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NATidefan
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I have an a-maze-n pellet tray (rectangular) maze like the second post for my masterbuilt electric.
Each row does about 4 hours of smoke. Ive found you need to do about 1.5 times longer to get the same smoke flavor. So if you typically smoke something for 4 hours to get the smokey flavor you want, you'll need 6 instead. I do 8 hours of smoke with it for butts, then just heating element to finish it off. But if you are using it to add to what you already have then it'll definitely do that.
Works great if you do a couple of things.
1. Dry the pellets for 30 minutes in the oven or microwave for about 2 minutes before using.
2. Pack them tight in the tray so they stay light.
3. Light them with a propane/butane torch till they glow, then hit them with a hair dryer or hot air gun for about a minute until it ignites like a jet engine, lol. There are youtube videos showing this, bit once you've seen it you'll get what I'm saying.
Each row does about 4 hours of smoke. Ive found you need to do about 1.5 times longer to get the same smoke flavor. So if you typically smoke something for 4 hours to get the smokey flavor you want, you'll need 6 instead. I do 8 hours of smoke with it for butts, then just heating element to finish it off. But if you are using it to add to what you already have then it'll definitely do that.
Works great if you do a couple of things.
1. Dry the pellets for 30 minutes in the oven or microwave for about 2 minutes before using.
2. Pack them tight in the tray so they stay light.
3. Light them with a propane/butane torch till they glow, then hit them with a hair dryer or hot air gun for about a minute until it ignites like a jet engine, lol. There are youtube videos showing this, bit once you've seen it you'll get what I'm saying.
Thanks, I totaled up what I used to make the four rolls saturday.
Two Rainbow stylish (salmon, tuna, and spicy crab on top with tuna, jalapeno, cucumber, avocado in the middle)
One with Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, and jalapeno. Topped with eel sauce, spicy mayo, and fried french onion crispies.
One with Spicy Crab, avocado, and cream cheese in thr middle. Topped with eel sauce, spicy mayo, and fried french onion crispies.
All for 11 dollars in ingredients. And had about 8 pieces of shasimi leftover.
Two Rainbow stylish (salmon, tuna, and spicy crab on top with tuna, jalapeno, cucumber, avocado in the middle)
One with Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, and jalapeno. Topped with eel sauce, spicy mayo, and fried french onion crispies.
One with Spicy Crab, avocado, and cream cheese in thr middle. Topped with eel sauce, spicy mayo, and fried french onion crispies.
All for 11 dollars in ingredients. And had about 8 pieces of shasimi leftover.
Also, aldi has some really nice shrimp tempura if you dont want to make your own from scratch. Box of 12 and sealed in two bags of 6. The bags are vac sealable too. I just used two pieces and then resealed the bag with my vac sealer.
Eh, I mean I dont know if mine is really correct or not since I've only made it twice at home and never had a pro try it. I just know it tasted right and was plenty sticky, but not mushy.
But here is what I came up with and notes I took based on a few different videos and instructions.
Use Japanese short grain rice.
Koshihikari is supposed to be a good brand to try. Nishiki from walmart/amazon worked great and cheaper/easier to get.
1 rice cooker cup = 3/4 cup = 155 grams
For 155 gram rice you'll need 2.5 Tbs of rice vinegar mix.
Rice vinegar mix proportions (this makes 2.5 Tbs)
10.5g sugar
4.5g salt
26g rice vinegar
(I just made a big batch of this with the bottle rice vinegar I had using these proportions and am keeping it in the fridge since its basically pickling juice.)
Mix Rice vinegar, salt, and sugar til disssolved. Heating helps.
Rinse rice about 5 times til it runs pretty clear and drain as much water out as you can on last rinse.
Make rice in rice cooker using 1:1 volume of rice to water after you wash it. So 3/4 cup of water added to 155 grams/(3/4 cup) of dry rice after rinsed and drained.
(This actually lined up perfectly with the water line for 3/4 cup of rice on my cooker, so... guess its right)
Pour hot rice (as soon as its done) onto a flat bowl/plate and pour rice vinegar mix over it.
