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  1. builder59

    More Sausage made over Thanksgiving

    Your posts all look great, what size tube are you using off of that stuffer? __________________ Nickelmore I'm using a small horn. The casing size was sheep 18
  2. builder59

    Kielbasa Sausage Attempt: Success!!!

    Looks great!!! Kapusta with fresh kielbasa in it huh. I make my own saurkraut as well. The way I make it is some saurkraut, some fresh cabbage and some cream of chicken soup all mixed together to make the fresh cabbage soft. Is this what kapusta is? I'm german and polish and I think...
  3. builder59

    Venison sausage for the holidays

    Jersey, It is an electric fridge conversion that my brother and myself built. The thread is on here under the start of a fridge conversion. Bigslick, You have to make it to M-59. It blows Butcher Packer out of the water. You can put your hands on everything and their knife selection is...
  4. builder59

    More Sausage made over Thanksgiving

    size 18 sheep casing. Mb I have some going by jeep to Jacksonville now. Actually I met my uncle at the highway the 26th on his way down. I hunt his farm and gave him some for letting my hunt there. Too bad or I surely would have tried to get you two hooked up. Maybe next year. Thanks for...
  5. builder59

    First attempt at Venison Sausage Part 2 w/View

    Sausage looks great. Did you put crushed pepper flakes in it? If so sounds like a great idea.
  6. builder59

    More Sausage made over Thanksgiving

    This is a recipe that I came up with over the years. It is basically a polish sausage recipe that tastes amazingly like Kowalski's Hunters sticks. Which I spent several pounds of pork and venision trying to duplicate. For this recipe I used a mix of 20 pounds of pork and 5 pounds venison...
  7. builder59

    Venison sausage for the holidays

    Here are a few of the smokes that I did this Christmas vacation. The first is venison sausage. The large links are a twenty five lb. batch 17 pounds venison 6 pounds pork shoulder 2 pounds beef fat The spice block comes from Great Lakes Butcher Supply in Hartland MI called Garlic Summer...
  8. builder59

    A BIG Thank you Jeff!!

    I agree with cowgirl. I have learned so much from here. Thank you!!
  9. builder59

    apple flap

    That looks awesome. I need to try that!
  10. builder59

    How to build a fridge smoker

    Ty, I have in my opinion built a very nice fridge smoker that performs exceptionally well. It is a smoker that was built with a lot of help here. Mulepackin, Mordach and walleye1 among others that I don't want to leave out but can't remember. Their contributions will be on the thread. It is...
  11. builder59

    ge 1000 watt hot plates

    I don't know if this would work. Seems pretty cool. Model HP22S36- 22-inch diameter hot plate shown on optional casters, with extra power for warming a full 55- gallon drum. Temperature is controlled with an analog AH thermostat. Drum not included...
  12. builder59

    2010 A Smoke Odyssey

    Good luck to you. I live in Fenton and my sister and brother in law live in in Bridgewater. We do a lot of sausage and smoking. If you get yourself needing some info don't hesitate to send a pm.. Good luck to you and congratulations. You're gonna have a huge chest once you start letting...
  13. builder59

    Maverick ET-72

    thank you. I'll open her up this weekend and see if I can do the mod on the 72.
  14. builder59

    Maverick ET-72

    Initial testing says it will not go 100'. I can get about 75' out of it as long as there is clear line of site. Can anyone tell me of the mod location?
  15. builder59

    Maverick ET-72

    I received a gift today, it is an ET-72 Maverick remote thermometer. I have a fridge conversion that some of you may have watched me build. My internal temp is controlled by Auber Instruments and that thing is exceptionally accurate. If I dial 172 degrees it will keep it there for as long as...
  16. builder59

    hello from the michigan snowbelt...

    Welcome aboard and READ ON!!! This is a great site.. Good luck on your build. Mine is a converted fridge in the electric smoker forum called start of a fridge conversion. Happy holidays, Ron
  17. builder59

    Built My Own... w/qview

    Yes, Congratulations. Please post pics of your initial smoke and comments on how it worked.
  18. builder59

    Detroit, Michigan here :-)

    Welcome aboard. My parents live in Trenton and I live in Fenton.. Glad to see you are going to have some fun this winter. I also love to be outside, in fact for the last week I have cracked the walkout door in our bedroom and put a fan against is blowing in from outside. Temps last night...
  19. builder59

    Smokin' it in the Sierra Nevada...

    Welcome to the forum. Your gonna have fun.
  20. builder59

    Hello from Michigan

    Congrats on the smoker. I live in Fenton and am pretty serious into making sausage, lunch meat, snack sticks, ribs, pork, chicken, beef whatever. If you have any questions I'd be glad to help.. Happy B-Day and good luck. Ron
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