Kielbasa and Pepper sticks ?

[poacherjoe]

I have 10 pounds of sticks and 5 pounds of sausage and I want to smoke them but the sticks call for the step method and the sausage calls for 180 for 2 hours or so till the IT gets to 160 . Can I just smoke them both using the step method ? I can run a probe to each to monitor the IT.

 

[Brokenhandle]

You could and it would be fine. Only thing is how big your smoker! 15 lbs of sticks and sausage is too much for some smokers at a time

Ryan

 

[poacherjoe]

You could and it would be fine. Only thing is how big your smoker! 15 lbs of sticks and sausage is too much for some smokers at a time

Ryan

It fill fit with room to spare . I have a hard time fitting 12.5 pounds of ring bologna due to the shape but all the sticks and sausage fit on the racks. It's a SmokinTex 1460 and I think it's supposed to handle 60 pounds.

 

[Brokenhandle]

If you take smoker temp to 180 you're risking some fat out. You can leave it at a lower temp for a longer period to pasterize it. Rich, chopsaw could give you the times and temps. I know there's a table for it, maybe a sticky in sausage forum

Ryan