It's been a long time since I posted plus I really haven't smoked anything "new" to me. I decided to make some venison summer sausage using Walton's recipe from their site and followed them directly to get a baseline.
125 for 1 hour, no smoke, to dry out casings
140 for 1 hour, smoke
155 for 2 hours, smoke
175 til IT of 160, smoke
Throw in ice water for 20 min to cool
Hang for 90 min to bloom (doing that now)
This took about 24 hours for a 25 lb. batch in my MES40, which seems long to me. In addition, 160 IT also seems high. Is 152 IT more appropriate? The fibrous cases wrinkled as well...a couple right around 160 IT and the others seemed to in their polar plunge. I don't think it will affect the taste and don't really care about wrinkled meat, just curious as to why? The only thing I can think of is the water pan went dry at some point while I was fighting to stay awake.
Pics are when they were first put in the smoker and then after the ice water bath. Any info, insight, etc. would be appreciated.
125 for 1 hour, no smoke, to dry out casings
140 for 1 hour, smoke
155 for 2 hours, smoke
175 til IT of 160, smoke
Throw in ice water for 20 min to cool
Hang for 90 min to bloom (doing that now)
This took about 24 hours for a 25 lb. batch in my MES40, which seems long to me. In addition, 160 IT also seems high. Is 152 IT more appropriate? The fibrous cases wrinkled as well...a couple right around 160 IT and the others seemed to in their polar plunge. I don't think it will affect the taste and don't really care about wrinkled meat, just curious as to why? The only thing I can think of is the water pan went dry at some point while I was fighting to stay awake.
Pics are when they were first put in the smoker and then after the ice water bath. Any info, insight, etc. would be appreciated.
