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  • julianJ julian

    Oh, I suppose I’ve never introduced myself…

    Checking in from just outside Toronto, Canada. No fancy equipment here, just a kettle and briquettes via the snake method.

    I also take my butts out of the kettle after 4-6 hours, wrap it, and cheat using the oven to get it to 195-200. I await your condemnation!

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    GWG8541
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    #968

    julian welcome to the community and never apologize for making good food, no matter how you achieve it. I think you will find a great variety of methods here. I use the oven often to finish, especially in the colder months.

    “You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”

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      craigrice
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      this community is not condemning we are all here to help one another and glad to do so

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      • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

        I guess I never said hello in this thread. I don’t read instructions very well so following Austin original post:

        Where are you from (city/state)? … New Iberia, Louisiana…

        How much experience do you have in meat processing or smoking/grilling? … been doing it all my life (and I’m 50)…

        What is your favorite meat snack or seasoning flavor? … I love jerky, love snack stick and sad to say that I have never made my own. As for seasoning flavors I am partial to South Louisiana and creole seasoning, absolutely love India and South Asian… and spicy foods!

        What is your current smoker or grill? I own a Louisiana Gill pellet smoker and a gas grill.

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        Dr_Pain welcome aboard. You have found a great community of people willing to help. I think you will enjoy the banter and appreciate the various opinions and methods from the great people here.

        “You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”

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        • C cafisherman

          Central California coast. Make sausage, jerky, snack sticks, and Canadian bacon. Smoke commercially purchased Salmon too. Use Weber Smokey Mountain with external home-made smoke generator using pellets for smoke. Gave up on charcoal years ago; just too much difficulty maintaining temperature. Use electric hot plate for low temp and drying and propane for higher temps. Experimenting with internal pellet tubes for increased smoke generation.

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          cafisherman welcome to the community. I think you have found a place full of like minded folks.

          “You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”

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          • ChefC Chef

            Dr_Pain So, you are just a youngster! I’ll just hold on to my age until you catch up.

            And I so agree with you about Louisiana seasonings and the India foods are among my favorite cuisines.

            You and I know what is spicy, but so many people from other parts of the Great States of the United States do not know the difference between great flavor and too hot. Burning is not a flavor or spice, nor is pain (no pun intended). Things like onions, garlic, bell peppers, and so many other spices and seasonings are important to great food. Don’t have to hurt or impress people to be very flavorful…

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            Chef Dr_Pain it is nice to see some young folks come aboard.🤣

            “You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”

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            • C cafisherman

              Central California coast. Make sausage, jerky, snack sticks, and Canadian bacon. Smoke commercially purchased Salmon too. Use Weber Smokey Mountain with external home-made smoke generator using pellets for smoke. Gave up on charcoal years ago; just too much difficulty maintaining temperature. Use electric hot plate for low temp and drying and propane for higher temps. Experimenting with internal pellet tubes for increased smoke generation.

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              cafisherman welcome to the group. Lots of good folks here.

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              • julianJ julian

                Oh, I suppose I’ve never introduced myself…

                Checking in from just outside Toronto, Canada. No fancy equipment here, just a kettle and briquettes via the snake method.

                I also take my butts out of the kettle after 4-6 hours, wrap it, and cheat using the oven to get it to 195-200. I await your condemnation!

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                mrobisr
                Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors
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                julian no condemnation here, I would be lying if I said I had not done it a time or two. Welcome to the group.

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                • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                  I guess I never said hello in this thread. I don’t read instructions very well so following Austin original post:

                  Where are you from (city/state)? … New Iberia, Louisiana…

                  How much experience do you have in meat processing or smoking/grilling? … been doing it all my life (and I’m 50)…

                  What is your favorite meat snack or seasoning flavor? … I love jerky, love snack stick and sad to say that I have never made my own. As for seasoning flavors I am partial to South Louisiana and creole seasoning, absolutely love India and South Asian… and spicy foods!

