Had a day to be around the house, no plans, and I got to thinking that I had some ground pork butt laying around that should be used up. Been wanting to try smoked kielbasa and hot dogs, so I decided to go for it. I used Disco's hot dog recipe that I found on the forum, did roughly 50/50 80/20 ground beef and ground pork butt, and I have to tell you, the fry test was INCREDIBLE. Can't wait until these babies can be eaten. If you haven't tried this recipe, try it, you won't be disappointed.
For the kielbasa, I used Rytek's recipe for smoke kielbasa in his book. Calls for soy protein concentrate. It is amazing, fry testing this recipe vs, the hot dogs, the hot dog fry test had water coming out while frying, while the kielbasa didn't leak out much moisture at all. That soy protein must work!
Both are on the smoker now, I didn't get pics while making it up, but I will post a money shot later. I chose to smoke these like a summer sausage, but not as long. So an hour or so to dry the casings at 100-120 degrees, then smoke applied for maybe two or three hours at 150-160. I will then pull them and hot water bath to 152 just to make sure they are safe. I will grill them prior to eating, but I shouldn't have to worry about temp of the sausage when grilling if I take them to 152 now.
For the kielbasa, I used Rytek's recipe for smoke kielbasa in his book. Calls for soy protein concentrate. It is amazing, fry testing this recipe vs, the hot dogs, the hot dog fry test had water coming out while frying, while the kielbasa didn't leak out much moisture at all. That soy protein must work!
Both are on the smoker now, I didn't get pics while making it up, but I will post a money shot later. I chose to smoke these like a summer sausage, but not as long. So an hour or so to dry the casings at 100-120 degrees, then smoke applied for maybe two or three hours at 150-160. I will then pull them and hot water bath to 152 just to make sure they are safe. I will grill them prior to eating, but I shouldn't have to worry about temp of the sausage when grilling if I take them to 152 now.
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