Cooking/BBQ/ferment/grilling bullshit thread

[TheRightToRemainSilent]

Are you just using a pellet maze or whatever?

I want to try some cold smoking.

the maze would work, but i went with the extendable tube.

A-MAZE-N extendable tube is skinny and gives me more room for food.

 

[TheRightToRemainSilent]

fyi, the ABSOLUTE HARDEST part about smoking cheese is waiting a month to open it up and eat it

now you know the secret

 

[Newt]

the maze would work, but i went with the extendable tube.

A-MAZE-N extendable tube is skinny and gives me more room for food.

I'm so dumb. I never even thought of this till now. Lmao.

 

[Newt]

fyi, the ABSOLUTE HARDEST part about smoking cheese is waiting a month to open it up and eat it

now you know the secret

How long do you smoke for?

Assume the waiting let's the flavour mellow?

 

[TheRightToRemainSilent]

How long do you smoke for?

Assume the waiting let's the flavour mellow?

i go 4 hours, but that is up to you. scroll up on previous page to see that i cut standard kraft/cabot/tillamook or whatever brand you choose into smaller blocks for smaller servings.

here are the cliff notes:

4 hours in smoke (rotate every hour)
bring indoors and wrap individually in parchment paper and put in fridge for 24 hours
after 24 hours vacuum seal individually and put back in the fridge
rest time is basically 1 week per hour of smoke time (so if i go 4 hours i wait a month before opening)

enjoy for months and months and months

 

[Newt]

i go 4 hours, but that is up to you. scroll up on this page to see that i cut standard kraft or whatever brand you choose into smaller blocks for smaller servings.

here are the cliff notes:

4 hours in smoke (rotate every hour)
bring indoors and wrap individually in parchment paper and put in fridge for 24 hours
after 24 hours vacuum seal individually
rest time is basically 1 week per hour of smoke time (so if i go 4 hours i wait a month before opening)

enjoy for months and months and months

danke.

 

[ChemicalWhore]

Made short rib ragu

 

[Jesus]

Made short rib ragu

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Pretty sure I made that exact recipe a couple years ago and it was a turning point in my life where I said to myself "ok, you're fucking good at this."

 

[Jesus]

@ChemicalWhore also, that looks way better than mine did.

 

[ChemicalWhore]

@ChemicalWhore also, that looks way better than mine did.

The pappardelle didn’t come out right. It was still good but think I put too much salt in the water

 

[FlyNReeLow]

Made short rib ragu

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love me some short ribs

 

[Jesus]

The pappardelle didn’t come out right. It was still good but think I put too much salt in the water

If you salted the pasta, you don't really need to salt the water. Pasta making is an art in itself

 

[Jesus]

If you salted the pasta, you don't really need to salt the water. Pasta making is an art in itself

Quoting myself, pappardelle is the pasta to experiment with, however.

 

[ChemicalWhore]

If you salted the pasta, you don't really need to salt the water. Pasta making is an art in itself

It was fresh I bought it from a local place, didn’t bother to ask if they did so that was probably the issue lol

 

[ChemicalWhore]

Bought a replacement for my lodge Dutch oven.

 

[DontRevMe]

Did my first picanha Saturday, what a tasty cut, and not expensive... Smoked low till 120, then sear on Weber to 130, rest to 135

 

[brianpsx]

I'm thinking about giving BBQ smoking a try. Any recommendations on what size pellet smoker and budget I should set aside for it as a beginner? Prob max I would need to make would be 4 racks of baby back ribs. Looking for value and reliability.

 

[deaddweeb]

I'm thinking about giving BBQ smoking a try. Any recommendations on what size pellet smoker and budget I should set aside for it as a beginner? Prob max I would need to make would be 4 racks of baby back ribs. Looking for value and reliability.

Well how much do you want to spend?

I think for the price GMG offers a good product for a decent price.

 

[deaddweeb]

PitBoss might be next recommendation if you wanna go cheaper.

 

[brianpsx]

Well how much do you want to spend?

I think for the price GMG offers a good product for a decent price.

Is $500ish range possible? $1k max.

 

[deaddweeb]

Is $500ish range possible? $1k max.

oh for sure.

 

[deaddweeb]

You could easily do something from GMG or even a Recteq.

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[ChemicalWhore]

Pulled pork or bbq beef in the Dutch oven today?

 

[Ballast]

Made some bacon onion jam this morning.

 

[Jesus]

Made some bacon onion jam this morning.

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I like how it went from jam to raw bacon and veg