all set up and seasoned last night. thought I would try chicken wings as they should be easy. put the rub on them last night and fired up the BDS first thing this morning. Took a while for the temp to come up but it is -5C (20F), only a little bit of wind. I only had the vent open about 1/3 hoping the temp would come up faster. not sure if it helped but temp went from 200mdown to 160 when I put the wings in and took 90 minuts to actually come up to 200 again. I have it under my balcony deck for now until I get the garage organized and a fan for venting the smoke outside.
As everyone enjoys pictures here is some of mine, not to exciting for most of you but hey this is my first batch.
While the wings were in the smoker a friend was over and helped grind 75lbs of moose meet for sausage, peperoni sticks and smokies. We had wings for a lunch after grinding all the meat. in smoker for just over 2 hours, the skin quite rubbery and I have some left over I am going to see if putting them in the oven for a bit will crisp up the skin.
See why the garage needs oranizing before I can put the smoker in it.
here are the wings with rub and ready to go in fridge overnight. The metal bowl is stirfry moose for supper.
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wings just before going in smoker
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wings after smoking
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grinding meat in garage
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Next is jerky. It has been in marinate overnight and I will start it saturday morning.
Now officially a smoker not just a wannabe
Klondikersmoker
You might want to try throwing the wings in a deep oil fryer, 6 or 8 at a time to crisp them. Short of that, 1/4 inch of oil in a skillet on the stove top.
Your garage looks like my kitchen ;D
HEHEHE HE's got a big ugly grinder just like mine! But I think his is powered by ARMSTRONG. Looks good Klondike
10.5, you are right, armstrong it is. That is why I invite friends over for wings that just happen to be cooking so we might as well grind some meat while we wait.
I am looking for a kit with a big wheel to attach and use an old 1/2hp motor I have. Any idea where I might find a conversion kit?
Klondikersmoker
I bought mine at Cabela's but it doesn't seem that they carry them anymore. I couldn't find one with a quick search. I did find this one but it is pricey
http://www.texastastes.com/p115.htm
Klondikesmoker
Here is a link to an article I found some time ago. It has instructions on how to motorize your grinder.
http://www.sausagemania.com/grinder.html
Mike
I haven't seen a conversion kit, but Northern Tools has one with it built on.
Item# 168631-1906