Recently got:

Amaz'n smoker
Kirby bucket mixer
LEM 5 lb vertical stuffer

Very pleased with all of them. Needless to say, I am now broke!

Next will be a remote thermometer with an alarm.

Someday, a deli slicer. But I don't really need one, so it can wait.

Blackriver, I hope we get to see pictures of your results with the beef rounds.

Cheers,
Jeff

Jarhead wrote:1 hank of 22-24 "C" Tubed Sheep Casing for $28.95

I looked at the site, but it seems you have to buy a whole bucket of hanks to get that price. Am I getting it wrong?

Thanks Gulyas that looks great! I am going to try it.

I learn something new every day

Won't ice cubes hurts a grinder or quickly dull the blades? Thought I had heard that.

Warm / tepid water is fine. For beef rounds, add a splash of vinegar and rinse thoroughly. Helps with the odor.

Thanks Ross, good advice that I will follow.

Jeff

Hey Blackriver. Following standard practice, I put my grinder parts in the freezer for an hour or so before I grind. When I am doing larger batches, and double grinds, it has to sit out for quite a while, and of course it warms up just sitting there, not to mention during the grinding process. So ev...

supplies ordered - shipped today! Went with Allied Kenco - they sell a smaller "home pack" of sheep casings. ●Stuff Dia. Approx. 3/4 to 7/8" ●Will stuff 15 lb. of meat ●100 ft. in length $13.52 plus shipping. http://www.alliedkenco.com/casing-sheep-2022mm-homepack.aspx It's the shipping that kills m...

Count me in. Haven't made a batch yet that came out just right.

In the lat 60s, early 70s my grandfather used to take my dad, brother, cousin and I out of Half Moon Bay on party boats going for rock fish. We would catch 2 and 3 at a time and fill whole gunny sacks up with them. Good times! While I never landed any beautiful salmon like that, your picture with th...

Kevin - thanks for sharing your helpful notes. I am using the Amazn in a water smoker without the water. There is a lot of air space at the bottom. For the second go round I need to monitor what's happening along the way. Might have to come up with some jerry-rigged way to reduce the air flow.

Ross that makes perfect sense - thanks! Where I live it usually gets into the 50s each night, so I can cold smoke then.

So I finally bought an Amazn smoker and lit 'er up with a load of pellets. It faithfully produced a lovely thin stream of smoke for hours, though for how many hours I don't know because I fell asleep. I expected to get 11 hours, but I am guessing I got maybe half that. Too much draft probably. But t...