Summer sausage

[Thompsoncentre]

I see a lot of people when smoking SS the will finish in boiling water. Would it be fine if I smoked for 4-5 hours and finished in oven?

[devo]

As long as your internal temp reaches 152F it really dont matter how it gets there.

[beefmann]

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[Sailor]

I see a lot of people when smoking SS the will finish in boiling water. Would it be fine if I smoked for 4-5 hours and finished in oven?

Can you keep your oven below 170 degrees?  If you expose your SS to temps over 170 degrees you are going to have serious fat out.  Just sayin  ;D

[Thompsoncentre]

I think so, I made SS start to finish in my oven b4 I had my bradley. But good point I'll keep then very low

[devo]

You be fine at your lowest temp which most ovens are 200F. Just have a ice bath ready to drop them in so they dont keep cooking on you and fat out. Keep a close eye on the temp when it is getting close.

[pikeman_95]

As for the water bath.
first you only let the water bath get to 160-165 F I always feel the fat starts to melt at 170 or above. What you will find is most ovens do not go down that low. Second air is a much slower conductor of heat then water is. The water bath will take 20-30 minutes where the oven will take quite a bit longer. Third the hot air will tend to dry the meat under the casing where the water will keep it moist. It is up to your taste in sausage and the equipment that you have.
Kirby

[Thompsoncentre]

Thanks guys.
Next question. What is the least amount of time I can cook after stuffing. I ment to stuff last night but never made it back from fishing till 2am. So I will be stuffing this morning. Can I do it after supper? Or should I wait till tommarow after work?

[Thompsoncentre]

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[Sailor]

if you are using fibrouse casings you can stuff today and put in the fridge and you will be fine.  If you are using collagen casing then you may have a problem with moisture loss and the protein not binding with the casing.

[Thompsoncentre]

Thanks for the reply sailor. I'm using fibrousecasing casings. There the ones that came with my high mountion kit. I got done stuffing at around 11. I'm gonna start cooking around 5

[Thompsoncentre]

So what would the affects be of not letting it sitting enough b4 cooking?

[Thompsoncentre]

Anyone?

[devo]

So what would the affects be of not letting it sitting enough b4 cooking?

Not sure what you mean by not letting it sit enough. Can you maybe give us a little more info

[Thompsoncentre]

It says after stuffing let sit in fridge for 12-24 hours before smoking/cooking