Tips for tying off sausage and hot dogs
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I am curious for this too. I really don’t want to invest in a linker. I made them once before and manually twisted links and had some success. I thought about just stuffing them all through and then come back and tie off with twine. Also a pain but might be easier than trying to twist link.
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Avoid the temptation to over-stuff. If you have a nice, shiny, tight rope - it’s probably not going to twist good and you risk blow-outs.
I stuff about 3 feet or so and tie off. When I am all done stuffing, I link to size. And yes, my link size is all over the place. Then I refrigerate over night. Using scissors I cut the at the twist and package.
Here’s some I did yesterday.
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This isn’t an easy answer… there is no real good way to keep them linked other than putting them into a “globe”. Jon did a video and check out sausage linking on YouTube too. Best way I’ve found to get consistent is to use a sharpie on the stainless table and put 4 marks 6” apart. Twist every other link. If u want to hang them to smoke then use twine or zip ties to hold the link. Make sure u post some pics! Good luck.
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Avoid the temptation to over-stuff. If you have a nice, shiny, tight rope - it’s probably not going to twist good and you risk blow-outs.
I stuff about 3 feet or so and tie off. When I am all done stuffing, I link to size. And yes, my link size is all over the place. Then I refrigerate over night. Using scissors I cut the at the twist and package.
Here’s some I did yesterday.
Lost River Jones This is how we do ours as well. The key is not filling too full for sure.
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This is a good instructional for linking that I have used. After blooming and drying or smoking, the sausage joints are set enough where you can cut and store
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