First Try at Summer Sausage

[heavymoose]

I started making some SS this morning.  I have it mixed up and will stuff it a little later today. I have to work tomorrow so will smoke it on Tuesday.  I used a kit I received for x-mas from Eastman.  I used 2.5# of venison and 1# of county style pork ribs.  I wanted to make a test run before making a bunch.    

This is the first time I have tried making sausage so we will see how it turns out.  I will post pictures of the process.  

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[ldrus]

Good luck on the turn out

 

[driedstick]

Lookin good nice start

 

[heavymoose]

Ok - I got one chub stuffed up! This has turned out to be a lot of fun.  

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[boykjo]

Awesome..........................

 

 

[heavymoose]

I put the SS in the smoker.  I am going to try to keep the temp. around 110 for the first hour without smoke.  Even when it is cold out it is hard to run my smoker that low.  

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[driedstick]

Lookin good

 

[heavymoose]

Everything is going pretty good so far.  I have the AMNS smoker going with cherry and hickory.  I have been keeping the door of the smoker cracked to keep the temps down.  

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[heavymoose]

The SS has been in the smoker for 6 hours and is at 135 degrees.  It might take longer than I thought to get to 152 degrees.  A couple of hours ago I placed it on the top rack instead of hanging it; I think this will give it a more consistent temp. across the sausage.   

 

[heavymoose]

I just took the SS off, put it in a ice water bath and now have it hanging in the living room.

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[wrwoelfel]

Looking good. My wife would kil me if I hung that in her living room.

 

[venture]

They get used to it.

If not, they can be replaced.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[smoking b]

They get used to it.

If not, they can be replaced.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Can't wait to see the slices! If it wasn't so cold here I'd be starting my Summer sausage too!!

 

[jkc64]

If she can't reach it what can she do?

 

[heavymoose]

I let the sausage sit in the fridge overnight and just tried some.  I think it came out pretty good.  The casing comes off very easy, but there is a skinny layer of tough meat.  The good news is this layer of tough meat is easy to remove.  Maybe the smoker got a little hot and overcooked the outside; I am not sure.  

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[smoking b]

I let the sausage sit in the fridge overnight and just tried some.  I think it came out pretty good.  .  

Yumm! That's what really matters the most. Looks good to me - Job well done 

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Looks really good! I have a summer sausage kit that's just waiting for me to use. Guess I better get busy!

 

[diggingdogfarm]

Very nice!


~Martin

 

[woodcutter]

Lots of mustard seeds........They were made for summer sausage!