                  What is your current smoker or grill? I own a Louisiana Gill pellet smoker and a gas grill.

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                  mrobisr
                  Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #975

                  Dr_Pain welcome to the group

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                  • C cafisherman

                    Central California coast. Make sausage, jerky, snack sticks, and Canadian bacon. Smoke commercially purchased Salmon too. Use Weber Smokey Mountain with external home-made smoke generator using pellets for smoke. Gave up on charcoal years ago; just too much difficulty maintaining temperature. Use electric hot plate for low temp and drying and propane for higher temps. Experimenting with internal pellet tubes for increased smoke generation.

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                    mrobisr
                    Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors
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                    cafisherman welcome to the group

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                    • GWG8541G GWG8541

                      Chef Dr_Pain it is nice to see some young folks come aboard.🤣

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                      Dr_Pain
                      Sous Vide Dry Cured Sausage Traeger Team Blue
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                      GWG8541 said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                      Chef Dr_Pain it is nice to see some young folks come aboard.🤣

                      LOL!!! I don’t feel like it this morning 🙂

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                      • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                        GWG8541 said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                        Chef Dr_Pain it is nice to see some young folks come aboard.🤣

                        LOL!!! I don’t feel like it this morning 🙂

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                        zbigjeff
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                        #978

                        Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

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                        • zbigjeffZ zbigjeff

                          Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

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                          zbigjeff said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                          Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

                          Oh boy teen girls and their feelings. One night, a few months back, the wife was explaining the reality of a situation vs what my daughter perceived and the daughter responded with “well that how YOU feel”. Man I’m getting torqued again just rethinking it. I better just stop. lol I’m sure we can just imagine how that conversation went.

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                          • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

                            zbigjeff said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                            Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

                            Oh boy teen girls and their feelings. One night, a few months back, the wife was explaining the reality of a situation vs what my daughter perceived and the daughter responded with “well that how YOU feel”. Man I’m getting torqued again just rethinking it. I better just stop. lol I’m sure we can just imagine how that conversation went.

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                            Ridley Acres said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                            zbigjeff said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                            Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

                            Oh boy teen girls and their feelings. One night, a few months back, the wife was explaining the reality of a situation vs what my daughter perceived and the daughter responded with “well that how YOU feel”. Man I’m getting torqued again just rethinking it. I better just stop. lol I’m sure we can just imagine how that conversation went.

                            Haha! I remember a come to Jesus conversation with each of my kids regarding the “emotional conversations” vs. “pragmatic/logical fact based conversations”. Thank God they got the message before I was sent to jail LOL!

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                            • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

                              zbigjeff said in Roll Call (Start Here First):

                              Dr_Pain My dad always said “getting caught feeling will always get you in hot water”.

                              Oh boy teen girls and their feelings. One night, a few months back, the wife was explaining the reality of a situation vs what my daughter perceived and the daughter responded with “well that how YOU feel”. Man I’m getting torqued again just rethinking it. I better just stop. lol I’m sure we can just imagine how that conversation went.

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                              #981

                              Ridley Acres ?Dr_Pain You guys made my morning while talking about “real life” experiences and perceptions of people with “feelings”. I’ve had to pick my jaw off the floor a number of times when I heard the “perceptions” of kids or others because many times, I could not imagine how they came up with 1% of those thoughts. (I had to restrain myself many times from yelling out the word “WHAT???”) I sit here smiling and almost crying at the same time. Thanks for making my morning a smiling one.

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                              • ChefC Chef

                                Dr_Pain I say, go for it. Weather our community wants a cookbook or not, as long as Walton’s doesn’t prevent me, I want to do a Meatgistics cookbook. This would, to my knowledge, be the first cookbook to include a section on Nutria.

                                Now, Just how cool would that be…

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                                #982

                                Chef Dr_Pain Liking how you guys think. Glad I sparked “some” thoughts on your bayou life experiences. Have a good day you two.

