Amount of time cured links in refrigerator to be smoked.

[Biggy1]

I stuffed cured sausage links Monday and layed them in the refrigerator, how long can I keep them to smoke later?

 

[jimmyinsd]

I have seen some recipes that call for 3-5 days of refrigeration prior to smoking for flavors to develop so you should be fine from a food safety standpoint, however some things in recipes can cause the meat to breakdown and lose texture in a raw state so that might be an issue, but if you are asking for food safety you should be fine as long as you get them smoked/cooked to a safe temp in the next couple days from what I've read ( and done )

 

[MICHLITCHSPOKANESPICE]

I wouldn't go any longer than a week!