Meat smoking, sausage making and curing.

[Kudzu]

Thanks for the pics, you got it going on.

 

[spotstealer]

MMMMM! Nothing like the smell of the smoker cookin' away! I too do some suasage/jerky/smoking. I generally have been working with wild game, everything from venison to waterfowl to fish. I know what you mean about an addiction. I have also smoked salt, cheese, and and homemade pasta (all cold smoked, liked jerky).

 

[The Burg Peeps]

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DH always use hardwood lump, around us it's Royal Oak. Our pizzas cook in about 3 minutes or so. The trick, he tells me, is to put the clamp down on the fire before it gets out of hand, it's difficult to cool these things down, so once it get close to (but under) the desired temp, I close the dampers to where I think they need to be. That works well for him.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Thanks, I'll have to try that.
Hubby will be sent out of town for work in about a week or so. Then I will get a chance to try my hand at the Bubba Keg.
Can't get near it while he's about.

Any suggestions for high altitude cooking - Hubby is having a heck of a time getting the charcoal to start in the chimmney. He has had to resort to charcoal starter fluid! Back in WI we only used 1 piece of newspaper and it took off great in the chimmney.

 

[Meat Hunter]

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Nothing wrong with starting charcoal with a a squirt or two of fluid. By the time the coals are ready, the fuel would have been burnt away. I personally either set my chimney on top of my Cajun cooker to light it. It's like a jet engine LOL. Or, I sometimes use my weed torch.

Using a piece of paper should do the trick though. In high humidity place, charcoal can absorb moisture making it more difficult to light. Also, letting the bag sit on the ground or concrete floor will allow it to draw moisture from the ground. I always store mine off the ground or in a cabinet. Keeping a few bags inside one of them big rubbermaid containers also works.

 

[spotstealer]

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You should still be able to use newspaper. The only time I had issues was with higher humidity. I just took extra paper not wadded up so tight.