Cold water bath for Summer Sausage ??

[AkBillyBow]

Hmmm....pictures didn't post.   :(

[dave01]

nope, it didn't work

[pikeman_95]

I found that photo bucket quit hosting so I changed video companies. We did this batch in the late fall of 2019. 
Here are a few ideas for a water bath. Many use turkey roasters but you need to watch the sides of the roaster as they get quite hot. You need to use some sort of stirring system and temperature control. I use a digital temperature control for accurate control. I also use one of them on my smoker. Here is one of the systems that I have developed for my sausage. You can hang summer sausages vertically with rods or use the basket to just dump frankfurters into. I just cut the bottom of the basket off and use it to keep the sausage form coming in contact with the bottom. I also have a stainless tank that I do longer summer sausage casings in. I did learn that it worked better to use individual tubes for each water stone and pump port. I use vacuum tubing for the tube. It seems to strand up to the heat well.

First stuffing the sausage. This was last falls project 150#
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Now hanging in the smoker. 1 hour drying time then 2 hours of heavy smoke then to water bath. This is the smoke we get after two hour of heavy smoke

https://vimeo.com/378661718

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first here is my round tank with the air stirring system working. Just click on the video.

https://vimeo.com/244289220


Here is a still picture also.


and now my rectangular tank for the long casings.
https://vimeo.com/378658865


Finished sausage is moist and completely cured and not over heated.