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    Looking for a recipe for smoked sausage that tastes like Savoie's. Tasso also, and Boudin..

    @indaswamp did an amazing Tasso thread not too long ago. Here's a link to the recipe: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/porkapalooza.326573/post-2509837 Here's a great recipe by @73saint for Boudin, if you're after the shrimp/crawfish variety. There's another recipe using pork done...
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    Grillable Louisiana Crawfish (or Shrimp) Boudin

    A quick update. I just grilled up a batch for dinner. After taking my frozen link, dropping it in sous vide, and grilling it, I noticed that it had firmed up even further. I believe a key step that I didn't realize was to cool the links before cooking them a final time. Now I don't need to tie...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Maybe then it could've been a defect. That is, where it's expected that the motor would trip before anything breaks. However, in this case the gear tooth was more fragile due to some metallurgical reason, and that resulted in it breaking before the motor trips. I suppose it all depends on how...
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    Solar oven recommendations

    Wow, I'm just learning that this sort of thing exists. Neat! So, just to find a solid reference, are you looking at something like this? It seems like the tube based ones are more popular, so there are more reviews for that, but less so for the umbrella-looking examples. I'm super curious what...
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    Grillable Louisiana Crawfish (or Shrimp) Boudin

    Thanks so much! It'll be a fun time! The weather is looking nice, so we should have good sausage and swim I think. Now I've just got to figure out a vegetarian sausage for one of my guests, and the beer to go with everything :) Wow! I just noticed this thread got featured! I'm so honored! :)
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Fortunately, it looks like they're sending the stuff! So I'm guessing it's not a copout, but rather a way to reduce product failures by informing customers. Unfortunately, it's delayed a month since a part is backordered :( Time to get my jerky cannon some heavy use for a while. I'll just take...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Exactly what I'd think! Or if not a trip, then at least some sort of current-sensing (current goes up as motor works harder) or heat-sensing (since motor heats up as it works hard) mechanism. That being said, I suppose it'd be very frustrating if this mechanism was too sensitive: poor...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Oh, and the text said: "You need to add extra water to the meat before you stuff. 2oz extra per pound of meat for the snack stick 1/2" size, 1 2/3oz extra for the 5/8", 1 1/3oz for the 1", and 1oz extra for the 1 1/4" stuffing tubes." So that seems like a minimum of a whopping 3oz water total...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    So, I took it apart, and sure enough the main gear and the shaft showed the problem: Probably the first "POP" I heard was one of the 10 gear teeth on the main gear start to buckle. At this point, the machine was still working, but I noticed that the gasket on the shaft had let some meat...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Thanks so much. Your experience is hopeful to know about. Mine is still in warranty so I'm hopeful I'll be OK.
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Yeah. Lesson hard learned, but I certainly won't rush the small tube again. I hear the gear assembly is $100 or so, not sure about the shaft, though I still hope they'll cover it. The sad part is that I did it on a whim, to see if I could keep up with a faster speed. I had already been quite...
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Oh right, I forgot to answer that. Yes, I started getting the hang of it and turned up the speed this time around. It wasn't insane or anything, but at least 50% faster than I was used to. And somewhat soon after I turned up the speed, I heard the loud POP.
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Thanks. :) It does suck, fingers crossed!
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Exactly! That's what I thought it'd do if I tried to push it too hard. It'd just back off like when it hits the bottom (in fact, I thought that back off was precisely because it detected too much force).
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Yeah, I wouldn't have pushed it as hard had I known it was this fragile. I've pushed my jerky guns way harder.
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Recipe was 100g/kg, which would put it at about 1.6oz/lb. This is much less than what I normally do (2.6oz/lb), as I usually like extra water for wrinkles. But since this was a new recipe, I was doing everything to match. No such warning label on my device, fwiw. Making pepperoni this time...
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    FIRST TIMER with the Bella

    Yeah, that sounds exactly what I experienced. At this point, I think it's a flaw with the MES. I'm really glad the Auber circulating fan was sufficient. I think also maybe the exhaust chimney with fan in the thread I mentioned will also fix it, fwiw.
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    Lem #10 Electric Stuffer Broke :(

    Really sad. I just tried a recipe that uses less water (100g/kg), and it broke my brand new $700 stuffer. A loud bang occurred, and little shreds of metal dropped on the piston head. It now won't raise or lower the shaft without it slipping... :( I hope they replace it. I can't afford another...
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    Grillable Louisiana Crawfish (or Shrimp) Boudin

    Thanks so much! That's exactly what I think as well! There's a beauty and benefit in the details. It's the small things that make all the difference (like how it looks at various stages, or minor techniques/tricks that usually go unnoticed, etc...). Like if there was a video that just showed...
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    FIRST TIMER with the Bella

    Yep! That's one of the reasons I got this generator. I don't believe they have an MES 30, though. In any case, it's working now! Got the Auber circulator in there, and it's now pushing out a lovely fine smoke. In fact, after doing a little more searching, there was another thread about the...
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