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FREE FIELD GUIDE

Free meat cuts, temps and smoke field guide.

The USDA safe temperatures, the pitmaster finish for the tough cuts, one page per animal, the smoke wood chart and two cook log pages. Built from the same records as this site. No Amazon links, no filler.

What is inside
  • 01
    The full USDA FSIS safe minimum chart, with the source and the date we read it
  • 02
    One page each for beef, pork, lamb, goat, chicken and salmon: regions, tenderness, best method, finish, slice
  • 03
    Tenderness targets for brisket, shoulder, ribs, belly and short ribs, labelled craft, never safety
  • 04
    The eight smoke woods and the pairing matrix
  • 05
    Handling rules: the danger zone, two thermometers, probe placement, rest, sauce timing
  • 06
    Two cook log pages. Print them, laminate the rest, hang it at the pit.
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