Venison sausage?

[watchdog56]

I plan on making venison sausage this weekend. I will be using Cabela's smokehouse sausage kit. I am only making 10 lbs so I will have to adjust mixture accordingly. Can I stuff the casings Friday night and leave in frig overnight and then smoke Sat. morning? The kit comes with casings already. Do I need to poke holes in the casings? If so do I poke the holes Friday night or before they go in smoker?

[KevinG]

It's ok to leave them in the fridge overnight. Poking the casings is usually only done with the synthetic ones so that when you twist em to tighten them up there's a place for the air to go.

[watchdog56]

OK Thanks.

[NePaSmoKer]

Cabelas seasoning are made by PS Seasonings and are really good.

What size are you doing? When i do sticks i poke a hole on the end just after the tie off so the air escapes when stuffing. I dont poke the larger casings eithe collagen, synthetic or natural.


nepas

[watchdog56]

will be doing summer sausage.

[drano]

I always grind/stuff one day and smoke the next.
If those are the big 3 inch summer sausage casings, it will take lots of time to reach 152 IT.  I've gone over 12 hours to get them up to 152 w/ only 3 sticks in the smoker. 
Because of this, my next batch will be made w/ slimmer casings so they will get up to temp quicker.

get smokin
drano