First Try at Fresh Sausage

couger78 · May 10, 2011

Picked up about 16lbs of boneless pork butt from Costco for a first time go at sausage making.....

The Meat:

Making 3 type of sausage; Italian, both hot and sweet varieties (in casings), and a bulk breakfast sausage.

The Stuffer:

Got a chance to finally use my muzzle-loading "Kirby Cannon" stuffer — Here it is prior to the workout. The nice thing about this stuffer is it is quite easy to control the speed of the meat flow—a very important consideration especially for novices like myself

The end result:

A good learning experience for both me & my sons. Tasty, too!

Kevin

Dutch · May 10, 2011

Everything looks great Kevin. I'm going to have to break down and build me one of those stuffer one of these days. My boys keep wanting me to make some home made Brats but they don't want to help pay for the meat or help with the stuffing. Oh well-all the more for MEEE!!

I fixed your post by adding your photobucket URL's into the 'Insert Image' icon on the 'reply' tool bar.

boykjo · May 10, 2011

Awesome job Kevin for your first time...... Your sons will cherish these memories or you may have scarred them for life...

You also must have photography experience because your end result pic looks great the way you have the back ground set.....

Happy smoking

Joe

couger78 · May 10, 2011

boykjo said:
Awesome job Kevin for your first time...... Your sons will cherish these memories or you may have scarred them for life...

You also must have photography experience because your end result pic looks great the way you have the back ground set.....

Happy smoking

Joe

Thanks, Joe. The three of them enjoyed the whole process—we all had a good laugh together throughout the whole ordeal...er...experience.

Good news is—whether they're scarred or not—they've put in a new request for BOCKWURST! Gotta go find some veal.....

Re: background set— Here's the 'secret' art direction tip: move all the appliances (coffee maker, kitchenaid mixer, etc) to the far end of the counter because the cabela grinder is HUGE!!

jefflisa828 · May 10, 2011

they look great and I quoted this post cause I had to look twice cause he is right that looks like a brochure pic for a butcher lol nice work

boykjo said:
Awesome job Kevin for your first time...... Your sons will cherish these memories or you may have scarred them for life...

You also must have photography experience because your end result pic looks great the way you have the back ground set.....

Happy smoking

Joe

couger78 · May 10, 2011

One of the things I DID do before starting was buy a large HDPE cutting surface.

I used a 1/2" thick sheet, cut approx 2' x 4' to place over the 'uneven' tile counter. You can see it better in the photo of the stuffer.

Gives a broad, even surface to work on; moveable (indoors & out); easy to keep clean & butcher on it with plenty of elbow room. A good investment if you're short of room, or like me, want a smooth, even surface upon which to cut, grind, mix & stuff.

beer-b-q · May 10, 2011

-Great looking sausages Kevin...

scarbelly · May 10, 2011

Nice job Kevin- you and Nepas can have a duel with your water stuffers

werdwolf · May 10, 2011

chefrob · May 10, 2011

nice lookin links!

venture · May 11, 2011

Sausages look great. And then there is that water cannon? Maybe the fire department could borrow it.

Good luck and good smoking!

SmokinAl · May 11, 2011

Great looking sausage! Did you build the water stuffer?

DanMcG · May 11, 2011

Very nice looking sausage, especially for your first attempt.

fpnmf · May 11, 2011

Very nice!!

Thanks!

Craig

Bearcarver · May 11, 2011

Sausages look great, Couger!!!!

Cannon looks real nice too!

Don't get into a duel with NEPAS though----I think he has a 105 Water Howitzer under Camo in his back yard.

Bear

couger78 · May 11, 2011

SmokinAl said:
Great looking sausage! Did you build the water stuffer?

Some assembly required. Keeps the cost down. Most of the heavy lifting (& manufacturing) done by the designer.

Thing is a kick to use. I havent tested it to see how fast it'll stuff out of fear....

realtorterry · May 11, 2011

wow awesome for a first try. Way better than I did

alelover · May 11, 2011

Sausages look great. I need one of those stuffers. I've made sausage a bunch of times and they don't look that good.

chef willie · May 11, 2011

great looking batch of links and a neat toy you have there....i"m getting inspired to make some sausage

boykjo · May 11, 2011

Bearcarver said:
Sausages look great, Couger!!!!

Cannon looks real nice too!

Don't get into a duel with NEPAS though----I think he has a 105 Water Howitzer under Camo in his back yard.

Bear

And as bear always says ... It will be three against one.......

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