First time Smoked Kielbasa fail almost

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Made fresh the other day, when I went to get the casing there were none left.(failed part) Had plenty of collagen casing so they are slim Kielbasa

Used 85/15 mix for these Pork -Fat

Stuffed using my Jerky Canon

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5 lbs. in the casing to sit over night in the fridge.

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Hanging in smoker to dry a little more.

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Smoked at 130* for the first hr. then increased 10* each hr.

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took 8hrs to hit 154* water bath to cool

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Thanks for looking

Smoked


5 lbs ground pork.

edited to add recipe

 

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I wish my failures would turn out so well. Nice looking sticks !

 

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Nice....improvise, adapt & overcome.....how was the taste, texture compared to the casing you normally use? Willlie

 

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That looks tasty to me 

. Nice recovery.

Happy smoken.

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Looks great!!!  The collagen casings came through for you.  Nice color as well.  Reinhard

 

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Chef Willie said:

 
Nice....improvise, adapt & overcome.....how was the taste, texture compared to the casing you normally use? Willlie

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Chef Willie the collagen are always a little chewy at first will see in a week or so. The taste is almost what I was needs another 1/2tsp garlic powder. I am very pleased with it and I owe everyone who has posted on here a Big Thanks

 

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Something else I would like to learn how to do. Thanks for sharing.

 

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I'd say that's a win! Any sausage I get to eat is a win... Those that go to the dogs are fails, those the dogs won't even eat, I don't admit to! :icon_redface:

Inkjunkie, hang around in here, and you'll be making sausage in no time!

I tell people all the time, if you're a person who's cooked for a while, you've already made sausage, you just haven't stuffed or smoked it yet. If you've made hamburgers, meat loaf, or anything else with ground pork, turkey, beef, or chicken, in which you've mixed in seasonings, you've made sausage!

Stuffing it into casings just makes it look like the sausage that comes to mind when mentioned.

Hang out in here, ask questions, and experiment!

 

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Looks great nice way to come out of a bad situation and make it a good one. 

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CrankyBuzzard said:

I'd say that's a win! Any sausage I get to eat is a win... Those that go to the dogs are fails, those the dogs won't even eat, I don't admit to! :icon_redface:

Inkjunkie, hang around in here, and you'll be making sausage in no time!

I tell people all the time, if you're a person who's cooked for a while, you've already made sausage, you just haven't stuffed or smoked it yet. If you've made hamburgers, meat loaf, or anything else with ground pork, turkey, beef, or chicken, in which you've mixed in seasonings, you've made sausage!

Stuffing it into casings just makes it look like the sausage that comes to mind when mentioned.

Hang out in here, ask questions, and experiment!

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I will be hanging around, LOTS to learn. Something that we MUST learn to make is beef chorizo. Ernestina, my loving wife, is Mexican. She spent all of her life in AZ until we moved up here in 08. A grocery store in AZ makes the best stuff we have ever had. Chorizo is available here in Eastern Washington but it is just not the same. I know chorizo is not bbq related but hoping to find a recipe some where.

 

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inkjunkie said:

I will be hanging around, LOTS to learn. Something that we MUST learn to make is beef chorizo. Ernestina, my loving wife, is Mexican. She spent all of her life in AZ until we moved up here in 08. A grocery store in AZ makes the best stuff we have ever had. Chorizo is available here in Eastern Washington but it is just not the same. I know chorizo is not bbq related but hoping to find a recipe some where.

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Chorizo is a sausage, and lots of us in here make it! Do a search at the top of the page for beef chorizo, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

 

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Chorizo is made in many countries with many formulations. Russ Lambert wrote an extensive treatise on the many varieties over on Wedliny Domowe.http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/index.php?c=5 Probably have to search for it.