BRADLEY SMOKER | "Taste the Great Outdoors"

6 days ago I put starting the curing process on a Pork Loin (total of 15 lbs) to make some bacon.
1/3 is Hab's recipe, 1/3 is Hab's recipe with maple syrup, & 1/3 is Hab's recipe with Cyanne Pepper added to the rub.
6 days of patiently waiting and turning the pieces of meat in the cure.
6 days of thinking of the wonderful bacon that is to be made.
And on the 6th day it started to rain & rain & rain & . . .
Seems that it is going to rain for the next 2 - 3 days so no chance of running the smoker.   :(  :(  :(

Looks like I am going to have to cook in the oven  :(   :(   :(

So, no sweet taste of added apple wood smoke to enhance my eggs benedict.
Do plan on serving some with recently smoked cheeses though.

You can always move into the garage but if you can't.....

Got liquid smoke?  You can always go the commercial way and use it.

Yes the rest of you can now stone me for saying it.

It's a real bummer when that happens! Happened to me all too often.  :(

Hey Scotty-G, just noticed what looks like the Tardis on your signature, you a "Dr Who" fan?  ;) :D

I know how you feel, it happened to me on occasion. You can keep the cured loin refrigerated for a few of days after it has been cured, and smoke it when the rain moves out. I generally let my cured meats "rest" for at least 24 hours anyway before smoking. Even if you get a slight break in the weather you may be able to get the Canadian bacon in the  smoker long enough to smoke.

Garage or under a patio eve, if the wind driven rains won't be a problem.  I'm in a similar situation, but it may be damm the torpedoes... :-\

How bout a patio umbrella

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Just can't bring myself to using liquid smoke . . .

I like the idea of waiting out the storm a few extra days.  Loins are in the fridge forming a pelicle so a few more days won't hurt.
Maybe Mon or Tues night I might be able to get into the smoker.  Monday's weather prediction is for no rain.  Sun and Tues showers.  There's my opportunity.

Love the patio umbrella idea but that won't work for me as the rain is falling at about a 45 deg angle towards the house right where I have my bradley set up.  Been talking with the wife about an retractable, attached canopy to install in the spring time - might have to make it longer, to cover the Bradley too.

Thought about the garage but the kids room is right above it and don't want to risk venturing down that path.

and yes, it is a TARDIS and yes, been a Dr. Who fan for years - started with Tom Baker on MPT (Maryland Public Television) back in the eighties.  But have seen episodes with every Dr.

Sucks that the insert quote option is not working right now.

Those little rubber maid type tool sheds make an OK enclosure ... thought....

Hey Scotty-G ,
              A big umbrella , a cooler full of adult beverages , and......LET IT POUR !!!! ;D 8)

Coyote

 Gizmo,  :D What is liquid smoke  :-[

OMG Gizmo said liquid smoke  :D  :D  :D

Well it had to be done  :-*

All of my "liquid smoke" winds up mixed in with my spent pucks or crusted up on my V pan.  :D

Quoteliquid smoke

Surprised they allow swear words like "liquid smoke" on the forum, thought they would be edited out!!  ;) :D

Quoteand yes, it is a TARDIS and yes, been a Dr. Who fan for years - started with Tom Baker on MPT (Maryland Public Television) back in the eighties.  But have seen episodes with every Dr.

Nice to see fans on the other side of the pond, I watched it religiously as a boy and now my two boys are the same. At Christmas the shops were full of Dr Who toys and the Christmas Special episode with David Tannant and Kylie Minogue was excellent.  ;) :D

Manxman,
We are a bit behind the UK in airing Dr Who episodes.  The X-mas Special has not aired here yet  :(
Can't wait to see it.  What do you think of Tourchwood?

Also the selection of Dr Who toys is very limited here unless you order over the internet and some are direct from the UK. 
Can't even get the one episode with Paul McGann (8th Dr) in the Enemy Within on DVD in the US (Region 1).

so, which of the 11 is your favorite doctor?