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                                  Well I jumped in and started asking questions immediately before finding this area. I want to thank those of you that already have answered questions! Sorry, I don’t know how to add your names to this post.

                                  I’m from Silvis IL.

                                  I was a retail meat cutter for Eagle Foods for thirty years. After they closed, I started working for Rock River Arms as a custom 1911 pistol smith for seventeen years and retired last year.

                                  I’ve been smoking sausage on and off for the last twenty five years. I also smoke briskets and make Canadian bacon.

                                  My current smoker is a small SmokinTex that I’ve modified to maintain consistent low temps while still producing smoke.

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                                  • marzig20M marzig20

                                    Well I jumped in and started asking questions immediately before finding this area. I want to thank those of you that already have answered questions! Sorry, I don’t know how to add your names to this post.

                                    I’m from Silvis IL.

                                    I was a retail meat cutter for Eagle Foods for thirty years. After they closed, I started working for Rock River Arms as a custom 1911 pistol smith for seventeen years and retired last year.

                                    I’ve been smoking sausage on and off for the last twenty five years. I also smoke briskets and make Canadian bacon.

                                    My current smoker is a small SmokinTex that I’ve modified to maintain consistent low temps while still producing smoke.

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                                    cdavis
                                    Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User
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                                    #984

                                    marzig20 let me say welcome to the community. Glad to have you here and you’ll find that everyone here is very helpful and it sounds like with your background you can help alot of us. Have a great day 😀

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                                    • marzig20M marzig20

                                      Well I jumped in and started asking questions immediately before finding this area. I want to thank those of you that already have answered questions! Sorry, I don’t know how to add your names to this post.

                                      I’m from Silvis IL.

                                      I was a retail meat cutter for Eagle Foods for thirty years. After they closed, I started working for Rock River Arms as a custom 1911 pistol smith for seventeen years and retired last year.

                                      I’ve been smoking sausage on and off for the last twenty five years. I also smoke briskets and make Canadian bacon.

                                      My current smoker is a small SmokinTex that I’ve modified to maintain consistent low temps while still producing smoke.

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                                      Midwest_kc
                                      Team Blue Sous Vide PK Grills Green Mountain Grill Regular Contributors
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                                      marzig20 Welcome! This is a great place to learn, chat, and share the knowledge you have.

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                                      • marzig20M marzig20

                                        Well I jumped in and started asking questions immediately before finding this area. I want to thank those of you that already have answered questions! Sorry, I don’t know how to add your names to this post.

                                        I’m from Silvis IL.

                                        I was a retail meat cutter for Eagle Foods for thirty years. After they closed, I started working for Rock River Arms as a custom 1911 pistol smith for seventeen years and retired last year.

                                        I’ve been smoking sausage on and off for the last twenty five years. I also smoke briskets and make Canadian bacon.

                                        My current smoker is a small SmokinTex that I’ve modified to maintain consistent low temps while still producing smoke.

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                                        marzig20 You’ll like this community. Nice people and lots of knowledge!

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                                        • marzig20M marzig20

                                          Well I jumped in and started asking questions immediately before finding this area. I want to thank those of you that already have answered questions! Sorry, I don’t know how to add your names to this post.

                                          I’m from Silvis IL.

                                          I was a retail meat cutter for Eagle Foods for thirty years. After they closed, I started working for Rock River Arms as a custom 1911 pistol smith for seventeen years and retired last year.

                                          I’ve been smoking sausage on and off for the last twenty five years. I also smoke briskets and make Canadian bacon.

                                          My current smoker is a small SmokinTex that I’ve modified to maintain consistent low temps while still producing smoke.

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                                          Cast Iron Canning Green Mountain Grill Team Orange Masterbuilt Power User Military Veterans Regular Contributors Yearling
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                                          marzig20 welcome to the best community you’ll ever live in. Looking forward to sharing your experiences. To tag someone on here just use the @ and start typing their name. A drop down menu will show a list of users to help you.

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