Smokehouse Recipes

SMOKED TEMPEH JERKY Look around these days at the jerky section of the grocery store and you'll see all kinds of interesting combinations that make up "jerky". Be it bison & cranberry, buffalo chicken, cheese & jalapeno, meat-free or some other non-traditional dried, portable protein, they only thing they have in common is usually a high price tag! Why not buy a few inexpensive ingredients and make some convenience foods of your own? Even the complicated sounding vegan options can be incredibly simple to create, like this one:  INGREDIENTS: 1 8 - ounce package tempeh 1/2 cup beet juice* 3...

SMOKED RIB DINNER One of the easiest, most satisfying rib recipes you'll ever cook takes into consideration bits of advice from rib experts from across the nation. "You want a fall-off-the-bone rib." "You want a chewy rib." "You want a crust on the rib but take care not to dry the rib out." These are just a few directives when it comes to ribs. The 3-2-1 method, the 2-2-1 method... to boil or not to boil? It can be a confusing gamut of information on how to make ribs you love.  Trying to get the best of all worlds and...

SMOKED MACARONI & CHEESE BAKE The degree of smokiness when smoking ingredients to add to a dish varies greatly. Macaroni & Cheese for example can be slightly smokey by simply adding cold smoked cheddar cheese or a stick of cold smoked butter. For a deep smoke flavor, all the cheeses, along with the butter can be cold smoked before combining into the cheese sauce that serves as the base of casserole. When preparing ingredients for Smoked Macaroni & Cheese, it's a good opportunity to smoke more cheese than you need, saving it for a meat and cheese platter or even...

When it comes to smoking fish, you can't go wrong with the Little Chief Smoker or Big Chief Smoker. These smokers keep the fish at a constant temperature without the worry of heat fluctuation that may cause the fish to "cook" instead of "smoke." The Smokehouse Gas Smoker will also smoke fish at lower temperatures but must be monitored more to keep temperatures low. The temperature gauge located in the door of the gas smoker, makes checking temperatures very easy. Once you have smoked a few batches of food, it's easy to regulate temperatures and find the sweet spot on...

Pepperoni can be as simple or complex as you want to make it. Once you have the techniques and equipment mastered, the flavor possibilities are endless. Using ground pork with wild game meat keeps the pepperoni sticks from drying out too much. The pork also acts as a neutralizer for taming wilder tasting meats like waterfowl.  Ingredients: 1 Pound Ground Wild Game 1/2 Pound Ground Pork 2 TBSP Red Wine Vinegar 1 TBSP Brown Sugar 1 TSP Smoked Paprika 1 TSP Granulated Garlic 1 TSP Black Pepper 1/2 TSP Kosher or Sea Salt 1/3 - 1 TSP Cayenne Pepper 1/3...