The sausage maker has stainless disc mounted to stainless rod, that are sized for normal stuffing horn diameters. You can use to push meat out and they sterilize and clean easy.
That's how I usually do it. I have also done the smaller stuffing horn in plastic, but I mostly wad up a piece of paper towel and shove it through the horn with whatever is handy. I have the LEM 5# with the plastic horns so you can see well enough to know when to stop so you don't shove the paper towel into your casing.
I thought about getting some dowels sized close to my horns to shove the meat out. Do you oil them like you would a cutting board to seal them?
I don't, But I drape a piece of plastic wrap over the dowel before plunging the meat out... then wash it good.
No . I use plastic like Dan or just a paper towel . That spray in the picture is food service no rinse . 90 seconds kills the nasty stuff . Not worried about the sides , but I do keep an eye on the end grain .
I was thinking someone needs to make something like a bore snake for stuffing horns. Not for shoving the meat out, but for washing inside.
There ya go . I have several different sizes of foam backer rod in the garage . Next sausage run I'm gonna try it and just throw it away that section away .
Mmm... you know what would be the best dang sausage aroma? Hoppes #9! Smells soooo good...
The wooden spoons in our turn style are my dowels . Maybe we need to get a patent on a mini plunger type device in a varied diameter's for the various ID's of the stuffing horns we use ?
Our drought is ending as we speak - been raining all night, and it looks like it will keep on doing so, until the first big freeze tomorrow night, and darn, the company that blows out the irrigation lines doesn't come until the end of the week!
