Grinding and stuffing chunky sausages (pics)

[JoeD]

I suppose my timing was just right, the holiday sales plus an 70 dollar coupon on hand, all helped making me a very proud owner of this meat eating grinder, a 1 HP, # 22 mean meat grinder machine from Cabelas. I tend to over buy and once again I did just that, after grinding 45 pounds of pork in a matter of minutes, I realized that I could have done it with a smaller machine. One of friends made me a 5, ¾” hole grinding plate to make my chunky home made sausage.
Happy little chunks of pork on their way out:



The fatty meat was ground on a 3/16” plate and added to the meat bulk at about 10% ratio:




The spices/marinate added to the bulk:



Stuffing the sausages was fast and fun too, my wife was at the switch and I my job was to make sure my sausage stayed stiff.

Despite the cold and windy Christmas day I had to lit up the smoker and do my thing… the lunch spread included uncut smoked spare ribs, Chinese cut spare ribs and home made sausage, the ham got a little 3 hour smoke flavour... all cooked burning oak and hickory sticks:




Yesterday was even colder, the lack of wind made a nicer day to tend the smoker. I lit up a couple of hands full of charcoal briquettes and added hickory saw dust for the first smoke. One 18 lbs bag of charcoal went on the basket to boost the temps above 150*F, and finished the smoking process at 225*F which bumped the sausages internal temps to my target 155*F mark.

First half hour of smoke from hickory saw dust:




18 lbs of charcoal and some hickory wood chunks:




Four hours of steady and gradual smoky heat:



Sausages were done in about 5.5 hours , average internal temperature was 155*F degrees.




The aroma and taste are inexplicably pleasant, the moisture is evident here:



These are ready to eat, sliced thin one can add them to home made pizza, cold cut sandwiches, delicate cheese/sausage apetizer combos etc etc...[/img]
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[broncosmoker]

Wow looks great. Where did you get your $70 coupon from, and may I ask sale price? Heading to Cabela's later on today looking for some stuff and that may fit the bill.

[JoeD]

Thanks
I got it on the mail after applying for their credit card.
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[broncosmoker]

Thanks for the info...dang I need one of those coupons.

[gil]

those sausages look great!! Can we get the recipe or is it already posted?

[JamesB]

Those links to look incredible! Wouls also like to have the recipe if your willing to give it out. Don't have any plates that big for my grinder though.
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[JoeD]

Sure, the recipe is the same I used this last time, please follow this link:

http://www.thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17141

The following is one of many places you can order a plate from:

http://www.onestopjerkyshop.com/meat-grinder-plate-stainless-steel-p-422.html
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[gil]

Thanks!!

[JamesB]

OK, now I remember the previous post... Got it copied this time. Thanks!
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[SIR GRILL-A-LOT]

Holy smokes those sausages are to die for... check out all of those links!
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