Youngest daughter phoned yesterday and pleaded for me to make her some summer sausage. Went to Costco yesterday to pick up some ground beef and got 2 packages that each weighed about 5.5 pounds. I figures I will vac seal 1 pound and freeze. Got up this morning and got my mix going and the fibrous casings soaking. Went out to the beer fridge and got the two packs of ground beef and plopped them in my mixing tub. Poured the mix in and hand mixed it all up. Then I had the Oh Duh! I forgot to take 1 pound out. So I mixed up 11 pounds using a 10 pound recipe. I fried up and bit and did a taste test. Tasted pretty good so I figures I will just go ahead and stuff it all and smoke and see what happens.
Just finished stuffing and in the OBS to dry
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Been drying for about 1 1/2 hours and casings are tacky and ready for smoke. PID readings as the smoke is starting.
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Smoke is just starting to fill the OBS
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Smoking starting to roll out the vent
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Going to put 2 hrs of Hickory. Temps will be ramped 140 for 2 hrs, 150 2 hrs, 160 2 hrs, 170 2 hrs and 175 until IT is 152.
Be back after the smoke for updated photos. I understand the "no photos it didn't happen" rule ;D
Looks like it's happening to me!
Lookin gooood!!
Lookin good so far. ;D
Just a thought, did you add more cure to account for that extra lb of meat?
Quote from: OU812 on September 04, 2011, 04:49:04 PM
Lookin good so far. ;D
Just a thought, did you add more cure to account for that extra lb of meat?
Yep. added just a little less than 1/4 tsp for the extra pound.
Looks good Sailor. Now for the smoke shot.
Quote from: Sailor on September 05, 2011, 06:45:49 AM
Quote from: OU812 on September 04, 2011, 04:49:04 PM
Lookin good so far. ;D
Just a thought, did you add more cure to account for that extra lb of meat?
Yep. added just a little less than 1/4 tsp for the extra pound.
Your the man.
Is it done yet Is it done yet Is it done yet Is it done yet? ;D
Yep they got done. Was just too lazy to upload the pics ;D
Just after the smoke ended
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Cold bath and bloomed and this is after an overnight in the fridge hotel
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All vac sealed and in the freezer. But here is a $ shot of the sample test.
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Awesome. That is it just awesome.
Oh My.
That's pretty.
hawg dang the sausage pusher man
Sailor
Your cut shot looks great. I like all the mustard seed and cracked black pepper. It looks a lot like some I just had on crackers.
Kirby
Quote from: pikeman_95 on September 05, 2011, 08:39:34 PM
Sailor
Your cut shot looks great. I like all the mustard seed and cracked black pepper. It looks a lot like some I just had on crackers.
Kirby
Guess I did good then. It was your recipe ;D
The money shot looks gooood!
I could go for a sammie with a bunch of that sausage, some mustard and a big slab of onion.
Nice SS there Sailor ;D
Jim that is some great looking sausage. Did it pass the daughter test?
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on September 06, 2011, 08:31:25 AM
Jim that is some great looking sausage. Did it pass the daughter test?
OH it passed the test with flying colors. I was not aware of the whole plan these girls hatched up. Seems like another daughter that lives in Atlanta had planned to come down and go with her Sister to Key West for the Labor Day weekend. Well, yesterday evening they show up at the door and I was shocked to see them as I had no idea the other Sister was down. Had a nice chat and when they got ready to leave they both went to the freezer and cleaned it out. Took all the Jalapeno & Cheddar, Kielbasa, Summer Sausage and left over brisket. I did get a "Dad we love you so much" so it is all good. Wife had cleaned me out when she went to the daughters in Orlando before she went to NC to the 4th daughters to grand kid set. I sure thought I was good on my stash since the wife cleaned me out and now it looks like I have a lot of smoking ahead of me to get my stash back up.