Sausage Process

[hubenjd]

Fellow Meatheads!! So, this is actually my very first post on the forum, and I am looking for some early guidance. I just made some sausage out of a pork butt, with some seasoning and cheeses. They came out looking awesome!! Seemed well packed. I then smoked them for 3 1/2 hours at 125 for flavor. They started looking even better. My issue is that the casing was way too tough. I used natural hog casing by oversea. I think it was my process for sure. they looked great, just could not bite through the casing easily.

1-soak casing in cool water for 30 minutes (15 minutes per the instructions), run water inside

2-sit in fridge overnight

3-smoke at 125 for 3 1/2 hours

4-increase temp on grill, looked like it was about to bust, eat

4b-tried boiling, way worse, could not bite through casing

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• hubenjd
• Jul 2, 2017

 

[SmokinAl]

This may help you next time.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/159729/how-to-handle-natural-casings

Al

 

[boykjo]

 
Fellow Meatheads!! So, this is actually my very first post on the forum, and I am looking for some early guidance. I just made some sausage out of a pork butt, with some seasoning and cheeses. They came out looking awesome!! Seemed well packed. I then smoked them for 3 1/2 hours at 125 for flavor. They started looking even better. My issue is that the casing was way too tough. I used natural hog casing by oversea. I think it was my process for sure. they looked great, just could not bite through the casing easily.

1-soak casing in cool water for 30 minutes (15 minutes per the instructions), run water inside

2-sit in fridge overnight

3-smoke at 125 for 3 1/2 hours

4-increase temp on grill, looked like it was about to bust, eat

4b-tried boiling, way worse, could not bite through casing

sausage.png

• hubenjd
• Jul 2, 2017

First off, welcome to SMF and were glad to have you aboard.......can you explain more about the 125 for 3.5 hrs.  tough casings can be caused by under stuffing, over drying the casing before cooking, poor quality casings, too much vinegar added during storage to name a few

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Boykjo