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mike650
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scooter65
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Taste like chicken!
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Kickboxer
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SD Dog
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cbm
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Bass Pro carries a model by Horizon Smokers. I bought one back in the spring. It is very close to the old Oklahoma Joe's . It is made out of 1/4" steel and holds heat extremely well, it has better stainless grills than an Okl.Joe, but it is a little smaller than the originals. I can cook at 200-250 for about 7-8 hours on one 15 lb bag of Kingsford.
I haven't seen much else out there for sale with the quality of the old Okl.Joe's. Good luck !!
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tahqua
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I was gone for several days and just caught this one. That is some funny stuff there! BTW, speaking of Kingsford, burning times last longer with briquettes versus lump. I do like lump for steaks and chops. But it doesn't burn long enough for several hours of smoking. |
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scooter65
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Tahqua brings up a good point on the charcoal. Another thing to watch is that the lump coal is made from several varieties of wood. If you are trying to reduce or limit your smoke taste to say strictly a hickory or cherry don't use lump. It will infuse several wood flavors in addition to the wood you are smoking with. It also burns hotter. Personally I find it delicious to use lump with a briskett but not with chicken or ribs. Makes the ribs taste like beef jerky.
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Eileen Clarke
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Last weekend my neighbor cooked 2 pigs on a device called LaCajaChina for our local Fall fest and sold the pig meat with cuban black beans and rice, and fried plantains--which I now am expert on, in two variations; it's an metal lined plywood box on wheels, with the cooking instructions printed on each end, and long handles so you can move it even in the middle of cooking. The coals sit on top in a metal grate that sits over a tray to catch the ashes; pretty much like a giant Cast iron Dutch oven, except it's lined with sheet metal so it doesn't weigh a ton.
Frank started out with a 100 pound pig, which just fit, stretched out end to end, and at moderate temps, it cooks in 4 hours and is absolutely delicious. The 100 pound model (also cooks up to 6 turkeys or a pile of chickens at the same time) is $349. They have a 65 pound pig model for $319. Might be a really good tailgating smoker. Given the mobility.
THe site also sells a Mojo marinade. Frank was using his own homemade Mojo marinade and injected it into the pig pre cooking. (They've even got a meat sensor so you know when it's done.
Downside, of course is as soon as the temps fall below 40 degrees cooking time really climbs.
As good as the pig was, the best part was Frank takes it to the car wash to clean it up. That just may be as easy as it gets as far as cleaning up after a smoker.
Web site is www.lacajachina.com and it's worth it just to go look at it.
Eileen
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Chris Farris
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This how we do it in Texas.
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budperm
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Can anyone say peter principle?
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RONK
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A friend/neighbor just the other day showed me a trailer-mounted smoke-cooker/grill that he built. He raised the lid and showed me 45 square feet of grill area on three 3-foot x 5-foot levels.
He said he bought the 1/4 inch (?) steel plate sheared and bent to his specs, and did all the welding himself. He thought he had $400 in materials (plus the traler it was mounted on), and he welded it up in a couple evenings. Very impressive!
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SD Dog
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Did he have any samples for you to partake of? |
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RONK
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No, I showed up after supper, darn it!!
He raises his own hogs and beef, has a walk-in smokehouse and industrial meat processing equipment.
He's going to be my friend, whether he wants to or not....
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budperm
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Sounds like a smart plan there Ron....specially with your herd!
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RONK
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HA! He just dropped by a few minutes ago with a batch of freshly hickory-smoked pork breakfast patties for us to enjoy for tomorrow's breakfast! Cool! Edited by RONK - October/17/2009 at 21:40 |
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budperm
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Sounds like you need to teach him how to process large game!
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HAHA....
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RONK
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I do have a great recipe for a pork/venison mix smoked sausage that he wants to try. I need to get a deer on the ground first, though.
A trespasser came clomping past my stand goofing up my Friday evening's hunt.
Today is the last day of the early antlerless-only gun deer season, too. I really wanted to get my tag punched with a doe now, because if I don't, I'll have to "Earn-a-Buck" during the late November rifle season by shooting a doe first. In other words, I'd have to pass up a big buck if he came through before I had a crack at a doe. Wisconsin DNR wants more does killed, so that's how they have it set up. You can't legally shoot a buck without killing a doe first.
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RONK
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Don't laugh, Mark- if you can come up for turkey season next spring, he could be your friend, too!
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budperm
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Trespasser!!?!? Long Pork the 3rd white meat!!!! Boy would that burn me up! I would at least scare the living crap out of him!!! Wouldn't eve nhave to be a near miss.
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