Sausage smoke with new PID Controller

macbillybob

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• Apr 18, 2010

• #1

Smoking 5 lbs of beef sausage and about 3 lbs of Linguica. I have high hopes for the Linguica. The test fry was great and I believe a good smoke will really enhance the taste.

Using my new PID controller and it seems to be keeping the temp pretty stable. Smoking with Pecan and a little Oak.

 

macbillybob

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• Apr 18, 2010

• #2

From the smoker to an ice bath and now hanging with the fan on.

 

lu1847

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winona mn

• Apr 18, 2010

• #3

looks good...i love portuguese sausage. i like your smoke house as well.

 

mgwerks

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• Apr 19, 2010

• #4

I agree to both - and I'd really like to see a lot more on your smoker setup!

 

macbillybob

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• Apr 19, 2010

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The smoke is generated by the El Cheapo Brinkmann smoker I got on closeout at Walmart. It is ducted though my storage cabinet into the smokehouse on top. The smokehouse is a little small but I don't do massive amounts. The 8 lbs of sausage this time is the most I have smoked. I installed one of the replacement elements you can get on ebay and built a PID controller to run the element. Doing some bacon today and not using any electric heat, just the heat from a small fire.

I use Pecan and Oak. The pecan falls from the sky in our neighborhood and people are happy for me to take it. I probably have a 10 year supply after my neighbor had a very large limb cut and the guy who did it was happy to leave as much as I wanted. I just have to split it and cut into chunks.

 

pandemonium

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• Apr 20, 2010

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Nice smokehouse

 

treegje

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• Apr 20, 2010

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The sausage looks stunning, excellent job