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I apologize for any misinformation I may have given. I'm no sausage expert, and I'm not doubting or questioning your knowledge, but I have read that some of the pink color is due to the meat being cured. Is this only on whole muscle, cured meat? Something like a salt cured ham?
You would be surprised what your ambient them and location can affect. I live in the Ohio River Valley, in Kentucky. The humidity here in the summer time can be killer. It can make getting some coals going a challenge sometimes.
Welcome, you've come to the right place for your new addiction! Boston Butts are very popular and a more forgiving than other cuts of meat, great for a first time smoke. Good luck to ya, and glad to have you on board.
Yes, I did mean to mention that it was rather old, and where it came from. I would definitely double check USDA recommendations when referencing something as old as that.
Found this on my lunch break today. I scanned trough it (fairly fast), but seems to have a lot of information. Thought I'd share with everyone here.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6556e/X6556E00.htm#TOC
I don't think it would be a problem at all. A member on here that goes by Nepas has made sausage with store bought ground beef before if I'm not mistaken.
What kind of smoker are you using and are you sure that your thermometers are correct. Most therms that come with smokers are fairly cheap and can be off by many degrees. So you could actually be running hotter (or colder) than what you are reading on your thermo. Next question would be is how...
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