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    grinder plate size

    without getting into all the gobbly goop about protein extraction and all that stuff, what size grinder plate is best for grinding pork in one pass for smoked sausage , the reason i ask is my new grinder came with 4.5 mm fine plate and i think it will bog down the grinder
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    big upgrade

    my new grinder arrived today, big difference in size
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    what kind of smoker for the newbe ?

    most people start with a charcoal or gas grill then decide they want to try their hand at smoking ,so which type of smoker is best the start the newbe on a charcoal smoker , an offset wood burner , electric . propane or even a pellet smoker , it can be a costly decision for something they...
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    does anyone own/know anything about "walton grinders"

    as some of you know i am in the market for a new grinder and am looking at waltons grinders , until a few days ago i had never even heard of waltons , but they do have what looks like some good grinders , anyone have any real life experence with them
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    the water stuffer (lots of pics ) start to finish

    this thread is for anyone thats not seen or heard of a water stuffer and wonder how they are set up and work the 1st pic is the water connection inlet/outlet, pic #2 putting the O-rings on , next greasing the piston, then greasing the tube , connecting the water hose pressure side, then the...
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    what do you think will happen ?

    this morning we stuffed some smoked sausage and i put them in the smoker but today the outside temp is near 100 and i have been having trouble keeping smoker low enough, so i decided to try something kinda crazy, i kept 2 sausage links out ( still raw ) and put them in the freezer, Tuesday...
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    a question for you pellet guys

    my son owns a pit boss (600 i think ) and a while ago he had told me that it got rained on and now something is wrong with the contol board , i talked to him this afternoon and he still has not gotten it fixed !! so i have a couple of questions (1) are the control boards very expensive to...
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    going tot ake a short pause making sausage

    this morning we cut and ground about 30 or so lbs of boston butts to make some more smoked sausage and by the way my grinder sounded and was grinding i know its getting near the end , so the wife and i decided to "pause " our sausage making until we buy a new bigger grinder , so it will...
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    how long will spices hold up when stored

    the other day when i ordered more sausage seasoning i found out that from now on they are only going to be selling it by the case , so its got me wondering how long i can store it and still be able to use it
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    new patty seasoning

    just got in some new patty sausage seasoning , i will try it this weekend and tell everyone how it does
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    brisket crazy ?

    let me start by saying i do like brisket however with that said , i don't understand why people cook so many of them its not my favorite choice of meat. mainly because i don't like having that strip of fat in the middle of the lean meat when i slice it, i end up cutting the fat strip out...
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    does it make sense to grind our own hamburger ?

    with the price of meat being what it is , is it any cheaper to buy a cut of meat and grind it into hamburger ? it seems like the price of hamburger and things like chuck roasts are pretty close to being the same. is there other cuts of beef that make sense to buy and grind OR is everyone...
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    grinder horse power

    for years i have been using a small ( i think 1/3 HP ) grinder and have ground at least a couple thousand pounds of meat using it , sometime in the near future i want to buy a bigger more powerful grinder , the one i have in mind is 3/4 HP how much difference do you think it will make ?
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    ground red pepper OR red pepper flakes ?

    i have always used ground red pepper powder in all my sausages , but i have started thinking about switching to red pepper flakes with everyone wanting "hot sausage " does it make any difference in the heat or taste ?
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    foods that don't hold up well in the freezer

    the other day i read a thread about someone that had smoked and made pulled pork and put it in the freezer for an event that was happening a few days later , i have never like pulled pork once it has been frozen ,it somehow changes the taste of it ( at least for me ) and i have tried...
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    hot or mild ?

    i have always made some hot sausage every year along with a lot of mild to mildly hot ones but this year everyone seems to want very hot sausage . which do you like ?
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    what a day !!!

    wife went grocery shopping this morning while i waited at home for my shipment of sausage casings , the casings arrived just before she returned, then we put them away and about 2 pm and started cutting, and grinding the meat to make 70 lbs of sausage we just finished seasoning and...
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    waltons ?

    anyone had any dealings with Waltons ? i am thnking about ordering some pretubed casings from them but have bever bought anything from them
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    what got you interested in making sausage ?

    in my case it was because i could not buy the kind of sausage in this area that i grew up eating so i had to learn how to make my own , now that word has gotten around about our sausage everyone in this area wants them . if i was a lot younger i could start a nice business making and...
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    boston butt , pork shoulder mix up at sams

    friday we bought 131 lbs of what we thought were Boston Butts . we got them home and had a bunch of other things to do so we were in a hurry , this morning when i took a closer look at the box before throwing them away , i noticed it said pork shoulder / boston butts so i looked at the...
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