Well I finally put together an temporay sausage making area out side to make a mess with my friends and not get into trouble. This is the man tent from the outside. Hot and cold water and outside sink on the inside. We ground pork on Thursday night and started mixing and stuffing on Friday morning. We managed to get some of the sausage smoked on Friday and finished stuffing and smoking on Saturday by mid afternoon.
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inside man tent
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The 35 pound stuffer in the ready
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First the spices. Enough Spice for 250 # of summer sausage and enough German Frankfurter spices for 120 # of franks.
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140 pounds of ground pork.
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Here is the video of mixing one of 11 batches. When the links open click on the full screen icon to increase the view on you computer.
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Now that it was mixed we started stuffing.
First 160# of summer sausage.
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taking a little break.
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Then 120 pounds of German Frankfurters.
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Now for some of the smoking process.
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Now time for the Frankfurters to head for the smoker.
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Some of the franks after blooming ready to be sorted and heading home. We used colored yarn to keep track of who's is who's.
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one of the summer sausage batches ready to head home.
Tent put away and last batch in the tank
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The money shot of some of the summer sausage.
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Now for a quick show and tell how we wrap and store our sausage.
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And we all rested on Sunday but everybody was really happy with the product.
Kirby
Wow! What a marathon you had! Looks great! What a nice set up y'all had too!
I want to live next to Kirby!
Dang Kirby you know how to really make a load of sausage :o
Kirby,
I'm speechless....just amazing!!!
Great times, Great Sausage...
SamuelG
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Kirby
The sausage looks great but even better is making it with good friends.........Priceless
Nice
Awesome job Kirby! 8)
Looks fantastic! ;)
Mike
KIRBY, its always a treat to see you make your 'little' batches of franks! ;)
I'm jealous you have the opportunity to share time with friends enjoying the whole process. What a great time all f you must have had!
I'm contemplating working with the men's ministry dept. where I work to see if we can corral enough guys to put on a 'frank-a-thon' similar to what you did.
Looks great!
— Kevin
Excellent Post!! I am at work and can't wait to see the videos when I get home.
Kirby I really enjoy looking at pictures of folks getting together and doing what they enjoy....while the work in doing so much sausage is tough the camaradiere of friendship is unforgetable...nice.
Quote from: Kevin A on October 21, 2011, 09:10:35 AM
KIRBY, its always a treat to see you make your 'little' batches of franks! ;)
I'm jealous you have the opportunity to share time with friends enjoying the whole process. What a great time all f you must have had!
I'm contemplating working with the men's ministry dept. where I work to see if we can corral enough guys to put on a 'frank-a-thon' similar to what you did.
Looks great!
— Kevin
We did have a good time. I did make one mistake though. We made sausage the week before hunting season started and most of the younger guys were in the Rut. I had a little problem keeping them on task because all they wanted to talk about was hunting.
Kevin if you do work out a frank-a-thon let me know and I can help you with a few tips to make it go smoother. We did a frank-a-thon at our church and had a good time but I also needed to make some changes if I do it again. Like the guy that showed up with a hind quarter of elk frozen solid the evening we were going to grind everything. I gave him a meat saw and he spent a hour sawing it into chunks.
Kirby you are a machine!!
Thanks for sharing the information with us.
Lumpy
drool drool drool.... rubs my back... lots of good looking hard work
That is just AWESOME!
What a FUN time among friends.
You Rock Piker.
Nice Job Kirby, Thanks for sharing!!!
Now that is really something. WOW
Go big or go home. Very Impressive!
That's just CRAZY!!(but a really good crazy ;))
Nice work, really nice!
Great video's Kirby. One of these days you will learn how to do a big batch :P
Mighty Fine Indeed! Thanks for sharing with us Kirby!!!