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.
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.
calldoctoday thank you. It definitely makes a great snack or quick lunch
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.
Russell Rogers I have not made venison, but I have made pineapple teriyaki beef brats. They were good.
calldoctoday yeah he is. Nice deer. Hope I see him again
bocephus yeah he hung out for awhile watching us before he left.
calvin next time I’m out in the shop I’ll try and remember to take a measurement
Russell Rogers it looks great! One way to get around the price is to make bacon from pork butt. Buckboard or cottage bacon is a good substitute. It’s usually leaner, but will cook and eat much the same.
