JustStrokeIt383 0 said in My first time trying Summer Sausage:

tompayne
Thanks for the reply!
I sliced open one of the sausages today. I used Walton’s h seasoning, carrot binder, sure cure, and encapsulated citric acid. I could tell there was more fat than I wanted. But it didn’t leave a wax feeling in my mouth. So I should of cut back on the fat and pulled them from the smoker sooner.
I’ve had some beef sticks that taste like I’m eating a candle.
My summer sausage wasn’t terrible. I’ll be able to eat what I made. And I have some adjustments to make for the next try.
I was more worried about the 4 pounds 14 ounces of meat with only cure and citric acid for 4 pounds. I wanted to be sure it was still safe to eat.
I do have a stick burner but it was getting late last night and I was exhausted. So the pellet grill was my decision.

The extra 14 ounces might be the weight of the seasoning and any extra liquid you used to get a good protein extraction. If you used enough cure for the 4 pounds of meat then you should be fine.

Thank you all for the advice, I will try another small batch. After reading more posts on this site I will first try more humidity in my smoker, hopefully this fixes the problem of my IT from stalling out. If this does not work I will either try the hot water bath method after I have packaged the sticks or just put them in my oven.

Brad873 We always do add water to that mix, according to the amount we are making. Vacuum marinate for at least 24 hours, smoke at about 150 for 3-4 hours, then move to the dehydrator to finish. Vacuum pack in batches, freeze, take out what you need & put in the refer or take on the road. Tastes & keeps very well & for a long time.

Bob Stehlik I agree that’s a great question and for me personally, I’m not a fan of shout box and would prefer to keep using YouTube of the livestream tab on the meatgistics site

ND Mike and all others, this now works on the new version we will be upgrading too shortly! It will be shown in a users profile. Should be making that change over fairly shortly.

Jonathon big help. Thanks 👍