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  1. thatguy

    Glad I didn't poison anyone, but....

    Thank you all for the info. I have done quite a bit of reading and research. Which is the wrong order, yes that should happen first and THEN try and smoke your own sausage. But alas lesson learned. Thanks again
  2. thatguy

    Glad I didn't poison anyone, but....

    Well I have been doing a lot more reading on here on smoking sausages. Wow is all I can say. This could have ended up much worse.
  3. thatguy

    Glad I didn't poison anyone, but....

    Absolutely.  Here is the exact recipe and notes to the side detailing the "idiot alterations" I made are in RED. 5 lbs. Ground Beef (80/20) 5 TBSP. Morton's Tender Quick - I did not have the TQ so I used the Kroger brand "meat tenderizer". 2.5 tsp each of Mustard seed, coars black pepper...
  4. thatguy

    Glad I didn't poison anyone, but....

    Thanks guys.  I am doing more reading up on cures, etc.  I thought the main purpose of the Tender Quick (as called for in the original recipe, I THOUGHT the main reason for this was to tenderize the meat).  Can Morton's Tender Quick be used instead of Cure #1? Yes, I will do some more reading...
  5. thatguy

    New guy from ATL

    18.5 WSM. Have smoked ribs, a whole chicken, Boston butt, pork loin (yes I know but it was good) and some pork chops. Fairly obsessed with smoking meat, I can't get enough right now. My wife calls me a cave man because I just walk around talking "meat, me want meat, need more meat". Just...
  6. thatguy

    Glad I didn't poison anyone, but....

    So took my first whack at making some beef summer sausage. Failed miserably. Relatively new smoker here, but have smoked all kinds of things on my WSM with a lot of success so far. But not this time. I'd like to tell you what I did and maybe someone can pinpoint what I did wrong and hopefully...
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