Sausage Making With Friends [280 # batch]

[pikeman_95]

Well I finally put together an temporay sausage making area out side to make a mess with my friends and not get into trouble. This is the man tent from the outside. Hot and cold water and outside sink on the inside. We ground pork on Thursday night and started mixing and stuffing on Friday morning. We managed to get some of the sausage smoked on Friday and finished stuffing and smoking on Saturday by mid afternoon.




inside man tent





The 35 pound stuffer in the ready



First the spices. Enough Spice for 250 # of summer sausage and enough German Frankfurter spices for 120 # of franks.



140 pounds of ground pork.


Here is the  video of mixing one of 11 batches. When the links open click on the full screen icon to increase the view on you computer.

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/ad274/pikeman_95/A%20%20SAUSAGE%20WITH%20FRIENDS%20280%20POUNDS/?action=view&current=USINGTHE5GALLONMIXEDR.mp4

Now that it was mixed we started stuffing.

First 160# of summer sausage.

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/ad274/pikeman_95/A%20%20SAUSAGE%20WITH%20FRIENDS%20280%20POUNDS/?action=view&current=STUFFINGSUMMERSAUSAGEWITHMARK.mp4

taking a little break.



Then 120 pounds of German Frankfurters.

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/ad274/pikeman_95/A%20%20SAUSAGE%20WITH%20FRIENDS%20280%20POUNDS/?action=view&current=STUFFINGTHEGERMANFRANKS.mp4

Now for some of the smoking process.

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/ad274/pikeman_95/A%20%20SAUSAGE%20WITH%20FRIENDS%20280%20POUNDS/?action=view&current=SAUSAGEINTHESMOKER.mp4

Now time for the Frankfurters to head for the smoker.


Some of the franks after blooming ready to be sorted and heading home. We used colored yarn to keep track of who's is who's.



one of the summer sausage batches ready to head home.

Tent put away and last batch in the tank



The money shot of some of the summer sausage.



Now for a quick show and tell how we wrap and store our sausage.

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/ad274/pikeman_95/A%20%20SAUSAGE%20WITH%20FRIENDS%20280%20POUNDS/?action=view&current=HOWTOWRAPTHESAUSAGE.mp4

And we all rested on Sunday but everybody was really happy with the product.

Kirby

[SiFumar]

Wow! What a marathon you had!  Looks great!  What a nice set up y'all had too!

[GusRobin]

I want to live next to Kirby!

[muebe]

Dang Kirby you know how to really make a load of sausage :o

[SamuelG]

Kirby,

I'm speechless....just amazing!!!

Great times, Great Sausage...


SamuelG

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[NePaSmoKer]

Kirby

The sausage looks great but even better is making it with good friends.........Priceless


Nice

[Mr Walleye]

Awesome job Kirby!  8)

Looks fantastic!  ;)

Mike

[Kevin A]

KIRBY, its always a treat to see you make your 'little' batches of franks!  ;)
I'm jealous you have the opportunity to share time with friends enjoying the whole process. What a great time all f you must have had!

I'm contemplating working with the men's ministry dept. where I work to see if we can corral enough guys to put on a 'frank-a-thon' similar to what you did.

Looks great!

— Kevin

[jiggerjams]

Excellent Post!! I am at work and can't wait to see the videos when I get home.

[ghost9mm]

Kirby I really enjoy looking at pictures of folks getting together and doing what they enjoy....while the work in doing so much sausage is tough the camaradiere of friendship is unforgetable...nice.

[pikeman_95]

KIRBY, its always a treat to see you make your 'little' batches of franks!  ;)
I'm jealous you have the opportunity to share time with friends enjoying the whole process. What a great time all f you must have had!

I'm contemplating working with the men's ministry dept. where I work to see if we can corral enough guys to put on a 'frank-a-thon' similar to what you did.

Looks great!

— Kevin

We did have a good time. I did make one mistake though. We made sausage the week before hunting season started and most of the younger guys were in the Rut. I had a little problem keeping them on task because all they wanted to talk about was hunting.
Kevin if you do work out a frank-a-thon let me know and I can help you with a few tips to make it go smoother. We did a frank-a-thon at our church and had a good time but I also needed to make some changes if I do it again. Like the guy that showed up with a hind quarter of elk frozen solid the evening we were going to grind everything. I gave him a meat saw and he spent a hour sawing it into chunks.

[lumpy]

Kirby you are a machine!!
Thanks for sharing the information with us.

Lumpy

[beefmann]

drool drool drool.... rubs my  back...  lots of good  looking hard work

[classicrockgriller]

That is just AWESOME!

What a FUN time among friends.

You Rock Piker.

[Keymaster]

Nice Job Kirby, Thanks for sharing!!!