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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.
cafisherman welcome to the group. Lots of good folks here.
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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!
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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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.
Dr_Pain welcome to the group
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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.
cafisherman welcome to the group
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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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.
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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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.
marzig20 Welcome! This is a great place to learn, chat, and share the knowledge you have.
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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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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.
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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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.
marzig20 welcome go the community! This is a fun place to hang out with lots of good info from some pretty smart folks! I’m interested in how you changed modified you SmokinTex as I have one as well.
Oh and to tag someone just use @ and then start typing their name…a list will pop up and you can select the perzon.
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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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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.
marzig20 - Welcome to the COMMUNITY!
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marzig20 welcome go the community! This is a fun place to hang out with lots of good info from some pretty smart folks! I’m interested in how you changed modified you SmokinTex as I have one as well.
Oh and to tag someone just use @ and then start typing their name…a list will pop up and you can select the perzon.
ND Mike and wdaly Thanks for the tip on how to tag someone.
ND Mike I didn’t really modify the smoker. I only use the element for heat. I use a smoke tube with pellets in the bottom of smoker to create the smoke and it keeps smoking no matter whether the element is on or not.
I still have temp swings as the element cycles on and off. So then I have a six inch powered duct fan that you can buy at any home improvement store. I place that over the small vent hole on top. When the temp starts to climb over the max I want I turn on the duct fan to drop the temp down. This also provides enough oxygen to keep the smoke tube going. It’s the most control I’ve ever had over temp swings.
I’m wondering if I wired the the duct fan in to the thermostat on the smoker if would be a little more automated.
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ND Mike and wdaly Thanks for the tip on how to tag someone.
ND Mike I didn’t really modify the smoker. I only use the element for heat. I use a smoke tube with pellets in the bottom of smoker to create the smoke and it keeps smoking no matter whether the element is on or not.
I still have temp swings as the element cycles on and off. So then I have a six inch powered duct fan that you can buy at any home improvement store. I place that over the small vent hole on top. When the temp starts to climb over the max I want I turn on the duct fan to drop the temp down. This also provides enough oxygen to keep the smoke tube going. It’s the most control I’ve ever had over temp swings.
I’m wondering if I wired the the duct fan in to the thermostat on the smoker if would be a little more automated.
marzig20 that us a good idea and thanks for the info.
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