summer sausage

[wrwoelfel]

Just got done with some 50/50 venison/pork SS. started it at 830 this morning at 140 with no smoke. Increased it ever hour by 10 degrees until 180. checked about 5 of them, out of 20 and the all read 160. i have never completed a smoke like this in that short of time. has anyone else been surprised like that?

 

[ab canuck]

  I have, nearly ruined the whole batch. My thermometer was messed up and heat was higher than I had thought. Another reason I want to get a GOOD thermometer. I have gone through 4-5 cheaper ones so far. Probes usually fail. That has been the the reason for ours to mess up.

 

[wrwoelfel]

I checked it with three different thermometer and they all read within 2 degrees of each other. just went out and cut some, werent very firm. putting them in for aa little longer.