Fold/slice into rice to cool it rapidly and seperate the rice without smashing it together. Using a fan to lightly blow on it as you do. Once rice is no longer wet and is cooled to luke warm, its ready.
Pile up and cover with damp towel til reasy to use.
155 grams (3/4) cup is easily enough for two rolls (made with half sheet) and a few pieces of Nigiri (fish and rice only). Probably just right for two bigger rolls using 2/3 of a sheet.
oh, and wear gloves with a little seasame or olive oil on them. makes the rice not stick to you!
But here is what I came up with and notes I took based on a few different videos and instructions.
Use Japanese short grain rice.
Koshihikari is supposed to be a good brand to try. Nishiki from walmart/amazon worked great and cheaper/easier to get.
1 rice cooker cup = 3/4 cup = 155 grams
For 155 gram rice you'll need 2.5 Tbs of rice vinegar mix.
Rice vinegar mix proportions (this makes 2.5 Tbs)
10.5g sugar
4.5g salt
26g rice vinegar
(I just made a big batch of this with the bottle rice vinegar I had using these proportions and am keeping it in the fridge since its basically pickling juice.)
Mix Rice vinegar, salt, and sugar til disssolved. Heating helps.
Rinse rice about 5 times til it runs pretty clear and drain as much water out as you can on last rinse.
Make rice in rice cooker using 1:1 volume of rice to water after you wash it. So 3/4 cup of water added to 155 grams/(3/4 cup) of dry rice after rinsed and drained.
(This actually lined up perfectly with the water line for 3/4 cup of rice on my cooker, so... guess its right)
Pour hot rice (as soon as its done) onto a flat bowl/plate and pour rice vinegar mix over it.
Fold/slice into rice to cool it rapidly and seperate the rice without smashing it together. Using a fan to lightly blow on it as you do. Once rice is no longer wet and is cooled to luke warm, its ready.
Pile up and cover with damp towel til reasy to use.
155 grams (3/4) cup is easily enough for two rolls (made with half sheet) and a few pieces of Nigiri (fish and rice only). Probably just right for two bigger rolls using 2/3 of a sheet.
oh, and wear gloves with a little seasame or olive oil on them. makes the rice not stick to you!
Like the other guy said, to be sushi grade it really just has to be stored at a certain temp for a certain amount of time to kill any parasites. I think its -37 for 24 hours. But i know its -4 for 7 days. My deep freeze gets to -15.
So i just buy the frozen individual sealed ahi and salmon from sams and freeze it for a week at home.
So i just buy the frozen individual sealed ahi and salmon from sams and freeze it for a week at home.
Bought it, but heard it was easy to make. Might try to later.
re: First attempt at making sushi
Posted by NATidefan on 11/15/25 at 9:54 pm to CrazyTigerFan
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But the simplicity of fish and rice presented as nigiri can't be beat, imo.
Well, im the only one in my family that eats anything raw (kids still a little put off by it and wife doesnt eat seafood period) and plan to make some nigiri and almost did today. But didnt want any more carbs for the day. I ate the left over tuna and salmon as shasimi.
I dont really care about whats traditional though, gonna eat what I like.
Its naturally stringy the way its made. But if you lay a wide knife (or anything hard and flat i guess) on top of the stick lengthtwise and smack it, it will kinda bust open. Then can shred it with a fork pretty easy. There are several "methods" i saw to try and make it easy.
Rolling pin, etc.
Cheese grater might work better, havent seen or tried that
Rolling pin, etc.
Cheese grater might work better, havent seen or tried that
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What's on top of the first single shot?
Spicy shredded crab.
Imitation crab stick shredded, mixed with spicy mayo (mayo, siriachi, and a little sesame oil)
re: First attempt at making sushi
Posted by NATidefan on 11/15/25 at 7:57 pm to tiger rag 93
Thanks, I watched alot of videos, lol
Haven't had any trouble getting the rice right, but read a good bit about it beforehand. Using Nishiki mediim grain, rinsing it well, then 1:1 water to dry rice in a rice cooker. Then after done adding rice vinegar, sugar, salt mix and slice/stirring it in as it cools with a light fan on it has worked well. Yummy and super sticky.
