Ep. 36 - Smoke Crafters & Sausage Making

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10/20/21 • 46 min

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In this episode we are on location as we do a remote podcast from Smoke Crafters Barbecue (Awesome location). I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Johnny as we sit down with our friend Jaime (Co-owner of Smoke Crafters. We start by talking a little football as we ask Jaime about his fandom between the Cowboys or Texas. Jaime argues that the Cowboys have the best offense in the NFL. Hector may beg to differ.
We then discuss the feast we just finished before recording. We had a spread of Brisket Waffle fries, brisket mac & cheese, brisket sandwiches, carnitas sandwich, brisket street elote, two kinds of sausage, bread pudding, brisket burnt ends, and an oatmeal cream pie. Food was all great. Jaime gives us a little bit of history behind Smoke Crafters. From starting as a catering business, to a food truck to a full blown permanent location. He gives our fans some tips on cooking barbecue.

We talk about making sausage. We tried the Jalapeno Cheddar sausage and an Italian sausage with marinara sauce. We ask for some advice on how we can make our own sausage and some dos and don'ts. He gives us some examples of some exotic recipes that he's played around with. We are a little surprised about how much work goes into making your own sausage.
We finish off by talking a little movie night as Smoke Crafters will on occasion host their own movie nights. He tells us about some up coming movies they plan to show during Halloween and some plans for expanding the location.
A bunch of joes that cook like pros!!!

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Previous Episode

Ep. 35: Sausage Month & Who’s Your Zaddy

In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Hector and Hiram (back in LA). We give Hector a few minutes to do a victory lap following the big comeback Oklahoma pulled on our beloved Texas Longhorns. We talk about Fury vs. Wilder part 3. They guys say Wilder fought like a champion, I'm not so sure I agree with their boxing acumen. Hector has a little fomo from missing the fight.
We had a sausage fest where we sampled some local and Texas sausages.. In today's tasting we had HEB Hill Country Fare Jalapeno Cheese, Earl Campbell Hot Links, Chorizo San Manuel Jalapeno Cheese, Aguilar's Cheese, Vera's Chile Piquin, and Aguilar's Polish sausage. We give them some ratings from 1-10 and also tell you what the best value one is. We plan to close out the month by making our own sausage from what we learn over the next few podcasts.
We play a game in the spirit of our favorite football player Deshawn Watson. The game is called WatsOn or WatsOff. I ask the guys if they would take Deshawn to replace their favorite teams quarterback and what they would have to give up for him. The responses may surprise you.
I give a quick overview of a pop up event we participated in at Snowbite. In collaboration with Snowbite we serve up some Korean Kimchi Brisket Fries. Deep fried French fries covered with nacho cheese then topped with brisket and homemade bbq sauce. Then topped with kimchi and green onions. Favor was amazing.
Hiram takes us behind the red carpet and introduces a new LA term to us. The term is not Daddy buy Zaddy as in Who's your Zaddy. Check out the podcast to find out what it means. We conclude by taking about our next podcast which will be remote from a local food truck and friends at Smoke Crafters Barbecue.
A bunch of joes that cook like pros!!!

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Ep. 37: Grinding, Stuffing & Teddy’s Barbecue

In this episode I am joined by Jaime, Hector, Johnny and Hiram (virtually) as we talk a little Dodgers meltdown or just their lack of available players. Hiram and Jaime make a little wager on the World Series. Hector jumps off the burning covered wagon that is Baker Mayfield. He also lost a little faith in Oklahoma. I plan to make a visit to Austin to see my Longhorns after almost 2 years. We give the results of the cap giveaway.
We paid a little visit to a local barbecue joint called Teddy's Barbecue. They were recently recognized in the Texas Monthly Top 50 barbecue restaurants. We talk a little bit about what we ate and the quality of their food. We compare it to the closest you'll get to Austin, Central Texas barbecue here on the southern border. We had brisket, pork belly and some choriqueso sausage. Hector also gives a recap of his visit to Burnt Bean Barbecue which landed in the 4th spot in the Texas Monthly rankings.

We did it!!! We made some sausage. Hector shows up to my house with commercial sausage grinding and stuffing machines. He puts his special blend of his seasonings as well as high temp cheese and jalapenos. The meat is made up of brisket point and pork shoulder. We ended up making close to 30 sausage links. Hector spends the next day cold smoking the rest of the sausages. The outcome was very surprising and hard to believe how well it came out.
Hiram takes us behind the red carpet as he gives his opinion on how someone could get shot on the set of a movie production. Yes the Alec Baldwin story. He talks about some of the weapons he's wielded on his high budget movie set. Yes there were some lasers and Eric Roberts.
We end up talking about our friend of the podcast Deshawn Watson and the trade rumors. The guys want to know if we can get Deshawn on the podcast. Johnny has some interesting questions for him.
A bunch of joes that cook like pros!!!

Ready Set BBQ Shop
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Smoke Crafters Barbecue

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Teddy's Barbecue
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Texas Monthly Top 50 Barbecue
The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition – Texas Monthly

Law Office of Hector Hernandez
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