Roll Call (Start Here First)
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Hey all this is Mike in Las Vegas. I have been smoking and making sausage for a couple of years but new to this site. I have struggled in the past for consist results so hoping reading up here will get me there. I have a Camp Chef Pellet Grill that I will be using now as I also have an upright gas model but could never get temperatures low enough. I fear the same problem with this pellet grill as 160 is the lowest setting. I am going to try to run it with the lid open and that should keep the temp down around 140 for the first hour and then move up the scale. Anyone that has tried this or other ideas would be great. I do also have a question on the making of snack sticks in your video. You say to cut to length when putting in the smoker? I have never done this for fear it will all just push out the end while smoking. Did I hear that wrong or is that what you instruct? Thanks again and I love this site. Also, without using the cure accelerators is their a time that is too long to leave before smoking? I like to do prep on 1 day and then smoke the next and leave in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Thanks again.
Sincitylv welcome to the site. I have several different types of smokers and I still need to dink around trying to keep the temp’s low enough in the beginning. Now that the temp’s around me are hanging below freezing at night it gets easier. You shouldn’t have any issues waiting overnight to smoke w/o a cure accelerator. Go Team Orange
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Welcome aboard Lucky. You are really even more lucky that you landed on this site as it has an amazing amount of knowledge, experience, & everything in between! Go Walton’s Blue!
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Austin ,good morning from Tuscaloosa Al,fire hawg.retired firefighter.mostly cook ribs and Boston butts. This will be my first attempt to cure turkey ,useing complete turkey cure from Waltons
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Fire hawg How did you like it?
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LuckyDs Nice, we like locals too! Welcome and feel free to ask questions or just share your tips or thoughts.
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Well, well, well. there is a Santa! Fat Bob here…at long last. You guys all panicked when you couldn’t get a notification from the forum for a few days. I haven’t got any for a couple months or shipping conformations! I’ve been working with Jon, sending any information I could. I had him delete the Fat Bob account because I’ve seen having a space in you name after PHP changes the rules on user names and doesn’t tell any one. We were going crazy and all of a sudden numerous members had the issue I put up with months. ANYWAY, I’m back! Post count etc. is probably gone but no big.
Watch the wife & children!
Fat_Bob
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I’m a career firefighter from Pittsburgh, PA and am only about a year into this journey. I’ve always liked cooking and creating. I rarely follow a recipe to the tee. At some point I decided that I would like to make my own bacon. I got a recipe and a Masterbuilt smoker to add to my Dad’s home built grill and a gas grill and poof. Here I am. Along the way, I’ve picked up a 5 lb stuffer and a #12 grinder. I’ve made some not so awesome kielbasa that seems to have gotten way too much bad smoke. I’ve tried some recipes for sweet and hot sausages. Now I’ve found this site and this addiction seems to be picking up steam. I saw a video on making summer sausage and it reminded me of buying the “Mall” summer sausages as a gift for my father, and the time we spent eating it, so I made my first orders from Walton’s which included the H Summer Sausage seasoning and ECA which I had never heard of until Meatgistics. So, I’ve and have been sitting around eating the summer sausage reminiscing about Dad. I love the sentimental value food can have. I have some kielbasa seasonings on the way, so not screwing it up again is my next priority.
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I’m a career firefighter from Pittsburgh, PA and am only about a year into this journey. I’ve always liked cooking and creating. I rarely follow a recipe to the tee. At some point I decided that I would like to make my own bacon. I got a recipe and a Masterbuilt smoker to add to my Dad’s home built grill and a gas grill and poof. Here I am. Along the way, I’ve picked up a 5 lb stuffer and a #12 grinder. I’ve made some not so awesome kielbasa that seems to have gotten way too much bad smoke. I’ve tried some recipes for sweet and hot sausages. Now I’ve found this site and this addiction seems to be picking up steam. I saw a video on making summer sausage and it reminded me of buying the “Mall” summer sausages as a gift for my father, and the time we spent eating it, so I made my first orders from Walton’s which included the H Summer Sausage seasoning and ECA which I had never heard of until Meatgistics. So, I’ve and have been sitting around eating the summer sausage reminiscing about Dad. I love the sentimental value food can have. I have some kielbasa seasonings on the way, so not screwing it up again is my next priority.
badfire2625
Welcome. Yep, the H seasoning is great. Check out the cracked pepper and garlic. Awesome. BTW, can’t do a proper welcome without giving you a nudge to Team Orange.
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Welcome to the funny farm badfire2625 ! No such thing as “bad” kielbasa, just some is better than others.
