First post... Mixed smokehouse day

[smokingpreacher]

I had about 150 pounds of venison/pork sausage to make and hang so I thought...why waste space and smoke in the smokehouse? So I hung the sausage in the upper two racks and dried it at about 90 degrees for 45 min or so. Then I added a half of a wild 60 pound pig and for good measure I hung a couple of slabs of bacon that was done curing and ready to smoke.

I added the smoke and then started bumping the temp up. Got to 135 for an hour or hour and a half, and then started raising temp to about 165. After about 3 and half hours, the sausage IT was 153 and the bacon was there as well. So I pulled the sausage and bacon and gave it a shower and let it bloom. While that was happening I increased the smokehouse temp to about 240 and brought the pig up to about 195 IT and then pulled it out too. 

I got to munch on some good tender pork while wrapping and getting the sausage ready for the freezer. GOOD day at the smokehouse!

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[whistech]

That is a lot of mighty fine looking sausage!      How big is your smokehouse and what do you heat with?      I would sure like to see some pictures of your smokehouse from a view where you can see the whole smokehouse.

 

[smokingpreacher]

The smokehouse is 8 feet tall and 4 feet by 4 feet...

I basically used some scrap stuff I had to build it. I used 2 x 4's for studs and put them far enough apart to stack 4 inch thick cinder blocks in between to serve as insulation. I use a propane burner inside for a heat source with regulator outside. With that and because of the cinder block, it will hold heat and maintain temp really well. I made a smoke generator that uses sawdust and it is outside the house, too with a hole into the house for the 3/4 inch pipe that smoke goes through.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Holy smokes that's a full smoker!

Nice smoke!

 

[SmokinAl]

Wow!

That's pretty impressive!

Al

 

[rca dog]

That's an impressive set up. Looks like a bunch of great sausage !

 

[driedstick]

That looks great Nice job 

A full smoker is a happy smoker 

DS
 

 

[disco]

Wonderful smoke in a cool smokehouse!

Disco

 

[briggy]

wow, talk about a haul!  Great work!

 

[bladeguy]

If there is such a thing as smokehouse envy, I think I might have it.......wow!

 

[rca dog]

If there is such a thing as smokehouse envy, I think I might have it.......wow!

LOL that is a thing for sure.  I think there's a few of us that have a distinct shade of green about us.

 

[mkriet]

Please tell me you have something more than a 5lb stuffer, aND a meat mixer.

I'd like to know what kind of equipment you have. I can't imagine making 150 lbs of sausage at one time.

It all looks great though

 

[smokingpreacher]

Well...I wish i could tell you that...BUT, we ground, and mixed 250 pounds. 100 pounds of that went into pan sausage. Then we stuffed 150 with...YES...a 5 lb. stuffer. But that will change soon! Luckily, I have some good friends who enjoy the fun and help with it and in return, of course, they get some sausage! This is my 4th smoke in the last couple months and I think about 400 pounds total sausage. It's loads of work, but also good for friends to enjoy together. Several guys ask to bring their meat and we do it together and I smoke it and I usually get a few pounds just to taste. 

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[mkriet]

Well...I wish i could tell you that...BUT, we ground, and mixed 250 pounds. 100 pounds of that went into pan sausage. Then we stuffed 150 with...YES...a 5 lb. stuffer. But that will change soon! Luckily, I have some good friends who enjoy the fun and help with it and in return, of course, they get some sausage! This is my 4th smoke in the last couple months and I think about 400 pounds total sausage. It's loads of work, but also good for friends to enjoy together. Several guys ask to bring their meat and we do it together and I smoke it and I usually get a few pounds just to taste. 

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Eyeyeeeee. How long does that take? You guys did a good job of hiding the beer cans in these pictures. A batch that big would require more than a couple blue cans to finish.

 

[smokingpreacher]

There were a couple beers involved, BUT they both went in the pot to cook some bratwurst we had made! ha Gotta have something to eat while you work!

The cutting, mixing, grinding and stuffing took about 6 or 7 hours.

I loaded it all in the smokehouse the next morning and that was about 5 or 6 hours that day.

 

[mkriet]

Very nice. I hope you have a large grinder with that amount of meat. This may be your first part, but your definitely no newbie. Not with a smoker like that.

 

[rca dog]

Looks like a great time to me.  But wow, loading the stuffer 30 times !  Do you have an issue keeping all that meat cold while you process it ?

 

[smokingpreacher]

Have a big freezer and fridge there to keep it in while we feed the stuffer. We get it out in 15 to 20 pound batches

 

[ab canuck]

I have to admit that looks great. What is the chance of you posting some pics of your smoke house? I am cruising the forum for ideas, I found this site because of this and have been hooked since. Point for the great looking sausage pics. Way to go.