A weekendd of smoking

[Drac]

Hello all,

Now that it is warming up it is time to get out.  Since I will be spending some time in the shop I decided to setup some smoking and dehydrating for this weekend.  On the menu is some teriyaki jerky (with a bit of a kick), a bourbon/black berry pulled pork butt, and some andouille snack sticks.

Starting with the butt here are the players -



The injecting marinade -



Using a glass to help with the injector -



Doing it to the butt (boy does that sound wrong) -



In the fridge until tomorrow morning when it gets the rub -



More to come...

[Drac]

Now onto the jerky.  Using home made teriyaki (the bottle is recycled) -



To rest over night to cure -



The fallout from the smoking and dehydratoring.

Some spicey teriyaki.  I trimmed it a little of the extra fat but since that holds the flavor and this won't be around long enough for it to go bad -



The butt after about 26 hours and 4 hours of hickory -



Foiled -



Toweled -



And into the cooler as you have taught me -



Eight hours later and still hot enough to eat -



And more...

[Drac]

And ready -



With this also did up some maple hillbilly bacon and andouille snack sticks.  Smoked with 4 hours of maple and an extra hour on the sticks of apple -





Packaged up.  The sticks (which taste awesome by the way) -



Did the bacon in two slice packs -



The pork done up 1/2 pound packs.  Enough for a dinner of quesadillas or a lunch of pulled pork sandwiches -



And the jerky -



The weekend fallout -



Jim

[GusRobin]

Looks like a very good weekend. Good looking stuff. Do you need my address to send some? ;D ;D

[iceman]

Good looking catch from the weekend.

[Keymaster]

That's Awesome, you were a busy man. That's how my butcher sells his jerky in big chunks like yours. Nice Job Jim!!

[DTAggie]

I ran into Drac on Saturday at Cabella's in Allen.  We were both looking at some pucks and started talking and discovered we both are on the forum.  After introducing ourselves, he told me about all the smoking he planned.  Looks like it all came out wonderful Drac.

After walking off, my daughter says "you Bradley guys are all nuts!"

[OldHickory]

Busy busy, and it all looks good

[Drac]

Thanks all.  It was fun and very tasty  :D

After walking off, my daughter says "you Bradley guys are all nuts!"

My wife says "Ditto"

It is cool meeting the fellow forum folks while out and about though the strangest one was still squirtthecat finding me by my kilt in the middle of Mardi Gras.

Jim

[Mark in Ottawa]

That looks like a great weekend haul.

Did you use a kit for the snack sticks or did you freelance a recipe with bought casings?

Mark (in Ottawa, Canada)

[Drac]

Used a mix from a supplier and collagen casings from http://www.sausagemaker.com/91010andouilleseasoning.aspx though I have used this one and enjoyed it http://www.nolacuisine.com/2005/11/14/andouille-sausage-recipe/

Jim

[Mark in Ottawa]

Used a mix from a supplier and collagen casings from http://www.sausagemaker.com/91010andouilleseasoning.aspx though I have used this one and enjoyed it http://www.nolacuisine.com/2005/11/14/andouille-sausage-recipe/

Jim

Thanks - I've got them bookmarked now!

Mark (in Ottawa)