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I looked at the most common brands, mostly the LEM models. The most important thing to me was all metal gears and obviously a good value. The VIVO is all metal and the finish is very good for the price point. It does have plastic stuffer tubes which some of the more expensive ones come with...
I had made about 5 batches of different sausage with my KitchenAid grinder/stuffer before I sprang for a stuffer. After a little research settled on the VIVO stuffer off Amazon for $107.
I tried it out on the NOLA andouille sausage today and wow what a difference. It made quick work of 5 lbs...
Why was that the last cheese you will ever make? My neighbor has one of those cheese caves converted from a freezer and makes all kinds of artisan cheeses.
I am making my first Capicola and Bresaola with the UMAi bags today.
Now I know how I can use my heat gun. Great idea for drying and firing the pellets all in one. Also like the air intake mod. I had read about leaving the chip loader open, but your post is the first time I read about opening the fire box inside the smoker. Makes total sense, great stuff.
Can't tell what model smoker you have, but if you have a chip loader on the side, leave it pulled out a few inches to let air into the smoker to keep the AMPNS going.
Here is the slice shot. Has good flavor, definitely different than pork. Can taste the onion and fruit along with an occasional red pepper flake.
After adding all the onions and fruit, I ran it through the grinder again as instructed and I was stuffing with my Kitchenaid mixer. I think if I...
I had been wanting to make some chicken sausage since everything I had done so far was pork and my wife likes chicken.
I found a recipe on a sausage site that used dried fruit. I bought a bag of frozen skinless boneless thighs from Costco and measured out 5 lbs and ground them frozen.
The...
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Not enough information on the UMAi bag use. I just ordered the Charcuterie kit this weekend and look forward to getting started.
Going to start with Capicola and Bresaola.
Next round you will be making the entire 10 lbs into bacon. My wife will not eat anything else but Bear Bacon now that we have made two batches. Must plan ahead to make sure we don't run out before the next round needs to go into the cure.
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