summer sausage casing came loose

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I agree with the above , and mostly the comments that they look great . I'm spoiled with an MES and an Auber controller for doing sausage . You had those results using a WSM , you did good .
Consider some type of heat sink in the water bowl . Like sand , or heck I'd probably just use water .
Nice work .

Thank you! I do think a heat sink will solve the problem of being too close to the heat source. Appreciate the feedback and comment.