I did not go into this venture thinking of posting pictures so please excuse the poor quality of pictures. I recently bought a new Kirby Cannon and within days we made 300lbs of kielbasa. Loved the cannon but I mounted it on a saw table that had a drop deck. It made loading it much easier and faster and because of the drop didn't hardly have to use the plunger to pack it tight.
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Hog Dang! Now that is a load of sausage. Looks like you had lots of help on that project.
Quote from: Sailor on April 11, 2013, 10:50:26 AM
Hog Dang! Now that is a load of sausage. Looks like you had lots of help on that project.
sorry I am just not getting the pictures to load right
I see you have one photo loaded up. When I viewed it you had the address to your photobucket and I could see all of them. Any way you can post the rest of the photos up? They were amazing.
thats a lot of sausages
Quote from: Sailor on April 11, 2013, 12:19:57 PM
I see you have one photo loaded up. When I viewed it you had the address to your photobucket and I could see all of them. Any way you can post the rest of the photos up? They were amazing.
I will try tomorrow, today me and the machine are fighting, and if I don't walk away it might win....
Here ya go
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Quote from: devo on April 11, 2013, 03:15:22 PM
Here ya go
Devo. Thank you for posting the pictures. Can you tell me how you were able to post them?
Jim
If I had any idea that you were going to do that much at one time I would have loaned you my commercial paddle mixer. It will do over 100# per batch. You do need 240 volt power supply but that isn't too much of a problem. Even my 5 gallon mixers would have been a big break in the mixing process. I do like the idea of having the stuffer on a flip over table. I really don't have any problem filling it in the horizontal position but I guess you could just add a 90 degree base to the stuffer base and set it vertical on the floor. It might be faster to fill and it wouldn't take too much trouble to set it back on the counter. Man that is one large batch of sausage. How hot do you run that big smoker. I think you said that you use a open fire system. Very good looking sausage. Glad to see that the stuffer worked well for you. Did your relatives enjoy the change in the process.
Kirby
Quote from: fuzzy1 on April 11, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: devo on April 11, 2013, 03:15:22 PM
Here ya go
Devo. Thank you for posting the pictures. Can you tell me how you were able to post them?
When i was on your photobucket page I just copied each picture's address link and posted it here using the image codes [ img ]your picture link here[ /img ] You will see the little boxes up top and the one on the bottom far left is the image box. When you click that it will give the the image code and all you have to do is insert the picture URL in between them. Sorry I really can't explain it any better but I'm sure someone with better skills than I will come along and help out.
WOW, That's the mega Load of Sausage. Looks Great!!
OMG What a great bunch of sausage!
that is a whole bunch of sausage
Wow.
I'm not sure I'm worthy of hanging out here with my measly 10-15 lb batches.
Quote from: fuzzy1 on April 11, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: devo on April 11, 2013, 03:15:22 PM
Here ya go
Devo. Thank you for posting the pictures. Can you tell me how you were able to post them?
Though I'm not a big fan of posting pictures ;D, here is a Photobucket pictorial that will guide you through uploading and posting your pictures.
How To Post Pictures (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?488-Answers-To-Bradley-Smoker-FAQ-s&p=768#post768)
Though I must add your photos are informative.
All I have to say is WOW!
Those look amazing and with a group of guys like that, I bet it was pretty fun, too!
Thanks for sharing!
Mark (in Ottawa)
Quote from: pikeman_95 on April 11, 2013, 04:05:54 PM
Jim
If I had any idea that you were going to do that much at one time I would have loaned you my commercial paddle mixer. It will do over 100# per batch. You do need 240 volt power supply but that isn't too much of a problem. Even my 5 gallon mixers would have been a big break in the mixing process. I do like the idea of having the stuffer on a flip over table. I really don't have any problem filling it in the horizontal position but I guess you could just add a 90 degree base to the stuffer base and set it vertical on the floor. It might be faster to fill and it wouldn't take too much trouble to set it back on the counter. Man that is one large batch of sausage. How hot do you run that big smoker. I think you said that you use a open fire system. Very good looking sausage. Glad to see that the stuffer worked well for you. Did your relatives enjoy the change in the process.
Kirby
Kirby,
I have always wanted a commercial paddle mixer but like I said, one toy at a time. The cannon was a big improvement over the little hand crank enterprise stuffer. Although the older people like to get the younger ones involved by 'letting' them crank the stuffer. They still thought we should do part of it through the little stuffer. I guess I won out this time. They still think the next batch they want to let them crank the stuffer. It would have to be a darn small batch before I do that again. The more I get to use the cannon the more I know I am going to like it. The table was just something that I had around that made it easier and faster to load. worth a try anyway. We really weren't sure what was going to work the best so we tried several different things. Most of the people there were only there to see the new toy I have been talking about so I put them to work helping a little. usually there is three or four of us but it did go well for first time using the cannon.
Jim
Quote from: drano on April 11, 2013, 07:22:47 PM
Wow.
