Smoking sausage without cure

[Kduke]

I am hot smoking sausage without a curing salt at 225-250. I vacuum pack and freeze sausage after smoking. It will be cooked thoroughly when used, my question is do I have to smoke it until it’s completely done? What is the lowest safest temp I can smoke it to?

 

[SmokinAl]

I think the best way to do it would be to make the sausage & freeze it fresh, then when you are ready to eat it, smoke it then. The lowest temp to make sausage safe to eat is 160. And I would not take it out sooner, now you have fully cooked sausage & all you need to do is warm it up on a grill or a hot CI pan.
Al

 

[Kduke]

I think the best way to do it would be to make the sausage & freeze it fresh, then when you are ready to eat it, smoke it then. The lowest temp to make sausage safe to eat is 160. And I would not take it out sooner, now you have fully cooked sausage & all you need to do is warm it up on a grill or a hot CI pan.
Al

Thank you. I just notice that some sausages in the store are smoked but state to cook thoroughly. I was wondering if they are not smoking it to a complete done state so then when you cook a second time it hasn’t been cooked to much.

 

[chef jimmyj]

You can Smoke/Pasteurize Fresh Sausage to a Minimum Temp of 145°F and hold there 3 minutes. This is NOT considered Fully Cooked , 160-165°F, since there is no cure...JJ

 

[Kduke]

You can Smoke/Pasteurize Fresh Sausage to a Minimum Temp of 145°F and hold there 3 minutes. This is NOT considered Fully Cooked , 160-165°F, since there is no cure...JJ

 

[Kduke]

Thank you!

 

[dernektambura]

I am hot smoking sausage without a curing salt at 225-250. I vacuum pack and freeze sausage after smoking. It will be cooked thoroughly when used, my question is do I have to smoke it until it’s completely done? What is the lowest safest temp I can smoke it to?

dude.... how many times did you buy frozen ass cooked commercial meal and cook it in microwave? if you hit safe internal temp before you freeze it you're good at least 6 month....

 

[Bearcarver]

I would smoke/cook it to 160° Internal Temp before eating it.
And personally I would either Freeze it Raw or Smoke/cook it to 160° before freezing it.
I would not recommend cooking it halfway before freezing & the rest of the way after thawing.

Bear

 

[Kduke]

dude.... how many times did you buy frozen ass cooked commercial meal and cook it in microwave? if you hit safe internal temp before you freeze it you're good at least 6 month....