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One trick to remember when smoking sausages is to keep the temperature below 170 degF so you don't render the fat. You're trying to smoke, not cook. (...although you can do that later.)
There's a temperature window:
---Start off drying your sausage. Smoke on wet sausage causes a bitter taste...
To find out how Aaron Franklin does it, read his book. He's detail-oriented but not pretentious. ...and he works his buns off. Excellent book. We bought our copy at one of the Austin Costco locations, but you can order it on-line from Amazon: "Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto" by...