Hi Phil, I used a slightly modified version of Len Poli's recipe but everything basically was the same including the curing times with half the spices/salt used initially and the rest of the cure mix added later on. The next lot I will delete the cloves though. Now another 2 weeks waiting probably ...

Wow, looks good! I have bought my bags and am currently waiting for an order of culture before trying a coppa and some venison salami.

I've got a bug swatter /zapper but never heard of a salt gun for flies . LMAO

Looks good, you can't beat game meat in any variation of sausage !

Thanks guys for the info, cabelas is backordered on this smoker as are few other companies. A few websites say the have them for 1399 or 1799. I'll probably wait on cabelas. This site and y'all are costing me some money on toys !

Hi all, I am looking into buying a pro smoker 100, I know Sawhorseray has one and likes it. Does anyone else have any experience with this brand? They are currently out of stock at a few of the websites that are offering them, hopefully due to high demand and not lack of production due to declining ...

Great hints, I can't wait to try #1 and #9.

two MN kids, good to hear it was a good day, happy birthday !

thanks for your post el Ducko i'm finishing up kabanosy recipe and wont be adding anything extra. finally going to fire up my smoker today for the first time (fingers crossed all works out) next going to try csabai recipe that Jan recommended and you got to love women, just as i got ready to activa...

That looks like one spoiled choco lab !

"Sounds like you were were multi tasking Ursula. Were you peeling them carats for soup? I know they ain't no good for sausage." If you are peeling "carats" the soup will become very expensive, and diamonds will be very difficult to digest anyway. I'm using carrots, green beans, and huge zucchini fr...

Everything goes up but my paycheck !

Shuswap, I'm curious as to what size pork shoulder/butt you bought to get your coppa muscle.

Excellent !!!