OK to smoke last fall's sausage?

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Meat Mopper
Original poster
Feb 7, 2009
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16
Kutztown PA
Last fall I made 30 lbs of venison summer sausage and old fashioned bologna - I didnt smoke it because I couldnt control the temps in my ECB good enough, and didnt have the smokehouse yet.
Anyway, I have about 15 lbs left - cooked, vacuum sealed and in the freezer.
Any reason I can't defrost them, smoke them for a couple hours, and re-freeze?
If re-freezing is a bad idea, OK to smoke for a couple hours then serve?
Any advice on temps & times?
Should I peel off the casings before smoking?
 
we clean out our freezers every september and eat whats left in regards to wild game. been a lifelong ritual every year. i see no problem cooking to temp and eating it- id be wary of smoking it then refreezing it but thats just me.
 
Personally I wouldn't cold smoke it at this point but I sure would hot smoke it and eat it or freeze it after fully smoking it to temp
 
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