Foothills Jim
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I bought some German bologna from the Walmart deli to smoke today. 1st smoke in my new #1. I have them slice it on the #10 setting which gives me slices ½” thick and 5 ½” diameter. 8 slices come to just over 3 pounds for about 21 ½ bucks. I think that’s pretty pricey considering what bologna is made from.
I coat each slice with mustard and my own rub recipe. Aside from usual rub ingredients this has a bit of ground clove and allspice in it. It’s not a rub I use on everything but it’s nice on the bologna slices.
Ready for the smoker
I space the slices out on stainless skewers and I’ll smoke 215ish for a couple of hours using some hickory. I’m trying 2 oz on this smoke. I had to shorten the skewers to about 12 ¼” as the #1 is a bit narrower than my old MES30.
Ready to put the smoke to it.
Ready to come out after 2 1/2 hours.
These make a great sandwich, but it's just the two of us so the rest will be vacuum sealed for later. The sealed ones taste pretty good too after a quick warm up.
They were pretty good. Next time I'll probably stop smoking closer to 2 than 2 1/2 hours. I glanced at the smoker temp a few times and was pleased that it didn't fluctuate as much as I expected. I really like my #1.
Probably do some meatloaf next time.
I coat each slice with mustard and my own rub recipe. Aside from usual rub ingredients this has a bit of ground clove and allspice in it. It’s not a rub I use on everything but it’s nice on the bologna slices.
Ready for the smoker
I space the slices out on stainless skewers and I’ll smoke 215ish for a couple of hours using some hickory. I’m trying 2 oz on this smoke. I had to shorten the skewers to about 12 ¼” as the #1 is a bit narrower than my old MES30.
Ready to put the smoke to it.
Ready to come out after 2 1/2 hours.
These make a great sandwich, but it's just the two of us so the rest will be vacuum sealed for later. The sealed ones taste pretty good too after a quick warm up.
They were pretty good. Next time I'll probably stop smoking closer to 2 than 2 1/2 hours. I glanced at the smoker temp a few times and was pleased that it didn't fluctuate as much as I expected. I really like my #1.
Probably do some meatloaf next time.
