finishing sticks in water
-
if you have a temp. probe with an alarm it is a big help
-
craigrice thank you
rich_green mine have always finished in an hour or less
-
rich_green mine have always finished in an hour or less
-
cdavis making me nervous
rich_green give them time they’ll be worth the wait
-
rich_green I’m not 100% sure but if you use ECA with it I think you may want to wait til it hits 140* as the capsules start to release at 130*. Hopefully someone jumps on to confirm or give a definite answer
rich_green I agree with twilliams about waiting till they get to 140° I usually wait till they get there regardless….I very seldom use ECA though
-
so the stressful evening lol , I had to run to work so the wife was watching the sticks, she was using a thermometer that was reading wrong so what she thought was water temp was off by 50 degrees so the sticks eventually got to 160 but in that batch the casings all came off, they still seemed to taste ok though. so on the second half i was home and let them get to 140 in the smoker and then put them in 170 degree water. It took about 15 minutes for them to get to 160. One question i have is , Where i put the thermometer it seemed the casing would split about 4 inches in each direction is this normal and should i just put it in the end? they seem to be nice and plump and moist i will add pics tomorrow. and would you keep the first set? Thanks to all of you for the help today.
-
so the stressful evening lol , I had to run to work so the wife was watching the sticks, she was using a thermometer that was reading wrong so what she thought was water temp was off by 50 degrees so the sticks eventually got to 160 but in that batch the casings all came off, they still seemed to taste ok though. so on the second half i was home and let them get to 140 in the smoker and then put them in 170 degree water. It took about 15 minutes for them to get to 160. One question i have is , Where i put the thermometer it seemed the casing would split about 4 inches in each direction is this normal and should i just put it in the end? they seem to be nice and plump and moist i will add pics tomorrow. and would you keep the first set? Thanks to all of you for the help today.
rich_green I usually get the split when I put probe in too, which means they were stuffed tighter than maybe should be but I like it like that so I just deal with it and eat it instead of packaging with the others. Did you immediately ice bath after the internal temp reached 160*?
-
so the stressful evening lol , I had to run to work so the wife was watching the sticks, she was using a thermometer that was reading wrong so what she thought was water temp was off by 50 degrees so the sticks eventually got to 160 but in that batch the casings all came off, they still seemed to taste ok though. so on the second half i was home and let them get to 140 in the smoker and then put them in 170 degree water. It took about 15 minutes for them to get to 160. One question i have is , Where i put the thermometer it seemed the casing would split about 4 inches in each direction is this normal and should i just put it in the end? they seem to be nice and plump and moist i will add pics tomorrow. and would you keep the first set? Thanks to all of you for the help today.
rich_green as for the other batch, if you are positive that they reach 160* internal meat temp to reach lethality I think I would eat them although may not be as pleasant in appearance or snap. If flavor is good
-
Yes into an ice bath immediately
-
do you guys do summer sausage this way as well?
-
lkrfletcher do you have a pic of those hanging in the smoker?
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register LoginSponsored By:
