Andouille

[SmokinEdge]

What's the purpose of poaching at the end? Why not just smoke it the full temp? And then Ice bath?

Unless your outside ambient humidity is above 60% then you run the risk of drying the casing to much, which will make it chewy even leathery in texture. By smoking low temp just to good color (around 3-4 hours) then finish final IT in a water poach, you rehydrate the natural casing. Making a great snap bite and very chewable bite. The poach just makes a superior finished product when smoking low to warm temps.

 

[cptnding]

The cut shot.

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That looks amazing! Do you use arbol powder or the actual chile?

 

[SmokinEdge]

That looks amazing! Do you use arbol powder or the actual chile?

Arbol powder as a direct replacement for cayenne, but you can grind the pods in a spice grinder if you like. It’s a little hard on the sinuses though.