Charcuterie

[Angry Perch]

Perch,

Is the temp and humidity holding within your parameters? 

Carl

Since I don't have a dedicated incubation chamber (yet) I got a mini space heater, and switched the temp controller from cool to heat, and am using the camber for incubating. Of course this only works once, as I can't incubate a new batch if I already have product in there. Temp is holding between 82 and 87F, and  humidity 75 - 85. Tonight I'll switch back to cooling, and run it at 55F and 70-75 RH. Yes, it's holding temp well. Humidity dips a little low when the freezer runs, but catches up very quickly. I stuck a computer fan pointing up next to the humidifier that runs when the humidifier runs. This drastically reduced lag time.

[Ddouble]

Dang you don't mess around! I'm still cleaning my fridge...

[Angry Perch]

You better get crackin'!

[Angry Perch]

Dang you don't mess around! I'm still cleaning my fridge...

You do realize I started this thread 2 years ago! 

[Boss .300 winmag]

You going to some Landjaeger?

[Angry Perch]

You going to some Landjaeger?

Yes, just need to get a cold smoker rigged up. My favorite!

[hollymaster]

Last night I was explaining the set up to my wife. She asked if the fridge/ freezer would be an older model or a newer model. I had to fess up that it was going to be "pretty new". Like delivered from Home Depot new. But then I explained how much money we'd save in cured meats! She said something about a boat, and price per pound of fish or something... I don't know, I wasn't really listening...

[Boss .300 winmag]

Last night I was explaining the set up to my wife. She asked if the fridge/ freezer would be an older model or a newer model. I had to fess up that it was going to be "pretty new". Like delivered from Home Depot new. But then I explained how much money we'd save in cured meats! She said something about a boat, and price per pound of fish or something... I don't know, I wasn't really listening...

[grundy53]

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[aaronoto]

Very good podcast on the topic and equipment here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hunt-gather-talk-hank-shaw/id1075569003?mt=2

It's episode 6.

[Angry Perch]

Very good podcast on the topic and equipment here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hunt-gather-talk-hank-shaw/id1075569003?mt=2

It's episode 6.

I'll have to check that out.

[Ddouble]

Dang you don't mess around! I'm still cleaning my fridge...

You do realize I started this thread 2 years ago! 

Well I'm counting from Fridge delivery date ... :-)

[Angry Perch]

I'm beginning to realize the 3 weeks is a really long time when you go downstairs and take a peek every 25 minutes...

[Ddouble]

I'm beginning to realize the 3 weeks is a really long time when you go downstairs and take a peek every 25 minutes...

lol Ye when I did my duck Prosciutto I realized how long 2 weeks was I can't imagine the long hangs yet!

[Angry Perch]

Having lots of wet meat (yikes!) in the chamber is causing humidity to spike. Going to try narrowing the high/low limits on the thermostat to get the unit to cycle more often. Otherwise I may need to install a light bulb or low wattage ceramic pet heater to trigger more frequent cycling until things dry out a bit.