I'm a State Trooper and father of 3. I enjoy being outdoors whether it is hunting or camping! I grew up butchering deer alongside my Dad and Grandpa and we started making our own sausage about the time I was an eighth grader. I enjoy smoking meats at home and have a Big Green Egg, 3 Weber Kettles, Bradley 4 rack, Grilla Grills Chimp pellet grill, Oklahoma Joe Bronco drum smoker, and various Camp Chef stoves and outdoor cooking equipment. My wife thinks I'm nuts but she doesn't complain about the food I turn out!!!
Today was one of those very interesting days. It rained most of the day and I didn’t do a lot. Then with an hour left of shift a lady was in labor less than a mile from me. To make a long story short…I got to delivery a baby today! A healthy baby boy. It makes all those really bad calls worth it! Got my stork pin!!!
I wanted to use my 1500 post to thank Waltons for creating Meatgistics. Austin this is one of the coolest places around and I’m grateful I found it. Jonathon thanks for all your videos and the how to knowledge and making this place fun. Also thanks to the Meatgistics users that make my days so much better by sharing info and the fun banter we have on here. What a great community this is!!!
Finally able to do a little low and slow smoking. Did two racks of baby backs. Worked out perfect as we were doing some yard work while the ribs did their thing. It was a good meal.
I was bored earlier today and was looking on a local marketplace site and saw an add for a smoker. It was a Lil Tex 1400 for $60. I opened the add and it said he’d take $50 for it. I couldn’t call him fast enough. They are selling new for over $600! I can’t afford a PK100 right now so I will make this work. I plugged in to check it out and I’m rolling smoke! Score!!!
I’m sitting at the airport in Chicago after flying a redeye flight from Anchorage. Alaska is an amazing place. I will post more later after I get some sleep. Jonathon, yes we saw brown bears! We actually had a young male about 10 feet from our boat fishing salmon. I represented some Walton’s gear too while I was on the Kenai Fjords tour. I snapped a selfie at a glacier.
I was able to take Saturday and Sunday off to go deer hunting. I only had a doe tag but I’m very picky with does. I have passed on many this year. I have also gotten a bit soft hearted as I’ve gotten older. I won’t harvest a doe that has fawns with her anymore. Today I shot one but the bad thing is she was 1.5 miles from the truck in a spot where you have to drag them out. Sleep will come easy tonight and Thank God for a good game cart! It was windy as all get out today too. 15 degrees with 27 mph winds.
FINALLY! My son and I finally got to go out on hardwater and do some fishing. We caught about a hundred small perch with no keepers and 7 walleye with 1 keeper. It was just fun to get out!
Nothing fancy just some pulled pork and taco meat nachos for a quick meal. Its a good way to use up leftover pulled pork. 
So today I bought 18 lbs of burger that was on sale and decided to try out 3 different burger seasoning packs I bought. Better burger, jalapeño patty, and mushroom patty. I enlisted my son to help and used the Walton’s burger patty machine and used the heck out of the chamber sealer. I should be stocked up for burgers for a while. The jalapeño patties have some bite to them! I like it!!!
Christmas in June at my house today! My Waltons 11 lb stuffer and Waltons #22 grinder showed up today!!! Opened everything up and inspected the boxes. Everything was packed well and arrived safely. Now just need to schedule a day to make some stuff. Too hot out right now!
PapaSop awesome job on the ribs! Granddaughter is beautiful too!
gus4416 thanks. It hit the spot for sure.
Little bit of Surf and Turf. Ribeyes with Waltons Ultimate Steak Run and Argentinian Red Shrimp. I really wish I had some Mojo seasoning. The shrimp I marinated in orange juice, olive oil, and some minced garlic for 15 minutes them grilled over hot coals. Pretty good meal.
Jonathon glad you were able to avoid a crash!