Thought Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston were above average but I think the current Doctor, David Tennant is quite possibly the best IMHO. He had a tough act to follow and has done so brilliantly.  :)

I do watch Torchwood from time to time and enjoy it but not as much as Dr Who itself. My eldest son has all the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant episodes on DVD whilst I have quite a few of the older ones which look really dated compared to the current ones.

Then of course there are the Doctor's assistants.......... some very s*xy ones over the years!!  ;) :D

Quote from: manxman on January 06, 2008, 02:44:52 PM

Quoteliquid smoke

Surprised they allow swear words like "liquid smoke" on the forum, thought they would be edited out!!  ;) :D

Quoteand yes, it is a TARDIS and yes, been a Dr. Who fan for years - started with Tom Baker on MPT (Maryland Public Television) back in the eighties.  But have seen episodes with every Dr.

Nice to see fans on the other side of the pond, I watched it religiously as a boy and now my two boys are the same. At Christmas the shops were full of Dr Who toys and the Christmas Special episode with David Tannant and Kylie Minogue was excellent.  ;) :D

Liquid BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP  :D :D :D
Giz yer killing me here  ;D ;D ;D

Can't say I didn't warn ya to cover your ears, I mean Eyes.  What you don't know is I typed some porno word and it got translated to Liquid Smoke.   ::)

Big Dr. Who fan here.  We got it on PBS out of Buffalo NY up here in Toronto in the 70s & 80s.  Now the Canadian Broadcast Corp carries it, but same thing - we're way behind on the new episodes.  Tom Baker is my favourite, because that's who I grew up on.  Used to scare the bejesus out of my younger brother too so it made the show even better.  Every halloween, I go looking for a long scarf, a long coat and a bag of jelly babies and then decide against it at the last minute.

Loved the recent episode where they brought Sarah back with K-9.  Great memories from that.

Carter

QuoteUsed to scare the bejesus out of my younger brother too

Funny you should say that, I can clearly remember my younger brother hiding behind the sofa many years ago scared witless by the Cybermen, Daleks et al. I am 47 now and my brother is 44, like to remind him about it from time to time.  ;) :D

One of my recent favourites is the episode set in New York in the "depression" of the 1930's, think it was aired around April 2007 on this side of the pond. Just watching it on satellite as I type this!!  ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6211731.stm

And another bit of useless information, William Hartnell who played the first Dr Who between 1963 and 1966 would have been 100 years old today!!

Geez Manx I just realized I get BBC America off my satellite. I watch it once in awhile. I'll have to check out the sat guide to see if it's ever on. Would be nice to see some of Dr Who again.

Since this posting is originally about wanting to smoke some loins to make Bacon - here's an update.

There was a break in the rainy weather and I was able to put the loins into the smoker for 2 hrs of apple.
At that point I pulled them and put them into the oven till done.  No sooner than I got the OBS cooled off
(open door and 45 deg weather helped cut cool down time to 5 min) and quickly covered, came the rain.
Just in the nick of time  :D

Just finished slicing and vacuum sealing 10 lbs of bacon for the freezer.  5 lbs are ready for consumption.
The Original is awesome as always.
The Hot (rubbed down with cayenne pepper too) is pretty good.
The Sweet (bathed in Maple Syrup too) is also pretty good.

Got my Hollandaise, my egg poacher and english muffins in in the toaster - I'm set!  :D  ;)

Made Eggs Benedict for dinner, while watching a 5 minute Dr. Who Special - David Tennant & Peter Davis meet in the TARDIS.  :D  ;D

Lunch tomorrow is smoked cheese, smoked canadian bacon and crackers - YUMMMMMM

Quote from: Scotty-G on January 10, 2008, 09:15:45 PM
Made Eggs Benedict for dinner, while watching a 5 minute Dr. Who Special

Is there a problem here?   :o

No you got me thinking of making some. :)

I'm glad the weather broke at least long enough for you get them smoked.

Life sounds good Scotty-G!  ;) :D

Raining here all weekend but I have a 12 lb bone in pork butt in the smoker right now. (under the roof overhang) Crazy weather tho. Local ski mountain here on the island already has 400cm of base --we usually don't get anywhere near that until March. Several people have died in the last week here in BC becuase of the heavy unstable snowpack.
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