Smoked some tuna filets today that I had sitting in the freezer from this summer that were fresh frozen. Thawed them and brined them overnight in sea salt and brown sugar.

Jonathon Has he checked the lining on the brakes. Spongey brakes usually doesn’t indicate a brake that is locking up, it usually indicated air or a long travel. I would be inclined to have the brakes checked first to see how much lining you have left first and the condition of the calipers and mounts. Have him check the wheel bearing at the same time. A loose bearing will cause noise and can cause a spongey pedal since it will push the caliper piston back into the caliper when it wobbles. $500 seems to be a lot of money for a guess and not a guarantee. This is my thought, I’ve only been fixing trucks and cars for 40+ years professionally.

The mailbox thief got us last night or early this morning, must have walked into the community, because the gates are closed. He got an envelope with a check for the newspaper carrier. It was her Christmas tip. I beat them to the draw with a stop payment before the banks opened. They try to cash it, they’ll get their Christmas present, new bracelets and a free stay at the gray bars motel. USPS got the report along with our Sheriffs department. I wasn’t the only one unfortunately in the neighborhood. The trail cam will go up and I will catch the tweeker. He’ll be looking at the business end of my Glock next time.

The results of my brisket flat curing experiment. Wet cured the flat with maple bacon cure for 10 days and smoked it for eights hours on the Traeger. Interesting flavor, no maple that I can pickup, tastes like pastrami and looks like it too. I can say I do like it, it certainly will make a good substitute for pastrami and went quicker.

Experimented a little the other day with 100% ground turkey. Made maple breakfast sausage, 1 lb of Jerry’s Bratwurst without casings and 2 lbs of Excalibur Signature Smoke Kielbasa without casings. Only got photos of the Kielbasa, I was impressed with the turkey and not needing to case it, the flavor was a bit spicy for kielbasa, the must use hot paprika, but it was tolerable. Smoked it for fours hours at 160 degrees. !

Smoked meatloaf tonight. 2 lbs 93/7 ground beef, 1lb 75/25 ground pork rehydrated carrots, onions, celery, mixed bell peppers, ketchup powder, Worcestershire powder, garlic powder, smoked pepper, beef base, onion soup base, egg, panko crumbs and ketchup.

Finished product out of the smoker and cooling down a bit. got the bratwurst in one picture too. Kielbasa on the left Texas hot link on the right

mdseaside These are our local gang of mowers at our property we have in the hills. They come through daily and most every night except hunting season.

My smoked rib-eye roast straight off the Treager yesterday after 8 hours. Fork tender!

Dinner is done, the ribs tasted almost like ham. Tender, juicy and a good smoke ring. Bones pulled right out. I’ll have the chicken in some pazole .

RON PARRISH I have a new Stanbroil board sitting on the shelf right now with the deal temperature probes. Just have not put it in. I just rebuilt the auger and fan motors a couple of months ago when the fan started squealing. I quit using Traeger replacements when their service turned to cr*p. Stanbroil uses the same manufacturer as do most pellet grill manufacturers. I bought the Stanbroil stuff off Amazon as well.

Buckmaster I have that happen when I don’t turn the unit off at the switch. My Treager is seven years old. It’s a finicky basta*d. Sometimes it does like to be on the smoke setting for long periods. It will shut the hot rod down and load the firebox with un-burned pellets, then roar to life. I think the biggest problem is their board design.

Jonathon Want a good Android, get a Kyocera. It’s made in Japan, bullet proof. military grade, has a sapphire cover that is scratch resistant and then add a good case to cover the case. You won’t have to worry about dropping it or breaking it. The only thing I have broken on mine is the case clip, it catches on chair arms if you hang it in your pants pocket. Mines has been dropped numerous times, no cracked screen yet.

Buckmaster Hopefully you aren’t buying the the Treager replacements. I have been buying Stanbroil replacements. They are identical and less cost. They are the supplier to Treager. http://www.stanbroil.com/product/Grill-Accessories.html

Blue is always has point, and the connection is still bouncing in and out

Buckmaster It’s not your computer, it’s the site. It’s been bouncing on and off all day

Buckmaster Go to the picture of the B on the top right corner of the page and click on it, go to edit profile, then you can change the picture from B to anything you upload

zbigjeff Just checked with Seattle Fish Company, halibut is out of season until March 15 from Alaska, flash frozen is $24.95 lb. right now. You can probably find it at Costco too for a bit cheaper. It will all be previously frozen or frozen.

calldoctoday Recreational Halibut season opens here in Washington April 22. Generally commercial opens earlier, but the Covid-19 virus might have an effect on prices and availability of commercial product. We get stuff from Alaska and Canada as well.

PapaSop They are good on warm days, especially the fruit ones. They originally came from Belgium.