Cured and Smoked

[dogtuk]

I cured some meat last week I did 8 pounds of Ground venison Bacon I used PS Seasoning cure packet for this and it turned out ok I used 50/50 elk and pork butt


I did 4 pounds of Canadian Bacon I used pork loin and Tenderquick and white sugar this turned out pretty good next time i will try brown sugar


I did 4 pounds of Elk Pastrami this turned out great i used cowgirl's recipe



i did 5 pounds of buckboard Bacon it is still in the cure will post pics when i get it done all meats where smoked with apple

[Wea300mag]

Those look very tasty Huey.

What is cowgirls recipe?

[dogtuk]

Cowgirl's Pastrami Recipe

The cure...this is enough for 5lbs of meat
5 tablespoons Tender Quick
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground paprika
1 teaspoon ground bay leaves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

I mix the cure, rub onto the meat and shake off any excess..
wrap it and let it cure...this batch cured for 5 days.
Then I soak in fresh water for a couple of hours...
Before smoking, I season it with a mixture of garlic, allspice, crushed juniper berries, onion powder, crushed bay leaves and mustard seeds...
Then put it on the smoker with a bit of hickory...
After smoking, I wrap in foil and fill the pouch with beef broth. It steams a bit and makes sure the pastrami is moist.
I let this sit for at least 30 minutes...
I like it with spicy brown mustard, melted cheese and some twangy green tomato dill pickles.

[Wea300mag]

I"m going to give that a try, sounds great.

[WCTaxidermy]

Man Huey, those look darn good.  I would like to know how the buckboard bacon turns out.  I'm going to try that.  Do you mind sharing your receipe for it?  Please, pretty please??   Thanks John

[dogtuk]

John

Buckboard bacon is the easiest and best bacon you can make I get the cure from high mountain jerky season www.himtnjerky.com it is great stuff you add the cure just rub a pork butt and place in a plastic bag for 10 days then rinse and soak for 1 hour then smoke until it reaches 140 then slice and fry if you slice it thick it tastes more like ham i can get the cure at wholesale sports it costs like 7 bucks for enough cure to do 24 pounds of bacon good luck

http://shop.himtnjerky.com/online/product.php?productid=25&cat=252&page=1

[Cap.Silver]

I would like to be your friend or neighbor or coworker ,that looks just awesome . I do smoke on occasion pork,fish,sausages ,but venison pastrami = never tasted it .Did you build your smokehouse ? Where about are you? Let us know how that apple backboard bacon turned out .Good luck with it.

[bow4elk]

looks awesome Dogtuk!! 

[Bearhunter]

Very nice Dogtuk!  Ive got a load of Elk summer sausage in the smoker as i type!

[carpsniperg2]

good deal! looks tasty

[WCTaxidermy]

Thanks Huey, greatly appreciate it.  That seems so easy, even an idiot like me should be able to make it.  I going to try that very shortly and I'll post up some pic's of it.  Thanks again Huey.  John

[billythekidrock]

Man, that looks great.