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[Bavind]

Hey Bandit welcome to the addiction. I live in Calgary and cant seem to stop making and smoking sausage. If you are looking for premix packages of spices try CTR on 52nd St in Calgary. They do a fantastic sausage course also. If you are looking for stuff send me a message I am usually on here every day. If you cant get a hold of me the guys here are a great resource to learn stuff.

[watchdog56]

If they are black,did you have the vent on your smoker closed or almost closed thinking that will get the heat up? It sounds weird but you need to keep vent 1/2 to full open at all times to get moisture out. If moisture builds up it will rain black droplets onto your sausage(this is called black rain). Also with the vent not open enough the moisture helps cool the inside temp of the smoker.

[thebandit]

I did have the vent open almost all the way, but I think I might have had way too much sausage in the smoker. I had every rack full and also another rack upside down on top of those. This outfit on 52nd, when do they have these courses, I would be interested in taking one