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New and need advice for drying sausage

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timt

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Hello!  My name is Tim and I live in Ohio, in the Cleveland area.  I am in the process of getting everything together to try to dry sausage.  This is something my son and I would like to do together as we both love dried sausage.  I have been reading online and there seems to be many different opinions on humidity and temperature as well as a fan.  I have two places I am looking at, I have a 4 foot crawl space in my basement that I was thinking of using.  I would be worried about putting a heater down there though to maintain the right temperature.  I did purchase a humidifier also and experimented with it, the highest I could get it was 69% if that was accurate.  I also have another place up off of my bedroom that is a storage area in the closet, there is a door and it opens to the roof which has a power vent so it would get the air from the outside.

Any advice on what temperature and humidity I should keep the space at for drying sausage along with any recipes that are use around 30-40 lbs of meat is appreciated.  I am new to drying and want to do this right the first time so I do not waste money.  Also advice on air flow, what kind of fan and how often should it be on?  I am hesitant to leave a space heater on when I am not home and I know this takes at least 4 to 6 weeks.
 
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