I'm not sure I'm worthy of hanging out here with my measly 10-15 lb batches.
you have to be kidding. I am looking forward to doing the 10-15 lb batches and experimenting with all your guys recipes. We usually do the big batch twice a year so now that I have my stuffer that I can run myself I am looking forward to doing small batches of hotdogs, brauts, etc to find more sausages that I like.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on April 12, 2013, 02:02:43 AM
Quote from: fuzzy1 on April 11, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: devo on April 11, 2013, 03:15:22 PM
Here ya go
Devo. Thank you for posting the pictures. Can you tell me how you were able to post them?
Though I'm not a big fan of posting pictures ;D, here is a Photobucket pictorial that will guide you through uploading and posting your pictures.
How To Post Pictures (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?488-Answers-To-Bradley-Smoker-FAQ-s&p=768#post768)
Though I must add your photos are informative.
sorry for the pictures, I wouldn't have posted them but I read other peoples comments that they liked to see pictures. And I was pretty proud of our first batch using my now toy, the Kirby Cannon. Thanks for the help and the comments. I will keep the pictures to a minimum in the future.
Jim
Quote from: fuzzy1 on April 12, 2013, 08:18:05 AM
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on April 12, 2013, 02:02:43 AM
Quote from: fuzzy1 on April 11, 2013, 03:58:24 PM
Quote from: devo on April 11, 2013, 03:15:22 PM
Here ya go
Devo. Thank you for posting the pictures. Can you tell me how you were able to post them?
Though I'm not a big fan of posting pictures ;D, here is a Photobucket pictorial that will guide you through uploading and posting your pictures.
How To Post Pictures (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?488-Answers-To-Bradley-Smoker-FAQ-s&p=768#post768)
Though I must add your photos are informative.
sorry for the pictures, I wouldn't have posted them but I read other peoples comments that they liked to see pictures. And I was pretty proud of our first batch using my now toy, the Kirby Cannon. Thanks for the help and the comments. I will keep the pictures to a minimum in the future.
Jim
Jim, I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. We LOVE pictures!
Mark (in Ottawa)
Jim
Habs was just kidding [I think] We love pictures. The difference in saying you made 300 pounds of sausage and seeing what 300# of sausage looks like are worlds apart. It is so much more impressive to see. I was not kidding about the big mixer. If do a large batch like that again you could borrow the big mixer. It would handle each sink full meat at one shot. It does a great job. We have done up to 539# at one time and our butts were dragging. We only were making summer sausage so it went quite fast. Give me a call this evening and I will walk you through the picture process. It is quite simple.
Quote from: pikeman_95 on April 12, 2013, 09:17:47 AM
Jim
Habs was just kidding [I think] We love pictures. The difference in saying you made 300 pounds of sausage and seeing what 300# of sausage looks like are worlds apart. It is so much more impressive to see. I was not kidding about the big mixer. If do a large batch like that again you could borrow the big mixer. It would handle each sink full meat at one shot. It does a great job. We have done up to 539# at one time and our butts were dragging. We only were making summer sausage so it went quite fast. Give me a call this evening and I will walk you through the picture process. It is quite simple.
I know all about the butt dragging part. We used to do 600# in a batch. Had two smoke houses going and still did it with a little enterprise hand crank stuffer. Now we are down to one smoke house and about 300# is all it will hold. I would love to try a mixer but like I said before, the old guys like to do it the old fashion way. But then again, I guess they are mostly just there to observe any more. and offer lots of advise. haha. We usually do a batch in the spring and one in the fall right before hunting season so don't be surprised if I call you some time to see if the offer still stands. If you know of any place I might find one fairly reasonable let me know. thanks again
Jim,
Mark and Kirby nailed it.
When you see a smiley face at the end of one of my sentences that is worded like that, don't take it too seriously. The demand for learning how to post pictures and to post pictures, is high that is why I updated the Photobucket pictorial.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on April 12, 2013, 12:57:27 PM
Jim,
Mark and Kirby nailed it.
When you see a smiley face at the end of one of my sentences that is worded like that, don't take it too seriously. The demand for learning how to post pictures and to post pictures, is high that is why I updated the Photobucket pictorial.
Thank you for posting the pics and thanks for the lesson. haha
You're welcome.
That is a lot of sausage. I don't know how Mike, Kirby and you can make so much in one sitting.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on April 13, 2013, 01:48:40 AM
You're welcome.
That is a lot of sausage. I don't know how Mike, Kirby and you can make so much in one sitting.
Ha ha ha, there is no sitting involved. :D
I was searching for Kielbasa recipes as I'm going to make some tomorrow and came across this post. I'm bumping it up so other newbies like me can see this. This is absolutely incredible, fantastic even. I don't recognize fuzzy1, the original poster, but hats off to you sir, please post more if you're still reading.
HOLY GUACAMOLE!! That much sausage is very cool..
Pictures might be cool but I wonder whether the meat stayed cool while the boys were mixing it with bare hands. For that much sausage a mixer was definately in order.
Oh yes the meat stays cool, in fact way cold. you can only mix for a couple minutes and then you you need to take your hands out of the meat to warm up.
Hey guys. Mixing problem solved in a little more then a week. Fuzzy1 will have a 150 pound stainless mixer. He is going to buy mine. I use my 50 pound Kirby mixer most of the time. I don't make much more then 150 pounds at a time and they are different recipes so we break it up into smaller mixes.
KC