Good to know, I think I'll start boiling the Brine before I put it in the dehydrator. Thanks Chckwagon!!

So I went to load the Primo with Lump coal and The fire bowl finally gave out, This fire bowl is not that old. http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75/Keymaster_2010/004-103.jpg Not to worry, I ordered another one a couple months back and replaced it lickity split ;D http://i995.photobucket.com/albu...

Very nice job kevin, those beets look devine !!

Congratulations and continued success J & C !!! Its fun watching you both succeed from your hard work !!

Thanks for all your research Wally, I am going to do this for sure !!

The Sausages were in a unsafe temperature zone for to long without using Cure #1. I would not consume them. When in doubt, throw them out !!

Thanks Kevin for checking it out, I went and saw the reviews and cancelled my order I'll just use my knife for now.

SauerKraut Slicers are on sale at cabelas Click here

Joe walker was a pretty smart feller so he thought. Going cemetary to cemetary putting up headstones with his name on them so the sherriffs would stop looking for him. To bad that didn't work out for him to well....
Nice story chuckwagon

Nice job Kevin, Is the Air lock filtering out all the smell from all those gasses?

I was just out on the back porch and noticed some mosquitoes flying around, the wife said "I was at Home depot today and they had mosquito plants" and I said "what are they, Citronella plants" and she was surprised I new what they were. The salesperson said they work really good, but so does a snake...

I was wondering why they don't glaze the weights same as the crocks, im sure it because the porcelin might get in the food but is their another reason?

Cabonaia, I purchased the jar with lid at Wal-marty for $5 and drilled the lid myself. I purchased the "S air lock at a place called "beer essentials" in Lakewood washington for $2. Normally a person would use a Crock I suppose to make kraut and kimchi but there in the $100 range now a days. When us...

I let the kimchi ferment one day longer than the suggested 3 days. This was a very good experiment. I opened the jar and it smelled just like store bought. I removed the Foodsaver bag filled with water I used as a weight. I pealed back the top layer of cabbage leaves and found the Kimchi I chopped u...

That Kraut looks pretty good Dick !! My Kimchi has been Burpin up a storm and I may have to try some tonight with some BBQ'd Pork ribs. So far when I come in the house there is just a hint of the smell Kimchi but very very faint.