Using the right amount of rice and spreading it evenly has been a learning experience. That and using the mat to roll it.
Everyone loved it. Honestly at this point its just trying to make it prettier I think.
Haven't had any trouble getting the rice right, but read a good bit about it beforehand. Using Nishiki mediim grain, rinsing it well, then 1:1 water to dry rice in a rice cooker. Then after done adding rice vinegar, sugar, salt mix and slice/stirring it in as it cools with a light fan on it has worked well. Yummy and super sticky.
Using the right amount of rice and spreading it evenly has been a learning experience. That and using the mat to roll it.
Everyone loved it. Honestly at this point its just trying to make it prettier I think.
Sorry, my wife (no pics) took these pics. Had to crop them, lol
Do you usually use a half sheet of nori?
First attempt at making sushi
Posted by NATidefan on 11/14/25 at 9:41 pm
No meat, just wanted to see if I could get the rice right and roll it. (Avocado, cucumber, jalapeno, cream cheese - topped with bagel seasoning and eel sauce)
Tomorrow doing a different few rolls with tuna, salmon, crab, shrimp tempura, etc.
Tomorrow doing a different few rolls with tuna, salmon, crab, shrimp tempura, etc.
re: Costco>Sams
Posted by NATidefan on 11/14/25 at 10:32 am to Turnblad85
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Costco>Sams
Not when it's across town and not on my way home.
If you say so, cooked on it all fall and its been great.
Breakfast, chinese, fajitas, steak etc several times. Smash burgers were amazing, just did them last week.
Have to keep the temp set low for most things cause super low setting is like 350 degrees , but it works perfectly fine. I'm not cooking anything lower than that.
Breakfast, chinese, fajitas, steak etc several times. Smash burgers were amazing, just did them last week.
Have to keep the temp set low for most things cause super low setting is like 350 degrees , but it works perfectly fine. I'm not cooking anything lower than that.
re: Which attributes enabled Nick Saban to be so successful as a HC?
Posted by NATidefan on 11/14/25 at 8:05 am to SPAGHETTI PLATE
Most here have already mentioned most things.
Ungodly machine like work ethic.
Not being results oriented, play each play as if it has a life and death of it's own and try to improve and the results will come.
Efficiency in everything (practice schedules, etc)
Obviously, a great defensive mind.
Ability to adapt (when the game changed with Hurry ups and RPOs, etc he adjusted his Defense and Offense)
BUT, one of the biggest things that I think gets forgotten is his focus on the mental aspect of the game. He basically could brain wash guys into working and thinking like he did. Brought in a lot of famous athletes to speak to players with his work ethic/mindset (Koby Byrant, etc) to never be satisfied. Alot of mental related training.
Cause he could do all he needed to, but if he couldn't get others to buy into doing it too it will be all for not.
GET YOUR MIND RIGHT!
Ungodly machine like work ethic.
Not being results oriented, play each play as if it has a life and death of it's own and try to improve and the results will come.
Efficiency in everything (practice schedules, etc)
Obviously, a great defensive mind.
Ability to adapt (when the game changed with Hurry ups and RPOs, etc he adjusted his Defense and Offense)
BUT, one of the biggest things that I think gets forgotten is his focus on the mental aspect of the game. He basically could brain wash guys into working and thinking like he did. Brought in a lot of famous athletes to speak to players with his work ethic/mindset (Koby Byrant, etc) to never be satisfied. Alot of mental related training.
Cause he could do all he needed to, but if he couldn't get others to buy into doing it too it will be all for not.
GET YOUR MIND RIGHT!
That he was a Beast? I think he'd be ok with that.
re: Nick Saban at the Alabama basketball game
Posted by NATidefan on 11/13/25 at 8:00 pm to SidewalkTiger
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I get it.
re: Nick Saban at the Alabama basketball game
Posted by NATidefan on 11/13/25 at 7:55 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Who said he was in Baton Rouge signing a contract?
Sidewalk:
re: Nick Saban at the Alabama basketball game
Posted by NATidefan on 11/13/25 at 7:48 pm to SidewalkTiger
Who said anyone believed your retards? He's just conveying what they are saying. And that they are indeed retards
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