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Smoked sausage recipe and process
I have been smoking for a few months now, the new hobby really gets ahold of you once you get into it. However, i have been using exclusively venison, as i have a whole freezer full. The guys above are right, as far as the percentage of venison to pork. What I did prior to getting a grinder... -
Advice on Making Great Summer Sausage
hi all, Thanks for all of your help. I just got back from an unsuccessful deer hunting season. Jeez, I've gotten a deer every year for 5 years straight, then the one year i take up sausage making, I get skunked. Oh well. While I was chasing bambi, we did have a rainy day and i stuffed up... -
Advice on Making Great Summer Sausage
hi all, Thanks for all of your help. I just got back from an unsuccessful deer hunting season. Jeez, I've gotten a deer every year for 5 years straight, then the one year i take up sausage making, I get skunked. Oh well. While I was chasing bambi, we did have a rainy day and i stuffed up... -
Tender Quick Curing Questions
Hi dhuebner, I'm a newbie, but have made a good deal of venison snack sticks and 1 batch of sausage in the last few weeks since joining this forum. I use TenderQuick too, and the rule of thumb that someone told me out here on this forum was that you needed 1.5 tsp per lb of meat. I believe... -
An Amazing Success
BBQ Engineer, those breakfast sausages look incredible. You can just see the flavor with all the spices in there. I think i might make some for the family around thanksgiving time. Question though, What kind of grinder is that?? I have a #22 hand crank grinder now, and after doing 11 lbs... -
Bratwurst casing issues
Hi Guys, Well, the brat making process was really fun. We made a bunch of really great beer brats, then some jalapeno cheese brats, and some portabella swiss brats. We made them, and then vacuum sealed them right away, so i don't have any pictures of them fresh, but the whole process was... -
Bratwurst casing issues
Thanks guys, that makes a lot of sense. I've got 10 lbs of pork butt to grind and stuff this weekend, and it will be a lot easier now that i know the facts. I would have certainly overstuffed them. I am also smoking up my first attempt at summer sausage this weekend. I ended up cheating and... -
Bratwurst casing issues
yes, these are natural hog casings. Thanks for the replies. Now, i have heard an hour and overnight. Honestly, my plan was to stuff these and cook them the same day. will an hour do the trick?? I'm guessing that there will be about a 3-4 hour window between when they are stuffed and when... -
Bratwurst casing issues
hi all, I had another question about casings for bratwurst. After my success with the snack sticks, i felt a surge of empowerment and decided to try making some homemade brats. I stuffed up a bunch the other night and when i was trying to cook them, the casings came apart at the ends. I... -
Advice on Making Great Summer Sausage
Thanks to all, In the last few days, i did manage to make it out to pick up a copy of Rytek's book, which is awesome. I got the fourth edition, and holy moly are there a lot of recipes. Thank you for posting the recipes though. Question for you. Where can i buy powdered dextrose... -
Advice on Making Great Summer Sausage
Hi All, Well, thanks to you guys, I've gotten pretty good at making snack sticks. I made some killer jalapeno sticks this weekend, as well as threw some pepper jack cubes into my garlic stick mix for a great cheese stick. Now, i am hoping to make some great summer sausage (about 2-3 inches... -
HELP!! Making snack sticks in a Little Chief
Hi all, Bearcarver, yeah, I hear you. The bradley is a terriffic idea with the auto feed of the smoke pucks, but a similar belt delivery system could have been done almost as easily with wood chips. Plus, setting and forgetting takes the fun out of it. If I were doing it for a profession... -
Are the dehydraters any good?
I have an american harvest dehydrator, and it works great for jerky. However, I find that if you use it and want the smoke taste, you need to add liquid smoke, or some kind of granular smoke flavoring if you are doing ground jerky with a jerky shooter. I have a little chief smoker that make...- rhino70
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- Forum: Making Jerky
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HELP!! Making snack sticks in a Little Chief
Nope, no stopping now. Now it is just more volume, more volume, more volume, and different recipes. The recipe and the process are right where i want them, thanks to the posters here, now it is all about building up the inventory. I am actually going back home this weekend, and getting all of my... -
HELP!! Making snack sticks in a Little Chief
well, thanks to you guys, I made my first batch of really spectacular snack sticks. I had to watch the temps like a hawk, but it was so worth it. I did find out that with no chips in it, on a cold night, i can hold 120 in the little chief without the insulator blanket. WITH the chips in when... -
Wood smoker build suggestions
Thanks again for the tips. kiln block is something i never even thought of. Meathunter, I am in the eagan area. I gave the info you gave me to my dad, and he is all excited to try it out. He is retired and always looks forward to a new project. I'll post more when we make the mods.- rhino70
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- Forum: Wood Smokers
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Wood smoker build suggestions
hi guys, thanks again for all of your wonderful ideas. I know the firebox is welded, but it is not airtight. I will try welding it a bit tighter and see if that helps. Also, the insulation that you guys are talking about, is that called reflectix?? I know that I was looking for an...- rhino70
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- Forum: Wood Smokers
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Wood smoker build suggestions
Hi all, I am a newbie to this board, and am looking for a little insight on a smoker that my dad built. It is an offset firebox style that we made with a 20 gallon drum and a 55 gallon drum, and a bunch of stovepipe we had laying around. I have since bought a little chief and started with...- rhino70
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HELP!! Making snack sticks in a Little Chief
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HELP!! Making snack sticks in a Little Chief
Hi All, Here are some pics of my experience with stuffing more snack sticks tonight. The first pic is of my setup. Got my meats, my glass of spices, my stuffer and casings, and my glass of ice cold water, as suggested, and I put my stainless mixing bowl in the freezer for about 1/2 hour to...
