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aawa
01-12-2017, 02:06 PM
I know I haven't posted much lately, it has been super busy for me. I am still cooking and here is some of the things I have done and also received between Christmas through Winter Storm Helena.

Christmas brisket (it was select as that was the only thing I could find without having to drive to Va Beach). I cooked it at 275 on my uds with maple wood. It went unwrapped the entire time.

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It sat in the cambro for approx 5 hours for dinner. While it sat and rested, we got to open presents and my fiance got me this little guy!

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Finally time for dinner. Here is the brisket sliced up with my sweet TMNT shirt I got for Christmas and also some festive headwear.

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My first thing I did with the Redbox smoker was give it a light workout smoking cheese. I used my A-Maze-N sawdust smoke generator. Kroger had a sale on Red Wax gouda for $2.99/lb so I got 5 wedges of that. Also did 5 blocks of Kraft sharp cheddar, mild cheddar, and habanero/jalapeno jack cheese which was onsale for $1.50/block

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Last weekend Winter Storm Helena decided to pay us a visit. We normally don't get snow so the area shut down since we got 12-14inches.

Some scratch made biscuits I made for breakfast.

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My thick but bacon, fried egg, and Irish white cheddar cheese biscuit and a biscuit with honey. Need some savory and some sweet for breakfast!

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After breakfast I went and shoveled some snow. Pitmaster priorities!

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Smoked up a couple 2lb fatties. One was nekkid the other was rubbed with Oakridge Dominator and Stubbs Chile Lime. Smoke with maple at 325.

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Later that night my fiance and I decided to play with the pasta roller attachment for the Kitchen Aid we got for Christmas. So we planted a pasta tree! Some papardelle pasta that we put in the fridge to be used this week.

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Some dog tax. This is my boy Weber looking majestic AF in the snow.

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Thanks for looking.

daninnewjersey
01-12-2017, 02:10 PM
Excellent way to ride out the storm......

toymaster
01-12-2017, 02:32 PM
Food looks great :thumb:. How did you like to RedBox for cold smoking? I was thinking of doing that myself.

medic92
01-12-2017, 02:40 PM
That was an awesome post to read and look at. I had to go back to see the food again though, the first time I was too enraptured by the TMNT shirt. Way too awesome!

bbqwizard
01-12-2017, 02:43 PM
That breakfast though.....:D

Oustanding!

aawa
01-12-2017, 02:43 PM
Food looks great :thumb:. How did you like to RedBox for cold smoking? I was thinking of doing that myself.

I like it better than using my kettle. I can fit more in there in a much smaller foot print. I have the A-Maze-N sawdust cold smoker generator and so it doesn't generate a lot of heat.

Having the removable shelves is really nice for getting the cheese situated before having to get the cold smoker going. The redbox also drafted nicely so the smoldering dust never went out and it also holds smoke in better than the kettle does so there was definitely a more pronounced smoke smell/flavor.

Evil-g
01-12-2017, 02:58 PM
Nice cook, I like it all. That SSOM is pretty cool. I wish I had got an amazen tube when they were on sale.

Smoke on Badger Mountain
01-12-2017, 03:02 PM
Some mighty fine looking cooks there!

Bigbears BBQ
01-12-2017, 03:08 PM
Wow everything looks great and nice fiancé you got there you know she's a keeper.

BillN
01-12-2017, 03:23 PM
Looks like you had a very merry Christmas, congrats on the new smoker and thanks for posting pics of some amazing looking cooks.

frognot
01-12-2017, 03:28 PM
Great pics Ren! Love that one of Weber.

4ever3
01-12-2017, 03:40 PM
It all looks fantastic Ren!

Hans
01-12-2017, 03:45 PM
Very cool pictures, I must say !!

Funny to see Gouda cheese.
Gouda (as in "The city") is just a few miles down the road here for me :P

Keep up the good work !
Hans

newtwoq
01-12-2017, 04:05 PM
Nice job Ren!

Titch
01-12-2017, 04:13 PM
awesome Ren:thumb:

jamaicamon
01-12-2017, 05:18 PM
Will you bring in some cheese?:mrgreen:

aawa
01-13-2017, 08:08 AM
Will you bring in some cheese?:mrgreen:

I'll try to remember to bring some in on Tuesday.

THoey1963
01-13-2017, 09:43 AM
Very nice Ren. Glad to see you survived the storm. Love the pic of "Weber"...

Big George's BBQ
01-13-2017, 10:54 AM
Very nice cooks The last time I smoked cheese and vac sealed and put it in the freezer it did not turn out well Did not like the texture

aawa
01-13-2017, 11:08 AM
Very nice cooks The last time I smoked cheese and vac sealed and put it in the freezer it did not turn out well Did not like the texture

I keep them vac sealed in my garage fridge that doesn't get opened very often. I have had some blocks last over 6 months this way.