I made 25lbs of Venison Brats. I used the Cabelas Onion & Garlic Seasoning for 25lbs, 12.5 lbs venison/12.5 lbs pork butt. Casings came with the kit. I am going to make a Polish Sausage next.
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That looks great smokeitall, Thats a load! How do you like to cook your Brats?
I like them the best grilled....
Sometimes I will grill them up until they have a nice color and then put them in a crock pot full of beer and onions for a few hours.
Either way there is no leftovers.
I ended up with a Cabelas Italian sausage kit in my stocking.
How are the kits to use ?
Quote from: FLBentRider on December 26, 2008, 05:18:04 PM
I ended up with a Cabelas Italian sausage kit in my stocking.
How are the kits to use ?
Sounds like my kind of stocking stuffer...
Kits are very easy to use, but mixing is the most important. I plan on buying a large manual mixer soon. I found a 20 lb at Cabelas on sale for $99 and with one of the $20 off coupons it ends up a pretty good deal for something that is $150 list.
I was going to use my KitchenAid to do the mixing, I do not have the entire process mapped out yet...
Quote from: smokeitall on December 26, 2008, 05:40:58 PM
Sounds like my kind of stocking stuffer...
Now if there was a stuffer in my stocking....
;D ;D
smokeitall
Man, you've been busy! Summer sausage, snack sticks, and brats.
I get my spices and casings from Frisco's on the south edge of Omaha NE.
http://www.friscospices.com/sausageseasoningmixes.asp (http://www.friscospices.com/sausageseasoningmixes.asp)
Great prices, and helpful staff.
Beer brat 25 lb mix is $3.95 (I've made several batches of this--always a winner at this house).
Most other 25 lb mixes are $4-6.
150 feet of collegen casing is $12.
I guess I cheat on mixing. I cut up the meat (pork blade steaks and beef chuck steak) into 1/2-3/4" by 2-3" strips, mix in spices and enough water until it gets real slippery/slimey, then grind it thru a 7mm plate. Everything gets mixed as it is ground. Then I stuff it. I've done this with brats, several batches of summer sausage, and one batch of snack sticks. So far, so good. A mixer would be nice, but the load needs to be close to the designed size--too full or too empty, they don't work well (acording to the local Cabela's guys). I make 12.5 lb batches right now. May move up to 25 lb brat batches the next time.
drano
Thanks Drano I am always looking for more places to get spices and casings. I will def bookmark this one.
Smokeitall,
You are driving me crazy with all the sausage. I am now on my second drool bucket. ;) :D :D :D
Thanks for the posts, everything looks great!