- Mar 3, 2008
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So after fussing about with a few fresh sausage recipes, I thought it was finally time to try something smoked. I used the Smoked Sausage recipe off this site, and used a bit more beef and a bit less pork since that's what I had on hand.
No pictures of the grinding or stuffing, but it came out looking like this:
I have two smokers... an ECB, which I've used for a few butts and a few chuckies, and a Brinkmann All-in-One propane job I snagged off craigslist for $50 brand new and used just once to make some buckboard bacon (yum). The All-in-One did a relatively good job keeping steady, low temps, however I couldn't get the thing to consistently put off the TBS at the same time. After reading all the threads around here it seemed like a smoke generator was in order.
Started with one of those stainless steel water bottles and burned the paint off the outside with a propane torch. I then cut off the top and drilled out a hole in the bottom.
Barb adapter thingy threaded on...
Next up was the grate for the bottom...
Cut a hole in the bottom of the All-in-One so I could route the ducting from the smoke generator into the body...
Black Cat wishing she could have just one of those links...
Air pump hooked up with a lump of charcoal at the bottom and some apple chips/chunks on top...
Whole thing assembled... (used the ECB body since it's a bit taller than the All-in-One).
Six hours later I got me some smoked sausage!
Need to tweak the smoke generator a bit and also need to do a better job managing temps... I probably need to get a needle valve or a burner with less BTUs since the one I have is on the verge of going out when I have it set low enough to get 170. Overall though I'm pretty happy with how they turned out... they taste good, and look pretty good too.
No pictures of the grinding or stuffing, but it came out looking like this:
I have two smokers... an ECB, which I've used for a few butts and a few chuckies, and a Brinkmann All-in-One propane job I snagged off craigslist for $50 brand new and used just once to make some buckboard bacon (yum). The All-in-One did a relatively good job keeping steady, low temps, however I couldn't get the thing to consistently put off the TBS at the same time. After reading all the threads around here it seemed like a smoke generator was in order.
Started with one of those stainless steel water bottles and burned the paint off the outside with a propane torch. I then cut off the top and drilled out a hole in the bottom.
Barb adapter thingy threaded on...
Next up was the grate for the bottom...
Cut a hole in the bottom of the All-in-One so I could route the ducting from the smoke generator into the body...
Black Cat wishing she could have just one of those links...
Air pump hooked up with a lump of charcoal at the bottom and some apple chips/chunks on top...
Whole thing assembled... (used the ECB body since it's a bit taller than the All-in-One).
Six hours later I got me some smoked sausage!
Need to tweak the smoke generator a bit and also need to do a better job managing temps... I probably need to get a needle valve or a burner with less BTUs since the one I have is on the verge of going out when I have it set low enough to get 170. Overall though I'm pretty happy with how they turned out... they taste good, and look pretty good too.