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I’m a career firefighter from Pittsburgh, PA and am only about a year into this journey. I’ve always liked cooking and creating. I rarely follow a recipe to the tee. At some point I decided that I would like to make my own bacon. I got a recipe and a Masterbuilt smoker to add to my Dad’s home built grill and a gas grill and poof. Here I am. Along the way, I’ve picked up a 5 lb stuffer and a #12 grinder. I’ve made some not so awesome kielbasa that seems to have gotten way too much bad smoke. I’ve tried some recipes for sweet and hot sausages. Now I’ve found this site and this addiction seems to be picking up steam. I saw a video on making summer sausage and it reminded me of buying the “Mall” summer sausages as a gift for my father, and the time we spent eating it, so I made my first orders from Walton’s which included the H Summer Sausage seasoning and ECA which I had never heard of until Meatgistics. So, I’ve and have been sitting around eating the summer sausage reminiscing about Dad. I love the sentimental value food can have. I have some kielbasa seasonings on the way, so not screwing it up again is my next priority.
badfire2625
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I’m a career firefighter from Pittsburgh, PA and am only about a year into this journey. I’ve always liked cooking and creating. I rarely follow a recipe to the tee. At some point I decided that I would like to make my own bacon. I got a recipe and a Masterbuilt smoker to add to my Dad’s home built grill and a gas grill and poof. Here I am. Along the way, I’ve picked up a 5 lb stuffer and a #12 grinder. I’ve made some not so awesome kielbasa that seems to have gotten way too much bad smoke. I’ve tried some recipes for sweet and hot sausages. Now I’ve found this site and this addiction seems to be picking up steam. I saw a video on making summer sausage and it reminded me of buying the “Mall” summer sausages as a gift for my father, and the time we spent eating it, so I made my first orders from Walton’s which included the H Summer Sausage seasoning and ECA which I had never heard of until Meatgistics. So, I’ve and have been sitting around eating the summer sausage reminiscing about Dad. I love the sentimental value food can have. I have some kielbasa seasonings on the way, so not screwing it up again is my next priority.
badfire2625 thanks for your service as a firefighter. Welcome to the community of “meat heads”. ECA is a funny thing. I am not a fan of it at full strength, but I do like using half of what is recommended in the pepperoni sticks. It seams to bring the flavor out more
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danf Welcone! Start a new post and give us some more information like smoke schedule, fat content, ice bath time, and anything else you can think of! If you don’t have time for that then quickly it could have been case hardening from cooking too fast or too dry an environment which would be either your smoke schedule or the relative humidity inside your smoker or could be partial fat out, which is where you don’t get enough protein extraction and it cooks out of the meat and gets pushed to the outside of the sausage.
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badfire2625 thanks for your service as a firefighter. Welcome to the community of “meat heads”. ECA is a funny thing. I am not a fan of it at full strength, but I do like using half of what is recommended in the pepperoni sticks. It seams to bring the flavor out more
kyle, thanks , trying to figure this roll call out,its great to hear from and about all the processing going on.i am new at curing meats.being from Alabama i have always cooking over hot coals ,cooking pork ribs and other pieces of pork bbq.Roll Tide Roll.
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My name is John House and I live in Sioux Falls, SD. I’ve been doing BBQ smoking for about 15 years and just recently took an interest in jerky making. Just recently I made my first purchases at Walton’s and intend to make my first batch this week!
I am excited to find this forum and learn from the extensive knowledge base you have all contributed towards.
“I’ve got a jerky fever; and the only cure comes in 1-ounce orange packets.”
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My name is John House and I live in Sioux Falls, SD. I’ve been doing BBQ smoking for about 15 years and just recently took an interest in jerky making. Just recently I made my first purchases at Walton’s and intend to make my first batch this week!
I am excited to find this forum and learn from the extensive knowledge base you have all contributed towards.
jhouse5848 Welcome aboard John! I think you’ll find this unlike any other forum. What kind of smoker do you have?
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jhouse5848 Welcome aboard John! I think you’ll find this unlike any other forum. What kind of smoker do you have?
badfire2625 Thank you for the warm welcome! I currently own a Jambo Backyard and just recently purchased a used mobile Southern Pride SPK-500. I’m a bit of a habitual smoker-flipper. Over the years I’ve owned and then sold a Big Green Egg XL, Klose offset, Yoder YS640, and a Backwoods Fatboy. Cooking/food has always been a big hobby and pleasure of mine – notably BBQ!
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My name is John House and I live in Sioux Falls, SD. I’ve been doing BBQ smoking for about 15 years and just recently took an interest in jerky making. Just recently I made my first purchases at Walton’s and intend to make my first batch this week!
I am excited to find this forum and learn from the extensive knowledge base you have all contributed towards.
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