A Little Kielbasa

Mr Walleye · March 30, 2013, 11:37:15 AM

I spent all day yesterday doing a 150 lb batch of my Kielbasa for a friend. I used a blend of 50% deer and 50% pork for this batch. I didn't have many pictures but I do have a couple. It was along day so I was a little tired by the time we had it all ran through the smoker, bloomed and packaged. I think start to finish it was about 18 hours and a bottle of rum. ;D

Mike

Sailor · March 30, 2013, 11:40:24 AM

Thud....that was my jaw hitting the ground :o Good thing you have that large smoker or you would still be smoking a month from now. ;D

STLstyle · March 30, 2013, 12:29:03 PM

Quote from: Sailor on March 30, 2013, 11:40:24 AM
Thud....that was my jaw hitting the ground :o Good thing you have that large smoker or you would still be smoking a month from now. ;D

No kidding! Hope your buddies hungry! Looks great!

Sailor · March 30, 2013, 12:43:46 PM

Mike, did you hot water bath them to finish or do it all in the big smoker? This looks like a Kirby smoke :o ;D

Habanero Smoker · March 30, 2013, 12:59:28 PM

Mike;

Another great batch of sausage. I don't know how you can make 150 lbs., or the 200 lbs. you posted not too long ago, at a time.

Great job!!!

Between you and Devo, you are going to make Canada the "Sausage Capital of the World". :)

Mr Walleye · March 30, 2013, 01:26:40 PM

Thanks guys.

I did finish them in a hot water bath. I usually apply about 2 to 3 hours of smoke and look for that nice mahogany color, then in to the hot water bath at 160 degrees till they reach 155 degrees.

Mike

pikeman_95 · March 30, 2013, 01:30:08 PM

Mike
Another great looking batch. Go big or go home. Your friend sure must be happy. Looks like lots of cracked pepper in that sausage.

Mr Walleye · March 30, 2013, 01:47:52 PM

Thanks Kirby.

Your mixer and stuffer got another work out! 8)

Mike

car54 · March 30, 2013, 02:24:20 PM

impressive! Did u have help or did u drink the rum by yourself?

Mr Walleye · March 30, 2013, 02:37:23 PM

Quote from: car54 on March 30, 2013, 02:24:20 PM
impressive! Did u have help or did u drink the rum by yourself?

;D ;D ;D

My friend brought the bottle so... Well... we had to finish it! ;D

Mike

JZ · March 30, 2013, 05:44:13 PM

Those look perfect and I can't believe you can do all that in ONE day. If I do a 10lb batch I think it was a busy day. Best be keeping my mouth shut. :-X

I have a printout of one of your earlier posts with your recipe and smoke / cook / bath recommendations and still use that. Great stuff.

Grouperman941 · March 30, 2013, 05:48:13 PM

That looks amazing!

iceman · March 30, 2013, 06:19:33 PM

Great looking batch Mike! :)

Keymaster · March 30, 2013, 07:11:56 PM

Awesome Job Mike!! Those look really good!!

pikeman_95 · March 30, 2013, 08:17:38 PM

Quote from: Mr Walleye on March 30, 2013, 01:47:52 PM
Thanks Kirby.

Your mixer and stuffer got another work out! 8)

Mike

Quote from: JZ on March 30, 2013, 05:44:13 PM
Those look perfect and I can't believe you can do all that in ONE day. If I do a 10lb batch I think it was a busy day. Best be keeping my mouth shut. :-X

I have a printout of one of your earlier posts with your recipe and smoke / cook / bath recommendations and still use that. Great stuff.

Mike has a few time savers. Here is an example of the time the mixer will save. This is a 30 pound batch in around 45 seconds to a minute.

http://s943.photobucket.com/user/pikeman_95/media/mixinggermanFrankfurters_zps58019731.mp4.html

Mike also has a large stuffer that can crank out some serious sausage.