summer sausage

[dbondy]

Hi  Quarlow. A stuffer is the only way to , I got very lucky on mine. I got it from my mother, she said it came from my great grandad. Its an old enterprize stuffer, its not pretty but works awsome. :D

[drano]

dbondy,
that looks awsome, especially for a first batch!
I've used a few High Mt kits also and really liked them, but now I've switched to Friscos in Omaha. 
You'll like a nice stuffer.  I've got a 11 lb Cabelas (and now with a motor on it).  I think I made one batch w/out a stuffer. 
I seems like it takes longer to get my sausage up to temp than 7.5 hours, and I only put 3 in at a time.  Next time I'm using 1.75 lb casings that are smaller in diameter, so they should cook thru quicker. 
Now you can make snack sticks, brats, kielbasa, italian sausage, . . .

get smokin
drano

[Tenpoint5]

dbondy hang on to that stuffer I have seen them go for $600 at auctions for the big ones. especially if you have both plates and the fruit juicer

[HawkeyeSmokes]

Great looking sausage there. Hard to believe that's your first try at it.  ;D

[OU812]

Great job on the suasage db

When doing deer sausage I like 60% deer and 40% pork butt, works great.

[RAF128]

Hi mikeradio. It took about 7.5hrs, then 25 mins in water bath to cool off, then let bloom for 3hrs. Since it was my first try, I used the himountain kit with extra pepper corns. Came Out great, a few tubes went missing right away(must of been the in laws) . Next time I,ll add more pepper corns ,garlic and some fermento from the sausage maker. I like alittle more tang to my sausage, so hope this might help.

I've used that kit a couple times.   Never thought to  put peppercorns or cracked pepper in it but should have.   Only thing I added was mustard seeds.
What temp did you smoke at?

[Roadking]

Here's a book you should get RAF128 fantastic book, you can get it at anyone of these sites:
1. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Sausage-Recipes-Meat-Curing/dp/0025668609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257298387&sr=1-1

2. http://www.sausagemaker.com/71200greatsausagerecipesandmeatcuringbyrytekkutas.aspx

[RAF128]

Hi  Quarlow. A stuffer is the only way to , I got very lucky on mine. I got it from my mother, she said it came from my great grandad. Its an old enterprize stuffer, its not pretty but works awsome. :D

Does stuffer look anything like this?   This is over 100 years old and works great.

[dbondy]

Hi RAF128, yep thats the same stuffer as mine. I also have the smaller juicing plate, strainer and origanal box. Its not as pretty looking as yours, but works fine. I was suprized that 10.5 said it was worth that much. I will make sure it stays in the family.  Thanks ::)