Well I did it and have mixed reviews on the finish product.
I used 2 cups for each recipe. The recipes were:
Balzin Pistachio, Gafala's post, 1/2 cup Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Chipotle cut
with 1/4 cup water, and . . . NAKED.
First I had to get the racks ready to hold them little critters.
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Mixed everything up and put wet ingredients and seeds and vac pack them for an hour or so.
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Smoked for 40 minutes with Apple Wood. After the smoke I brought them
inside to dry in the oven .....
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Had to give them a stir every now and again with dual purpose back scratch-er/nut stir-er.
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While those were drying I had these ready to go in. Blazin Pistachio's
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2 hours of Hickory at 225 and another hour of dry time and you get 3 lbs of sweet love.
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In the end the NAKED Sunflower Seeds were pretty good. Needs more and stronger smoke.
Same with the Blazin Pistachio recipe. I liked both of them.
Gafala's recipe was vey nice tasting and would be a good pistachio seasoning with
some changes, but on Sunflower Seeds it just made a clumpy mess. (still air drying)
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The Sweet Baby Ray's was a total disaster. I don't think they will ever dry.
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After thinking about it the two things that Gafala and Sweet Baby Ray had in common was Sugar.
Went and checked on my smoker this morning .........
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Looks like I lost a nut.
Seeds look great Sonny.
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Very nice Sonny!
Love the dual purpose back scratch-er/nut stir-er.
Nice! Love those Blazin P's!
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Did any flavor get inside the shell? Looks mighty interesting!
Hard to really say for me since I am a "Throw the Whole Seed in your Mouth"
type person.
After the vac seal the shells were soft to the touch.
Might work better if you could get a hold of the larger Sunflower seeds.
Clip on the heat shield.................never thought of that.
Quote from: SouthernSmoked on February 26, 2013, 07:06:19 AM
Clip on the heat shield.................never thought of that.
Me either