Recent content by septemberelk

I made a couple different batches of jerky using a Rytek Kutas recipe. It was pretty good. I smoked it with apple wood. Take a look and see what you think.

I've been running my jerky dryer while smoking my bacon and it has been working great. I went to start a batch this morning and I found the coating for the wires was bare and shorting out. I managed to patch it up to get my bacon done but I will have to get a new one before I do anymore smoking...

I did a batch of summer sausage the other day. I will do more of this again. I added cheddar cheese to half the batch and pepper jack to the other. I ground the beef and pork through a course plate on my grinder, and I thought the texture might be off but it seemed ok. Smoked with Apple 👍

Here's one of the 25 pound batches of snack sticks I did the other day. The #4 did a great job.

A good friend of mine took down some Apple trees that did not produce fruit any longer. He brought some by the house the other day. I think i have enough apple for a few smokes ;D I cut a round off one of the longer pieces and it split up real well. Happy smoking to everyone.

Going through my freezer i realized that i had given most of my bacon away to family, friends and some coworkers. My local Cash & Carry had a pretty good price on pork butt so i bought 40 pounds last weekend. Smoked 20 pounds of bacon and ground 20 pounds of fresh pork breakfast sausage...

Thought i'd try Buckboard bacon,and i'm glad i did. Cured for 7 days in the refrigerator, then rinsed and dried. I smoked it with 2oz of Apple and 1 oz of Hickory for 1.5 hours at 145 then bumped to 200 for 2.5 hours for a IT temp of 150. Letting it rest for a day or two in the refrigerator...

My first try at bacon was a success. I used a 14 lb pork belly that i trimmed down to 12 pounds. Cured for 8 days then rinsed and dryed. Let sit in the fridge overnight and then into the smoker for a 4 hour cold smoke with hickory. Temp up to 82 degrees at one point. Removed and let it mellow...

Hi, My name is mike. I live in the small town of Arlington which is midway between Seattle and the Canadian border. I Started smoking fish and other things with a homemade plywood smoker,then a Brinkman electric and i just recieved my big bad #4. It is a thing of beauty.Seasoned it up and I...