Been in the meat business about 10 years. I've worked as a retail meat cutter, whole animal butcher and on the harvest floor killing, skinning and gutting. I'm a professional deer processor and also do on farm harvests. Hobby sausage maker. Learning the curing and smoking process both commercially and at home. Women make great butchers because we choose the trade, we rarely inherit it.
I wish I had something really interesting to post, but I thought it fitting to just say thank you to Austin and Jonathon and all the meatgistics users. This has been a great place for me to share ideas, ask questions and comment about my hobbies… Apparently, 500 times now 
Today my in laws told my husband they were thinking about get us a meat slicer for our 10 year anniversary (this Friday). They said they looked at some on Amazon and I had to chime in. I said if you really want to get us one, we would love it. And then I directed him to the 10" from Waltons and the great summer sale. They ordered it and it is supposed to be here Friday! (Right on time too lol) What a nice gift.
calvin No. People are trying to help you troubleshoot your issue. You have come to the wrong place to complain about a piece of equipment. You are certain that it is in no way user error and therefore, you should take your problem to customer service. Here is a place to ask for advice or share an experience, not get angry with people who are honestly seeking to help each other. Waltons has an extremely good reputation for customer service, I’m sure they would like a chance to talk with you about this. There is no need to treat this community poorly just because you are having a bad day. I can understand the frustration. We have all been disappointed with a purchase, but the intentions of others here are only to help. Please, keep that in mind next time.
Root beer and maple syrup injected turkey. Smoked about 7 hours. Turned out awesome. Definitely recommend injecting and smoking whole turkey.
Here’s a look at the first coat. Waiting a few hours for it to be dry enough for the second coat.
Pork butt on the smoker right now. Couple more hours…
Father in law and I made 75# of beef brats today. 50# mushroom and 25# Philly with swiss cheese. The 50# mixer did a perfect job on the 25# batches and the 33# stuffer worked well. I was extremely happy with how well the suction cup feet I added to the stuffer worked. It stayed in place the whole time. Really enjoyed working with all the Waltons equipment today.
Reverse seared Tomahawk ribeye steak, homemade potato salad and warm rolls with honey cinnamon compound butter
Also showing off my new steak knives.
Joe Hell Thanks for the inspiration. I will be making them for sure. I’ve pulled tri tips from deer before, just never thought about it while doing hogs.
Joe Hell never really thought about doing pork tri tip. Definitely gonna do that on my next few hogs
Dave in AZ looking good! You’ve got some baking skills
cdavis Thanks. I was surprised they were so sweet. I knew the yellow varieties are lower in acid, but had never tried them before. Highly recommend.
processhead I’m not sure if buck shot is legal here. I use slugs. Puts them down on the spot every time.
PapaSop I know what you mean. I had hunted on the ground, in the open most my life until we built this.
RON PARRISH This happened to me too. My very first deer! I had bow shot a doe. Good blood trail with lots of air bubbles. Found where she had laid down and there were 4 wheeler tracks right there. Our neighbor found out I had shot one because we called to ask permission to track it if it went on his land. He drove out on his quad and beat us to it. It wasn’t even on his land. Guy was a real tool to steal a kids first deer like that.
HerbcoFood no. I added the mats for noise reduction and to keep the chairs in place. They swivel quietly which is nice. Honestly, I could take one of them out at this point. I hunt alone these days. My husband had helped me build this blind for my dad and I to be able to hunt together. That’s why there are double windows. Dad had some disabilities and he could not sit still for very long so he would have been able to stand comfortably during a hunt and still see well. Unfortunately, he passed away about a year after we built it and we never got a chance to hunt it together.
