridge. I tired this procedure this time. 4 Boneless pork butt from Costco (that’s all they had still) Was $1.50/lb Trimmed to 1/8 inch fat cap Tied very well with 4 strings per each but, would rather...