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Smoked some pastrami

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  • Backroadmeats
    Backroadmeats
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    • Dec 2018
    • 556
    • Central mn
    #1

    Smoked some pastrami

    Click image for larger version Name: IMG_20181229_204804725.jpg Views: 38 Size: 2.73 MB ID: 615741Click image for larger version Name: IMG_20181229_203031422.jpg Views: 26 Size: 3.23 MB ID: 615742 Sliced 21 lbs of pastrami last night.. turned out great!!
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  • Troutman
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    #2
    21 pounds...now that's ambitious!!! Let us know you method, big pastrami fans here !!!
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    • Backroadmeats
      #2.1
      Backroadmeats commented
      December 30, 2018, 09:36 PM
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      If you would like I will give ya step by step what I did.. it is very easy to do..
  • tRidiot
    tRidiot
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    • Dec 2015
    • 756
    • NE OK
    • Traeger BBQ124
      Yoder YS480
      Chargriller Duo gas/charcoal side-by side
    #3
    Cripes, what cut of meat is that??? I LOVE me some homemade pastrami, made some myself the other night:

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    I'm always disappointed in my yield.... I did a 4 lb flat and a 3ish lb point. After smoking, chilling and then steaming up to temp, I ended up with a hair over 2 pounds of pastrami! Man, that stuff came out to probably $20 a pound counting buying the corned beef and the pellets to smoke it, not counting the electricity (steamed it in the oven) and my own time messing with it! Don't get me wrong, it was fabulous, but... dang.

    So did you cure your own, and what cut was it? And if so, how long did you brine it to get that thick cut completely cured?

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    • Backroadmeats
      Backroadmeats
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      • Dec 2018
      • 556
      • Central mn
      #4
      The meat is roast from the round of an old hamburger cow I butchered. Yup I cured it.. I use a cure I buy made by ps spices called sweeter than sweet cure . It contains the sugar cure and salt.. I use the same thing to make hams and Bacon's.. just take the cure and rub generously then I vacuum sealer and throw in the fridge for two weeks.. soak in water for a few hours the rub down outside with coarse pepper and smoke!!
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      • Backroadmeats
        Backroadmeats
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        • Dec 2018
        • 556
        • Central mn
        #5
        Pics of it in the smoker Click image for larger version Name: IMG_20181225_101535687.jpg Views: 36 Size: 2.95 MB ID: 615771
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        • tRidiot
          tRidiot
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          • Dec 2015
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          • NE OK
          • Traeger BBQ124
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            Chargriller Duo gas/charcoal side-by side
          #6
          Fabulous! Thanks for the pics!

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          • jgreen
            jgreen
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            • Oct 2014
            • 2735
            • Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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            #7
            Wow. Nice job. Pastrami is wonderful.

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            • Sweaty Paul
              Sweaty Paul
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              • Aug 2014
              • 1619
              • Hays, KS
              • Green Mountain Grill - Jim Bowie
                (I've never regretted having too much grate space).

                Weber Genesis Gas grill
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              #8
              Gorgeous

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              • RonB
                RonB
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                #9
                I'd eat that.

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                • 58limited
                  58limited
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                  • Dec 2018
                  • 1112
                  • SE Texas
                  • "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." ~Benjamin Franklin
                  #10
                  Looks amazing! 21 lbs??!! WoW! I'm attempting my first pastrami right now - cured it myself using Meathead's method and will be smoking it tomorrow.

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                  • ecowper
                    ecowper
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                    • Jul 2014
                    • 3637
                    • Maple Valley, WA
                    • Grill = Hasty-Bake Gourmet Dual Finish
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                      Eric Cowperthwaite aka ecowper
                    #11
                    Okay, alright, damnit, I get it ...... I gotta do some pastrami .... message received loud and clear


                    Also .... Backroadmeats that looks darn good ..... sammiches for days
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                    • Backroadmeats
                      Backroadmeats
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                      • Dec 2018
                      • 556
                      • Central mn
                      #12
                      Best part was right before I sliced it the neighbor lady gave me a loaf and of bread right out of the oven.. best sandwiches ever!!
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                      • ecowper
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                        ecowper commented
                        December 30, 2018, 07:47 PM
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                        Okay, that just sounds like heaven on earth
                      • EdF
                        #12.2
                        EdF commented
                        December 30, 2018, 08:07 PM
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                        Truly great!
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