4/30/2016 – Modified one end of a small cookie sheet to allow the door to close and fit snugly as a baffle above the chip box and to shield the box probe on back wall and direct heat to center … Continue reading
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This first jerky was ok but needed more spice and cut so not so chewy.
How To Render Fat To Make Lard You will need a pot or Dutch oven. Pre-heat oven to 250º regular oven 225º convection oven. Place 5+ pounds of ground pig fat into a covered oven-safe dutch oven. Bake at 250º … Continue reading
Gary Wiviott’s buttermilk brine – 1/2 gal buttermilk, 1 cup warm water, 2/3 cup kosher salt, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup Old Bay Hot (Gary recommends just regular Old Bay tho’) OPs modifications: Sometimes we toss in some cut-up … Continue reading
This is always Tom’s favorite.
By Ina Garten – Very good Ingredients: 3 scallions, white and green parts, chopped 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves, lightly packed 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice 11/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon good olive oil 2 garlic cloves, … Continue reading
This was a successful cook. Kelley said the stuffed thighs were the best thing she has eaten. Both were great warmed up all week. … Continue reading
Standard cook that turned out good as usual. 10/8/2016 – Mary bought a large package of six large CSRs on sale. We rubbed in Stubb’s Hot Pork Rub and let it rest for 6 hours or so. Prep’ed two 1/4 … Continue reading
Both turned out great. Good lessons learned here. 10/2/2016 – Bought the 7.28 lb.of ribs at Kroger for $1.29/lb. Very meaty and only trimmed off the tip. Preface – This turned out good and builds on developing our rib recipe. … Continue reading
This experiment did not turn out well but some lessons learned. See links and comments from SMF about curing as good stuff there.