Smoking, grilling and curing foods, etc.

BOB357 · Jun 29, 2020

BOB357 said:
Cut a couple of 2# chunks off of a pork shoulder and have them dry brining for buckboard bacon that I'll be smoking with hickory and apple next weekend. Will have some ripe tomatoes by then, so BLTs are on the upcoming menu. Will be sure to have a fresh baked loaf of sourdough, so everything but the lettuce and mayo will be home grown or home made.

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Been curing for 11 days. Rinsed, soaked, patted dry and ready to get some love from Hickory and Apple.

Got the Big Chief heating up fight now.

Hawkbox · Jun 29, 2020

OK that looks amazing.

BOB357 · Jun 29, 2020

BOB357 said:
Been curing for 11 days. Rinsed, soaked, patted dry and ready to get some love from Hickory and Apple.
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Got the Big Chief heating up fight now.
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Smoked for 2 hours at 170 F and then transferred to the Traeger and finished to at 225 to internal temperature of 155 F.

Sitting in the fridge, uncovered, overnight. Will post a pic after slicing in the morning. This should make some great BLTs. Have some ripe tomatoes to pick and the wife has some homegrown lettuce too.

thunderwagn · Jun 29, 2020

On my way!

GFHomebrew · Jun 29, 2020

Yum yum get in my tummy tum tum

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BOB357 · Jun 29, 2020

thunderwagn said:
On my way!

Like I've said before, you're welcome any time.

thunderwagn · Jun 30, 2020

Chicken parts tonight. It's a cooker out there! I don't know if I even needed fire!

GFHomebrew · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Chicken parts tonight. It's a cooker out there! I don't know if I even needed fire!
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Taken one for the team looking good!

BOB357 · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Chicken parts tonight. It's a cooker out there! I don't know if I even needed fire!
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Looks good. Nice to keep the heat out of the house on hot days too.

Our heat wave is over. Only got into the mid 70s today. Back to normal temperatures for the foreseeable future.

thunderwagn · Jun 30, 2020

BOB357 said:
Looks good. Nice to keep the heat out of the house on hot days too.

Our heat wave is over. Only got into the mid 70s today. Back to normal temperatures for the foreseeable future.

Are you high desert there Bob?

BOB357 · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Are you high desert there Bob?

Not as high as you are. We're just under 4,000 ft. Definitely desert, but a heavily irrigated ag area. Lots of dairies and feed crops. Fallon is called the Oasis of Nevada.

Group W · Jun 30, 2020

Hope you gents got that meat from the freezer. The prices we are seeing in the store recently would scare a buzzard off a shit wagon. Going to Costco soon and not feeling the meat price love. Nice eats btw!

thunderwagn · Jun 30, 2020

Group W said:
Hope you gents got that meat from the freezer. The prices we are seeing in the store recently would scare a buzzard off a shit wagon. Going to Costco soon and not feeling the meat price love. Nice eats btw!

We did buy the wings, but we do a half of beef every year so the freezer is always stocked.
My wife's parents are still cattle ranchers so we split one every year with another sibling and pay for the processing.
I've got plenty of room for a hog or two, but haven't taken that on just because of all the other animals we have and haven't felt like taking on more.

BOB357 · Jun 30, 2020

Group W said:
Hope you gents got that meat from the freezer. The prices we are seeing in the store recently would scare a buzzard off a shit wagon. Going to Costco soon and not feeling the meat price love. Nice eats btw!

Really. We've been getting some great deals on pork and chicken around here. Just stocked up on spare ribs at $ .99/lb. and chicken leg quarters at $ .49/lb. Prices on beef are up a bit, but nothing outrageous. We'll leave the light on for ya

thunderwagn · Jun 30, 2020

At this point I think Bob is just bucking for new house mates.

Group W · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
We did buy the wings, but we do a half of beef every year so the freezer is always stocked.
My wife's parents are still cattle ranchers so we split one every year with another sibling and pay for the processing.
I've got plenty of room for a hog or two, but haven't taken that on just because of all the other animals we have and haven't felt like taking on more.

We had cattle for years and switched to hay about 10 years ago. I could put a couple steers in a small pasture but would have to get the fences cleaned up. IDK...

Group W · Jun 30, 2020

BOB357 said:
Really. We've been getting some great deals on pork and chicken around here. Just stocked up on spare ribs at $ .99/lb. and chicken leg quarters at $ .49/lb. Prices on beef are up a bit, but nothing outrageous. We'll leave the light on for ya

I don’t think I could shoot sage rats at that price.

BOB357 · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
At this point I think Bob is just bucking for new house mates.

Between the wife and her cat, I'm out numbered here. Need to even the odds out

Craigerrr · Jun 30, 2020

thunderwagn said:
Chicken parts tonight. It's a cooker out there! I don't know if I even needed fire!
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Those look great there TW! How did you season them? When I do wings on the Q, I just cook them plain, then toss them in my home made buffalo sauce.

BOB357 · Jun 30, 2020

BOB357 said:
Smoked for 2 hours at 170 F and then transferred to the Traeger and finished to at 225 to internal temperature of 155 F.
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Sitting in the fridge, uncovered, overnight. Will post a pic after slicing in the morning. This should make some great BLTs. Have some ripe tomatoes to pick and the wife has some homegrown lettuce too.

Got the buckboard bacon sliced this morning. Here's a shot of the leaner part: