My first German Frankfurters, with pictures (thanks for the help, Kirby!)

[MTFiddler]

Pete,

very nice!! It's kinda nice to have a good mentor isn't it? That shot of the plate says it all, "might be a little bit of labor but the final reward is awesome".

Great Job.

We may have to have a smokeout this summer with the locals and see if some of the others might be passing thru and join all of us.

[crusty044]

Hi Pete,
I believe that you are my brother in law, your wife and mine must be sisters. They have the same look when we make snags and I always clean the mess up.
After seeing all these photos and the plate loaded with wonderful food I will invite myself for dinner.
The unevenly smoked sausages could be due to overloading your smoker and your sausages are touching. I used to have the same problem awhile back.
The frankfurters look good though, you are destined for much bigger batches of sausages for sure.
Congratulations,
Jan.
Brisbane.

[smokeNcanuck]

Awesome! The look on your wife's face is priceless..

X2 LOVED IT!!

Really nice looking sausage there, glad to see you going big on your first solo effort.

[NePaSmoKer]

Your wife is like........I'll kill ya worse than MrsNepas did mr nepas.....LOL

[Kevin A]

Nice looking sausages!

I've had uneven color on some batches—usually do possibly overcrowding of the smoker, touching of links, and 'uneven' smoke distribution.
Now I spread things out a bit more, no touching or crowding, and will rotate the load halfway through the smoke time if the color isnt looking uniform.

—Kevin