Bacon ends in smoked sausage

[skhunter]

Want to make some sausage using 10lb moose and 5lb bacon ends then smoke. How much cure#1 do I use.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

If your bacon ends have already been cured/smoked you will need to adjust your added cure. Sorry i cant give you a specific amount because i dont know how much cure the bacon would have.

 

[tx smoker]

"Want to make some sausage using 10lb moose and 5lb bacon ends then smoke. How much cure#1 do I use."

General rule of thumb is 1 tsp of #1 cure per 5# of meat. As Nepas said however, you'll need to adjust if the bacon has already been cured. I'd almost suggest grinding the moose, add cure and mix, then add the bacon. In that way the Moose will get the appropriate amount of cure. It may not matter one way or another but for piece of mind, I'd want to ensure that the uncured Moose had the necessary amount of cure versus having some of it wind up curing the bacon a second time.

 

[indaswamp]

Max. allowable limit is 200ppm nitrite per the USDA. Since your bacon is not cooked, I would assume the cure in the bacon has not broke down all the way. Like NEPAS has stated, you don't know exactly how much nitrite is left in the bacon...
I would shoot for 150ppm and let the bacon give you a buffer pushing the ppm a little higher. Meat will still be safe @150ppm from everything I have read. Someone correct me if this is wrong.

 

[nanuk]

..... Since your bacon is not cooked.....

How do you know that?

 

[indaswamp]

How do you know that?

Well, if he is using it in place of fat in the sausage, it would almost necessitate being raw bacon, otherwise the end result would be dry, mealy, chalky, links. Can't make sausage without fat...at least not easily.

 

[DanMcG]

I think I would do it Indaswamp's way, Although 156 PPM is the max amount for ground meat, Sorry to correct ya Bro. (200 PPM is for whole muscle) The minimum allowed for safety is 120 PPM.
Are you hot smoking?
Do you weigh cure or go by volume? The difference between 120 and 156 is only 3.3 grams.

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks danmcg...