Gotta start somewhere...pepperettes

[Mark in Ottawa]

So I made my first ever sausage today...4lbs of HiMountain pepperettes. I wanted to use the kit to get my feet wet and figured that I could learn and change up the recipe from here. First time using my KitchenAid grinder which doubles as a stuffer too.



All in all it went well and I learned a lot. Into the Bradley's tomorrow to smoke for a few hours.

Thanks for all the help along the way. It gave me the confidence to even try this out!

Mark (in Ottawa)


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[drano]

Those look great!  Especially for being stuffed with a KitchenAid grinder. 
I started out with that, and have since upgraded.  But it will get the job done. 
Post up some pics after it comes out of the smoker.
Welcome to the addiction. 

[devo]

All in all it went well and I learned a lot.

I'll bet you learnt the next toy you buy will be a stuffer  ;D

Good looking sticks for the grinder. Not many can make them look that good from a grinder stuffer.

[Mark in Ottawa]

I think I may have messed up my pepperettes. For some reason I got it in my head that to smoke/cook them I had to cut them into sticks.

Just re-read the instructions and the last step after smoking them is to cut them into sticks. Oooops.

They're in the Bradley's now getting up to 165f.

Did I just ruin them?

Mark (in Ottawa)


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[wetzel1977]

Don't worry you will be fine just watch your it temp and you should be ok. I have stuffed sausage then cut them into links and then smoked them tons of times and they turn out just fine.   152- 155 it will get them sticks lip smacking good.Good luck

[Mark in Ottawa]

Thanks Wetzel! They seem to have turned out alright, but I'll only get to taste test tomorrow.

Money shot!


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[wetzel1977]

Glad it worked out ok for you. Let us know how they taste. Nice pic of the finished product

[mutts]

This is a bad thing you have done.......
Starts out with small sticks in 4 lb batches, and soon turns into 50# batches of summer sausage.
An uncontrolled addiction to sausage making is a bad thing.
Eat the evidence.....
Nice job on the sticks.
Mutts