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Best first time smoked ribs/brisket recipe: https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/spice-rubs-and-pastes/big-bad-beef-rub-recipe

Chickens taste better when cooked whole. Pickles taste better cut. Sandwiches taste better cut and bitten from inside. Meat tastes better sliced against grain.


Definitely a smoker is a personal choice, and what is better depends on what you are looking for.  I say it's a balance of goals, between: (i) making good food, (ii) making authentic BBQ, (iii) having fun with the maaseh of smoking, and (iv) convenience.  Items (iii) and (iv) don't only conflict, they directly oppose each other.

I opted for items (i) and (iv) so went PBC.  I would say WSM is also mostly a (i) and (iv) choice, but it brings in extra elements of (ii) and (iii), at a slight cost to (iv).  Maybe WSM also better at (i)--I have no idea either way.

Further to the above:

If all you want is good food, get a sous vide.

If all you want is authentic BBQ, get a huge offset smoker that you feed with split logs.

If all you want is having fun with the maaseh of smoking, again, get a huge offset smoker.

If all you want is convenience, use your oven.


Henche's PBC review
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=43018.msg1439199#msg1439199
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1460 on: February 16, 2018, 10:40:26 AM »
Wandering que had a party a while ago that he bought every kosher casing in America. Don't know if he still does
For the record I tried his sausages, let’s just say I couldn’t even finish it. I have a source for lamb casing the problem is it’s very thin. Good for making sachicha (a Syrian type of sausage) but that’s not what I’m looking to start with, but definitely something I want to do in the future.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1461 on: February 16, 2018, 10:55:50 AM »
didnt realize that was a problem
not a Kashrus problem per-say but rather people prefer edible casings. There are many kosher cellulose casings available on the market. Edible casings are essentially collagen and glycerin while finer casings are cellulose and glycerin. Both collagen and glycerin present Kashrus concerns, but kosher glycerin is readily available while kosher collagen is not as readily available.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1462 on: February 16, 2018, 12:30:43 PM »
not a Kashrus problem per-say but rather people prefer edible casings. There are many kosher cellulose casings available on the market. Edible casings are essentially collagen and glycerin while finer casings are cellulose and glycerin. Both collagen and glycerin present Kashrus concerns, but kosher glycerin is readily available while kosher collagen is not as readily available.
regular cellulose non edible have glycerin?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1463 on: February 16, 2018, 01:08:55 PM »
regular cellulose non edible have glycerin?
The little that I've seen, yes.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1466 on: February 16, 2018, 01:17:46 PM »

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1467 on: February 16, 2018, 01:27:15 PM »
Cool if I can’t get any real I’ll end up getting these.
I would email the seller and let them know that if the product is delivered and does not match the certificate provided you expect a full refund.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1468 on: February 17, 2018, 07:37:37 PM »
The little that I've seen, yes.
any idea if this one has glycerin
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« Reply #1469 on: February 18, 2018, 02:05:13 PM »
any idea if this one has glycerin
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emailed the company and they said it does :(
im thinking if its non-edible, is it a kashrus problem?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1470 on: February 18, 2018, 02:06:59 PM »
emailed the company and they said it does :(
im thinking if its non-edible, is it a kashrus problem?
If you cook food in it? It is as edible as a pot.
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« Reply #1471 on: February 18, 2018, 02:14:09 PM »
If you cook food in it? It is as edible as a pot.
its a casing. no heat involved. i think the 2 concerns may be 1. u may eat a piece by mistake, 2. it can somehow be like pickling iinm can be nosein taam w/o heat.

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« Reply #1472 on: February 18, 2018, 03:58:21 PM »
its a casing. no heat involved. i think the 2 concerns may be 1. u may eat a piece by mistake, 2. it can somehow be like pickling iinm can be nosein taam w/o heat.
What kind of casing u looking for?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1473 on: February 18, 2018, 04:12:22 PM »
What kind of casing u looking for?
emailed the company and they said it does :(
im thinking if its non-edible, is it a kashrus problem?
any idea if this one has glycerin
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1474 on: February 18, 2018, 04:13:13 PM »
Was asking what kind of casing. If you want lamb, they are thin casings u can pm me

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1475 on: February 21, 2018, 11:00:29 AM »
Any recommendations for vacuum sealers? Something that can handle a packers cut brisket (10-16 lbs)

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1476 on: February 21, 2018, 11:29:46 AM »
Was asking what kind of casing. If you want lamb, they are thin casings u can pm me

You have lamb natural casings? I want some.

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« Reply #1477 on: February 21, 2018, 02:12:54 PM »
You have lamb natural casings? I want some.
My pleasure.

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« Reply #1478 on: February 21, 2018, 03:35:26 PM »
Any recommendations for vacuum sealers? Something that can handle a packers cut brisket (10-16 lbs)

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Re: Smoking Meats
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what's wrong with the cryovac it came in?
After I smoke it