How long before you smoke

[mars]

After you mix & stuff your summer sausage How long can it sit till you smoke it? Will the pink salt cook the meat?

[twilliams]

mars if you are not adding encapsulated citric acid you must hold in the fridge over night for the pink salt to get into the meat. Im not sure how many days you can hold it in fridge before smoking to be considered safe. The pink salt does not cook the meat to be considered safe consumption. I will get my meat stuffed by afternoon put in fridge and smoke the next morning.

[lamurscrappy]

I wouldnt go any longer than a max of 3 days.

[Jonathon]

mars Yeah 12 hours is the best but no more than 3 days really. Technically the sure cure will be effective up to 7 or so days but there are a lot of unmanageable factors involved that could cut that down drastically.

[mars]

Jonathon , Thanks for the help! they sat only 2days taste fine