Checking the internal temperature of hanging sausage

[novasbc]

How do people generally check the internal temperature of hanging sausage? Do you pierce the fibrous casing?

 

[novasbc]

Never mind, I finally found other posts asking the same question (you have to pierce them).

 

[SmokinAl]

I usually go straight down from the top into the center.

Al

 

[BGKYSmoker]

I dont use a probe but if you do while smoking probe from the top down.

 

[novasbc]

 
I usually go straight down from the top into the center.

Al

 
I dont use a probe but if you do while smoking probe from the top down.

I indeed went from the top down.  I figured if I did the other way, it would be more likely to have juices come out.  I picked three different locations to probe.