Bear summer sausage

[murraysmokin]

On smoke at about 160 for 6 hrs then over night in the sous vide set at 160...delicious will be my new way of finishing my summer sausage.

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• murraysmokin
• Dec 30, 2016

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• murraysmokin
• Dec 30, 2016

 

[szynka]

A sous vide circulator is a great way to poach sausage to bring it up to the desired IT.  But what is the purpose of poaching it all night if you already cooked it at 160 for 6 hours.  I just don't get the science behind this process.

 

[SmokinAl]

 
A sous vide circulator is a great way to poach sausage to bring it up to the desired IT.  But what is the purpose of poaching it all night if you already cooked it at 160 for 6 hours.  I just don't get the science behind this process.

Because 6 hours at 160 in the smoker won't bring the sausage up to the desired IT.

Al

 

[crazymoon]

MS, Nice money shot ,your sausage looks delicious!

 

[redheelerdog]

Very nice sausage. How did it taste? How did you spice it?

Looks good 

  

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• murraysmokin
• Dec 30, 2016

 

[crankybuzzard]

The SS looks like it turned out great to me! Very nice job.

Because 6 hours at 160 in the smoker won't bring the sausage up to the desired IT.

Al

Also, at 160 in the sous vide, you don't risk fat out (no temp spikes), and case hardening won't happen.

 

[murraysmokin]

A sous vide circulator is a great way to poach sausage to bring it up to the desired IT.  But what is the purpose of poaching it all night if you already cooked it at 160 for 6 hours.  I just don't get the science behind this process.

Basically what has been said 6 hrs at 160 didnt give enough to get sausage up to desired temp. I learned last year summer sausage can be unpredictable my first ever batch too me 13 hrs to come up to temp. The all night was more out of convenience since it was 11 at night.

 

[murraysmokin]

Because 6 hours at 160 in the smoker won't bring the sausage up to the desired IT.

Al

Exactly.

MS, Nice money shot ,your sausage looks delicious!

Thanks CM this was a new one for me.

Very nice sausage. How did it taste? How did you spice it?

Looks good  Thumbs Up    Thumbs Up

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• murraysmokin
• Dec 30, 2016

The seasoning was the AC Leggs ss seasoning & hitemp cheddar.

The SS looks like it turned out great to me! Very nice job.
Also, at 160 in the sous vide, you don't risk fat out (no temp spikes), and case hardening won't happen.

Thanks CB the sous vide provided that nice even temp without risk of fat out worked really nice first go round with SV for me.

 

[jfsjazz]

It was 12am this past Saturday when I found myself in the same predicament: Stay up until the summer sausage hit the right temp in my smoker. Then, I found this thread and although I did worry about summer sausage in the sous vide for 6 hrs, I decided to give it a try and went to bed. The next morning, perfection!!! Each chub was perfectly to temp, no fat out, no excess cooking, just right. Always use this method to finish my sticks and from now on, I'll use it on the chubs as well.
Thanks for the pointer!!

 

[hank712]

What is a sous vide? How and when do you use it? Anything special you need to use it?

 

[murraysmokin]

Sous vide is hot water circulator. I bag my summer sausage agter a few hours on the smoke then finish in the water bath to bring up to temp. Search sous vide on here & you will find quite a bit of information.