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Smoking Techniques => Sausage Making => Topic started by: Phoneguy on March 25, 2010, 05:53:24 PM

Title: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: Phoneguy on March 25, 2010, 05:53:24 PM
Hey guys, I have a big pack (6lbs) of ground pork from costco...It says lean ground pork on the label, no percentages. I have a premeasured pack of seasoning from Stuffers to make Garlic sausage, needs 10 lbs, so I pulled out a bag of beef trim to grind up..that made 9 lbs, then I found a 1 lb bag of venison..

But I am thinking it might be to lean? Should I substitute some pork fat that I have for the 1 lb of venison?

Hoping to get an answer tonight cause I was going to mix it all before going to bed...

Thanks
    James
Title: Re: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: NePaSmoKer on March 25, 2010, 05:55:21 PM
Quote from: Phoneguy on March 25, 2010, 05:53:24 PM
Hey guys, I have a big pack (6lbs) of ground pork from costco...It says lean ground pork on the label, no percentages. I have a premeasured back of seasoning for stuffers to make Garlic sausage, needs 10 lbs, so I pulled out a bag of beef trim to grind up..that made 9 lbs, then I found a 1 lb bag of venison..

But I am thinking it might be to lean? Should I substitute some pork fat that I have for the 1 lb of venison?

Hoping to get an answer tonight cause I was going to mix it all before going to bed...

Thanks
     James

You should be good to go with how your doing it.
Title: Re: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: Phoneguy on March 25, 2010, 06:17:55 PM
Wow, quick reply from an expert! Thanks..This will be my first stab at cured sausage. Have made fresh a few times.

James
Title: Re: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: carnie1 on March 26, 2010, 06:58:01 AM
My costco here never has ground pork, sometimes its a little quicker to use than getting the grinder out
Title: Re: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: slider on March 26, 2010, 10:19:32 AM
I can get it at 1 Walmart. Its 2.38lb. That is the way I do it when I am working with deer meat.
Title: Re: Ground Pork from Costco
Post by: Phoneguy on March 29, 2010, 12:13:18 PM
For those of you who are curious how it turned out here is a follow up:

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=15161.0 (http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=15161.0)

James