Here's a quick video of the smoke and finished bacon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWY_cVjbWc

Well it turned out GREAT!!! Better than I expected. I smoked it at 150-175F, had a few spikes up to 225-250. Smoked for 5 hours, 20 minutes to an internal temp of 120F. So its still basically raw. Going to be frying it up for breakfast. I let it sit in the fridge for a few hours to cool off after th...

I'll be smoking a pork butt tomorrow and will try to post some pictures. It's been curing for aobut 4.5 days and I just took it out, rinsed it, did a test fry and its great!! I tied it up with butcher's twine to get a better shape and will smoke it in my cinder block smoker with hickory.

Its looking great. keep us posted with your progress.

Thanks Siara. That's how my babcia use to do it. We keep the house at around 70-72F (22 celcius). You dont think that's too warm? And also the humidity may be much lower than what is called for in the recipe.

Im with you Chuck. I wouldnt take it personally though. I've always wondered myself how some of the large forums get off the ground and get the momentum going. I think many of the Poles on the Polish version of this site have a hard time with English. Just my guess.

What wood is traditionally used to smoke Kabanosy? Can I use a spare refridgerator to dry the sausage after smoking for the 5-7 days recommended? I can adjust the temperature to about 55F-60F. It's a mini fridge with a small freezer compartment that isnt frost free, so I assume the humidity is high....

I uploaded a video I took this morning playing with the smoker. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f34eGi2HQto

Thanks Trosky. I would love to see pictures of your cold smoke and progress if you have time for it. I eventually want to make polska wedzona kielbasa cold smoked.

It was about 120-170 depending on how close i moved the fire. I can probably get it much hotter if I needed.

Well FINALLY we got a couple days of good rain fall. Gave the smoker a test run and it works perfectly! Here's a quick video I took with my cell phone. I'll try to take a better quality video when I try my first smoke in it in a couple weeks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okQclZiLjGg I will probabl...

Thought I would share some bbq pics. http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll100/atcnick/Garden/BBQ/th_Picture065.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll100/atcnick/Garden/BBQ/th_Picture061.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll100/atcnick/Garden/BBQ/th_Picture055.jpg http://i286.photobucket.com/a...

Haha...I eat a lot of garlic!! I live out in the country. But the county fire marshall put out a burn ban cause its been very dry here lately. As soon as we get a few days of rain they'll lift it.

Well a burn ban in my area is preventing me from testing out the smoker. You guys been smoking any lately?

Thanks Chuckwagon, that's some good information.