lkrfletcher here is something else you can do with some of the belly. Make Pork belly burnt ends or cure and make bacon burnt ends

Finally let me.
Here is regular bacon and “canadian” bacon curing

Jonathon it is even more cool when you get to rescue one and hold it.

Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy holidays to whatever you celebrate. This is the first Christmas day I have had off in quite a while so I don’t know what to do with myself lol.
Hope everyone has a safe festive and enjoyable day with friends and family and you get all of the processing equipment that you asked Santa for.

I finally got one. Have been wanting to try one for years. I found it on fb marketplace. It was bought 1 year ago and only used once. After a 5 hour drive in the snow to pick it up I am a happy camper.
So glad I found it right now because I just checked the website and it just went up another $200 from the $500 increase they went up earlier this year.
Just an FYI for those getting one. I wiped it down ( the pics are before I wiped it down) and tried to fire it up and test it and dry the inside. Every time i turned it on (625watt setting) it would trip my outlet. Tied 3 different outlets on the porch and it happened every time. Finally called Pro Smoker and they said for some reason on gfi outlets and being dual power settings it causes the outlet to trip. Said to use an adapter from 3 prong to 2 prong and it fired right up and is running. Looking forward to learning how to use it compared to the other smokers I have.

Ps the customer service from Pro Smoker has been great so far from getting a copy of the instruction manual and also the power issue.

Here is some of it hot smoked. Can’t find pics of the cold smoked.

Bacon the Bentons way. No cure, a month before it hits the smoke and 3 days of smoking. Finally found the video again and wanted to share because I figured some of you might find it pretty interesting.

https://youtu.be/nVNSNGXzmO4

Check it out!

Congrats Surg

Surg Thermoworks has a black Friday sale going on right now. Digital alarm ones and can get single or double probe. I just ordered one

So, I have been looking to get a pk100 to try for quite a while and even close to ordering a couple times this year. Last time I checked they were “sold out” . Now I get on to check and it is like $500 more and that is turning me off from buying one right now and really disappointed.
With that being said, does anyone know of another smoker to check out that is comparable to the pk100 ? Help me find some options.

GWG8541 great story! I miss my grandma. We used to make things together. She is the one who I made my deer bologna with when I was growing up. We also made hard tack at Christmas time

Test run complete. Was in for about 6 1/2 hours probably could have pulled it a little sooner. Will have to wait and see after it rests.

twilliams there is a different company out there that sells these. They come in a few different sizes. A metal plunger to clear out the tube and then a brush for cleaning. Thought about trying them instead of using a wooden spoon handle (mine are actually plastic) I even thought about buying a couple different size dowel rods to try.

Jamieson22 it pretty much is brand new. Supposedly it was used once the sawdust pan I pitted up some since it had been used once and then sat unused. Outside has some marks on it because it sat In a garage for a year. Will have to try to clean that up at some point and will be making some dowels soon. I got it for $1500 including a 40lb bag of sawdust. Not a bad price since a new one is now $1000 more instead of $300 more.
A couple of months ago I missed out on one that was on ebay for $1200. It looked about the same, only used 4 times.

I always seem to have problems getting packages delivered. A lot of times when I order they end up shipping usps and when I expect to get my package I end up with the nice little orange card that says your package can’t be delivered so then I have to wait up to maybe 4 to 7 days until I can get a chance to go to the post office even though I have paid for 2 day delivery. Besides that issue here is what I just came home to tonight. My new stuffer and mixer sitting out in the rain for who knows how many hours. It’s not like I have a big covered porch where you walk into the house to put them out of the weather. This isn’t the first time either. I have found packages days after they were supposed to be delivered just randomly sitting in the driveway or along the side of the house. Sorry just had to vent some frustration after a long crappy day at work

ND Mike I seen that too. He couldn’t stop eating it even right out of the oven. Lol

mrobisr I found these posted elsewhere and wanted to share and see if it helps.

mrobisr. And this one. Hope it is allowed. If not let me know and I will take it down

calldoctoday I haven’t experimented much with different additions to the bag but if you go watch if you go watch sousvide everything on YouTube I know Guga has done tons of experiments and adding liquid and certain things seem to dilute the flavors. Don’t remember exactly eat all they were because I have been lacking on my sous vide cooking for quite a while. Hopefully that will change. You will learn a lot of things about sous vide. One thing though is in his early days he never saved the juice from the bag to make sauce. He saves it all now

I picked one up I was able to get on clearance. Got it right before I found my pk100. It got too cold out and it is still sitting on my porch in a box. It’s gonna wait until spring until it gets opened. People have come out with mods for these also they may/may not help with some issues.