Smoked/sous vide summer sausage

[crazymoon]

Another batch of Thuringer with jalapenos was on the agenda,
here's the farce after a day in the fridge. P&S Seasoning plus one jar of Mt Olive diced jalapenos and one cup of powdered buttermilk for "tang". Double ground through a 1/4 inch plate.

Here are my favorite tools for stuffing.A tape measure to make sure your sticks fit in the smoker and sous vide container.A sausage pricker for air pockets, spring loaded hog ring pliers,one stuffing tube pusher to get all the meat out and a pre- tied loop for hanging my sausage.

My 61mm x 24 fibrous casings are soaking in warm water for 30 minutes with another bowl of luke warm water on top to hold the casings submerged.

Into the smoker at 120 * for a 1.5 hour dry and then added hickory chips for 3 hours at 150*

I vac sealed each stick and put in my sous vide container at 140* for a little over 4 hours. This is Baldwin's time for the size/temp plus one hour.

I love this method because I have a set time when my sausage will be done. I have my great smoke flavor with a consistent product everytime ! I let the sausage cool by hanging in my cellar for 3-4 hours before putting it in the fridge overnight. I cut it up/vac sealed this AM for some great hunting camp snacks. Thanks for looking . CM

 

[JLeonard]

I hope you made some extras for around the house snacking. Those would never make it to deer camp with me.

Jim

 

[02ebz06]

Those look great!

What size rings do you use?
I have a cheap pliers that is a POS. Just use string now.
But, I've been eying up this auto-feed one with 1/2" rings --> Weston Pliers

 

[SmokinEdge]

Looks great nice work. I SV finish all my sausages too.

 

[indaswamp]

Great thread....the pictures flow well to the finish. And that is an awesome cut shot! Good job crazy!

 

[gmc2003]

Wow CM you can't be more than 2 to 3 hours away. I'll be right over for my chub. Looks and sounds fantastic.

Point for sure
Chris
and congrats on the feature.

 

[flatbroke]

Looks great. Congratulations on the rotator ride

 

[LoydB]

I love seeing sous vide used creatively. That looks fantastic.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Those look real good Crazy, That is something I could really
make a meal of.

Love the colour of them hanging.

David

 

[chopsaw]

Looks good CM .

 

[crazymoon]

Those look great!

What size rings do you use?
I have a cheap pliers that is a POS. Just use string now.
But, I've been eying up this auto-feed one with 1/2" rings --> Weston Pliers

02EB, I like these pliers , they only hold one ring( 1/2 Inch) but they were fairly cheap compared to the auto feed jobbies. I like rings over string and I double ring both ends . LOL they are cheap !

 

[indaswamp]

I like your coleman stacker ice chest set up. I have the same.....works awesome!

 

[DougE]

Looks fantastic, CM! nice run down of the process as well.

 

[crazymoon]

I like your coleman stacker ice chest set up. I have the same.....works awesome!

IDS, I got that set-up idea from this site many years ago. I can't remember which member posted it but they even told all of us what size hole saw was needed. This site is so full of great info !

 

[indaswamp]

Was probably me....but that was a long tine ago! LOL! Agreed....this site has soooooo much info!! I have learned a TON!

 

[uncle eddie]

Thanks for posting and reminding me to get my SV out to finish the sausage! Yours looks delicious!

 

[crazymoon]

Was probably me....but that was a long tine ago! LOL! Agreed....this site has soooooo much info!! I have learned a TON!

IDS, It was probably you and I thank you !!!!!

 

[crazymoon]

Thanks for posting and reminding me to get my SV out to finish the sausage! Yours looks delicious!

UE, I do 40-50 pounds of pork or venison SS every year, going on 40 years (ya I'm old). The smoker to SV is the only way I will do it now, always get a perfect product.

 

[DougE]

UE, I do 40-50 pounds of pork or venison SS every year, going on 40 years (ya I'm old). The smoker to SV is the only way I will do it now, always get a perfect product.

Any smoked sausage I make gets finished in SV since I find the end result superior to any other method I've tried.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks crazy good to me CM! And love that color of them hanging in smoker.

Ryan