Hunters Sausage

[venture]

Thanks for the info on the grind.

You are a sausage master.  How did you get messy hands like I do? 

I wonder how many QVIEWS get skipped because of messy hands.  Or the person who is just too busy to remember the pics?   Or we started taking pics and just got side tracked somewhere between the beer cooler and the camera?  Usually at the critical moments when pics were required!

I admit to being the most guilty party.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Thanks for the info on the grind.

You are a sausage master.  How did you get messy hands like I do? 

I wonder how many QVIEWS get skipped because of messy hands.  Or the person who is just too busy to remember the pics?   Or we started taking pics and just got side tracked somewhere between the beer cooler and the camera?  Usually at the critical moments when pics were required!

I admit to being the most guilty party.

Good luck and good smoking.

Just one them messy hand times and didnt want to get my camera messy.

Thanks everyone.

 

[roller]

Looks real good !!!

 

[jp61]

 Looks great Rick!

 

[kathrynn]

I'm looking into a pocket scale..... Is that a chepo from amazon... was wanting to know if they work good

Harbor freight like $14

Guy told me they keep em locked up cuz people steal em for weighing out their drugs.

They had those on sale for $7.99 two weeks ago.  Went to get one..sold out. 

 

[wes w]

I'm becoming very interested in the stuffed sausage making.

Dumb question time....

Where do you buy casings?  

I've read that its hard to stuff with a grinder stuffer.   If so, whats a good cheap stuffer?

Nepas, your sausage looks awesome.   I really want to try this.

Thanks

 

[smoking b]

I'm becoming very interested in the stuffed sausage making.

Dumb question time....

Where do you buy casings?  

I've read that its hard to stuff with a grinder stuffer.   If so, whats a good cheap stuffer?

Nepas, your sausage looks awesome.   I really want to try this.

Thanks

Here'e a good stuffer that's cheap  http://www.grizzly.com/products/5-lb-Sausage-Stuffer-Vertical/H6252   a lot of people on here are very happy with it.  I get my casings at a local butcher shop. You can get them a lot of places online also & some grocery stores carry them.

 

[wes w]

Thanks smoke.   The more I read, the more stuff I want to try.

 

[smoking b]

Thanks smoke.   The more I read, the more stuff I want to try.

No problem Wes 

  & yup it kinda feeds on itself & draws you right in & before you even realize what's going on you're hooked! 

 

[daveomak]

Wes, I would avoid the "home pack" of casings....  they are usually odds and ends... different diameters and lengths... some have said they may even contain holes....    When casings are sorted at the "factory", they are rinsed, flushed etc. and I'm sure if holes are present, those casings do not go into the "hank" packs that command a premium price....  Dave

 

[wes w]

Thanks Dave.

I'm just going to have to start asking around to see whats in this area.   This is totally new to me.  

This site has inspired me so much.  So many helpful people from around the world.   

I think we need to elect Jeff for president!  We'd have awesome food, rivers of beer and no worries! 

 

[daveomak]

You are correct Dave, I have become good friends with my local butcher over the last few years and that's the only place I buy casings anymore. They are pre-flushed and nice long lengths perfect for sausage making. I used to buy the "home packs" but everytime it wasn't the different diameters as much as the different lengths that were a pain. He sell's them to me for his price and I buy them fresh whenever I need them. I'm going to pick up some sheep for this weekends snack sticks. I have bought them before from the sausage maker in hank quantities with very good results.

There is nothing better than being friends with your local butcher......   And that is all I can say about that....... Dave

 

[wes w]

So I guessing as you stuff, you just twist the casing to start another link? 

Edit:   I hope I'm not stealing a thread.  If I don't ask questions as I think of them, I forget....  I by no means want to take away from this awesome looking Hunters Sausage thread.   I'm just trying to learn how to get the meat into the innards.  :-)

 

[daveomak]

So I guessing as you stuff, you just twist the casing to start another link? 

Wes... When stuffing, usually fill a length... grab 4-5", pinch... next 4-5", pinch.... Then rotate the second link toward you... 4-5", pinch... then rotate away from you... repeat.......   that way they never twist into a dog-knot....  There is a video of that somewhere around here.... 

Here is how Greg and Pete do it.... 

http://sausagecraft.info/sausage/articles/a-guide-to-linking-sausages.html

 

[wes w]

Thanks Dave.  I'll keep looking for it.    Thanks everyone so much!

 

[venture]

Wes, Dave has you covered.

It is why the stuffing process needs to be monitored.  Not too loose to create air pockets.  Not so tight you get blowouts when twisting the links two or three times alternating directions.

It really isn't as complicated as it sounds.  Just a little practice and you will have it down.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[fpnmf]

Wes... When stuffing, usually fill a length... grab 4-5", pinch... next 4-5", pinch.... Then rotate the second link toward you... 4-5", pinch... then rotate away from you... repeat.......   that way they never twist into a dog-knot...

I do the twirl thing making two at a time...

Look at 6:30 minute part and it shows how to do it...

Much easier and quicker than the opposite way twist method...

 

[shannon127]

Here is how I like to do the mid sized links.

 

[diggingdogfarm]

I do the same double braid too a lot of the time.


~Martin

 

[daveomak]

See there...... I'm not too old to learn new techniques.... I'm gonna try to remember that.....   Thanks Craig.....