Buffalo bacon, smoked dove and scallops

I smoked some buffalo bacon, dove breasts and scallops in my small brinkman smoker using hickory and Jack Daniels whisky chips.
The bacon is a mixture of ground buffalo and I added some ground pork for fat content. Mixed in some spices and tenderquick.




I lined a foil pan with waxed paper, pressed the buffalo mixture into the pan and covered it to chill overnight in my fridge.

While smoking the bacon, I decided to smoke some dove breasts and scallops.

I sprinkled the breasts and scallops with some of my homemade/homesmoked seasoned salt mixture, then wrapped them in bacon.

The scallops and dove were my supper that evening. .....Almost forgot to say....they were very tasty. :)

After smoking, I chilled the bacon overnight for easy slicing.

The next morning, I fried the bacon in a bit of butter along with a couple of fresh eggs.

The bacon came out great...will be making more in the future. :)

Made a charcoal basket for my smoker

I needed a charcoal basket for my little hot smoker so the coals would get better air flow. It also helps keep the heat up where I want it.
I started with a 2' square piece of expanded metal. Measured 6" in from the sides and 6" in from the ends...this is how tall I wanted the basket to be.
I was able to cut the metal with some heavy duty metal snips.

I bent the metal on the ends first...using a 2x4 as a guide and a hammer. If you can bend it by hand, that's great...lol ....I couldn't. :)

Then I folded the sides in and attached them to the ends using small bolts and nuts.

The basket without baling wire handles.




35 minutes and 2 bandaids later I have a nice little charcoal basket. :)