I start with one burner on and with that it SLOWLY will climb to 135* and hang there forever until I fire up the second burner(1:00 p.m.) and then it will start to climb until it reaches 175*-180* to finish cooking to IT of 150*. I put the sausage on yesterday morning at 8:00 a.m. and it finished up at 5:00 p.m. last night, but again not too hot to fast...I don't think.
Do you let your sausage bloom at all after cold bath? I am talking about the outside of the sausage after removing the casing. It almost acts like if you set some out sliced for awhile you know how it will start to dry out but only on the edges...I still think it might be my blooming experiment going wrong!! LOL