Sausage Question

[jojo]

Greetings,

I've checked this site out a lot and this is my first post.  I've got to say this forum is great.  There is so much helpful info shared in a friendly manner by experienced folks.  I've had my Bradley smoker for about 8 months and love it.  I've did ribs, butts, chicken, turkey, meatloaf and chuck roast.  Years ago my Polish grandfather made some wonderful sausage for his grocery store back in West Virginia and my wife is Polish and helped her parents make sausage often over in the old country.

My question is about hog casings and the metal racks that came with the smoker.  If I lay my sausages on the racks will they end up with indentations and dark marks?  If so, I can always rig up a rack to hang them.  I want to get that smooth, even surface on the casings.  I've searched the forum using "sausage" and havent's found anything in this regard.

Thanks in advance from Clearwater, Fl.,

jojo

[Gizmo]

I haven't done sausage yet but most everything I have put in the smoker did have indentations and markings on them (although for the most part I found that more asthetically pleasing, like good grill marks.  There are sausage racks available for purchase but the same could be made with a little purchase of S hooks.

[Habanero Smoker]

I second that. You will get the grill indentations, and light markings on your sausage if you lay them directly on the grill

[robs]

Ditto on the markings.

I went to the hardware store and bought a large wooden dowel. I cut in 2 piecess. Then I notched out the ends so they fit nicely where the top rack would go.

I use these in place of the trays for doing sausage.

rob

[acords]

Yep, dowels work great.  Cheaper than the sausage rack and easier to store. 

[jojo]

Thanks to all for the info.  I'll get a dowel rod

jojo