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@Shellfish. I used the probe that came with the grill. I don't have a hand held so it's possible it may not be accurate as you mention. I had the probe in the meat at about the average thickness, half way between the small and large end. These pieces were off the larger end and in the pic they do look more rare than they were. The small end was more done which is to be expected. Stuff seems to get done faster than I would expect on it that's for sure.
It was delicious and didn't last long.
Last week I smoked pieces of white bass. Yesterday I smoked the whole thing - head cut off and gutted, of course. I also removed the scales, soaked them in the brine for 48 hours and smoked them for about 6 hours at a temperature that ranged from 150 to 180 degrees. They turned out good - better than the pieces did, which I know I overcooked.
Dsinwi...your picture of moose loin looks great. My thoughts are, you mentioned it kind of got away from you and the internal temp was 165 degrees. If the picture you showed was of the meat you smoked 165 degrees would not have that much red/pink meat. I would estimate that meat at 130 to 135 degrees. I use 2 different temp guages at same time to make sure of internal temp. Then i use an instant temp device to verify those temps. It is possible your temp guage is not accurate or it might have been near the surface of the meat and registered that temp which would have been hotter. That is the reason i use multiple temp guages to help me reduce the chance of missing the temp i am shooting for. Either way, that was a fine piece of moose you smoked!! Smoke on
Tried something new to me the other day bought a bag of plain almonds at fleet. Tossed them in a little bit of butter and garlic/salt then split the batch in half and covered the other half in some powdered hot pepper mix I have. Then put in the pellet grill at 200 for a couple hours. It was great the wife loved the tame batch and the spicy for me was awesome especially with a beer. Didn't last long that's for sure.
Bought a pellet grill a few weeks. Not sure what took me so long. I'm still learning how to use it but everything I've done so far has been pretty darn good.
Took a package of moose out that said "moose loin". It was the whole tenderloin, which I kind of suspected based on the size of the package. Got it thawed, seasoned and on the grill. It kind of got away from me. Got it off and 165 internal and let it rest. A tad over done for my liking but was still very good. It will make a good sandwich for lunch today as well.
Had a flop last week, thought id smoke a roast had a ice fat cap on it so I rubbed it down good and let it set over night, next day threw it on with maple for 5 hours, pulled off let it rest, looked and smelled great! started to carve it and I knew right away bubble gum!! uggg some of the ends were okay but was still tough, ended up throwing it in the crock pot were it should have gone, with some onions and water and it was fall apart in a few hours, had it over some mashed taters great flavor. I may try it again with a longer smoke time, on low or medium heat.