25lb of Jalapeno Cheddar Summer Sausage + Modded a Cooler for Sous Vide
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do you vac pak prior to sous vide or just toss the logs in the cooler as is?
Ridley Acres I am planning to just toss in the water.
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Thinking I should get the sous vide going an hour or more ahead of planned use to come to temp. Maybe longer? Will start with hottest tap water I can and maybe even boil some to add in to help.
Also guessing I’ll have to remove water as I add the summer sausage due to displacement. The min line on my sous vide is pretty high up in the cooler so not really sure if it will overflow. Guess some mysteries soon to be solved!
Jamieson22 I always just put the logs in and never had a problem.
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So am 4 hours in and just pulled the smoke pan and threw some probes in. Currently the front middle sausage is at 119F.
Smoke schedule is as follows, and I just turned up to 155F. Used mixed hardwood dust for these.
1h @ 110F - vents open
2h @125F - vents partially open + smoke
1h @ 140F - vents partially open + smoke
2h @155F - vents partially open + smoke
?h @ 170F - vents partially open (till I hit 135-140F)
1h @ 155F - sous videJamieson22 ya your smoker is running a bit behind compared to mine, usually my sausage stays pretty even temp wise when I make my jumps. That is to be expected though as I have 1 big burner and one coil burner for the smoke. The sous vide will be your savior so your not in a 12-14 hour cook. Your finished product is gonna be spot on I’m believing.
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Jamieson22 ya your smoker is running a bit behind compared to mine, usually my sausage stays pretty even temp wise when I make my jumps. That is to be expected though as I have 1 big burner and one coil burner for the smoke. The sous vide will be your savior so your not in a 12-14 hour cook. Your finished product is gonna be spot on I’m believing.
twilliams Yeah sausage is currently at 123.5F with 15 minutes left in the 155F phase with smoker temp reading 157F from probe I have dangling front center of middle rod. Just bumped it up to 170F now as have to hop on a call/meeting.
So 6 hours in am at 124F now (gained half a degree while typing).
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7.5 hours in I am at 140.3F IT. Need to start prepping sous vide.
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Well just wrapped up work enough to set up sous vide. We are at 8h45m mark and my IT is 149.2F. At this point tempted to just finish in smoker though that last 6 degrees could be awhile. Will see where it stands once sous vide water is up to temp. Currently at 140F and climbing. May be dumping hot cooler water to make an ice bath!
Sorry for the play by play.
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Well just wrapped up work enough to set up sous vide. We are at 8h45m mark and my IT is 149.2F. At this point tempted to just finish in smoker though that last 6 degrees could be awhile. Will see where it stands once sous vide water is up to temp. Currently at 140F and climbing. May be dumping hot cooler water to make an ice bath!
Sorry for the play by play.
Jamieson22 if your in no rush let em go, if sleep is needed do sv
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Well just wrapped up work enough to set up sous vide. We are at 8h45m mark and my IT is 149.2F. At this point tempted to just finish in smoker though that last 6 degrees could be awhile. Will see where it stands once sous vide water is up to temp. Currently at 140F and climbing. May be dumping hot cooler water to make an ice bath!
Sorry for the play by play.
Jamieson22 do you think you hit a stall at all this cook?
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Well just wrapped up work enough to set up sous vide. We are at 8h45m mark and my IT is 149.2F. At this point tempted to just finish in smoker though that last 6 degrees could be awhile. Will see where it stands once sous vide water is up to temp. Currently at 140F and climbing. May be dumping hot cooler water to make an ice bath!
Sorry for the play by play.
Jamieson22 if my sticks or sausage doesn’t stall out I go ahead and finish in the smoker.
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Jamieson22 do you think you hit a stall at all this cook?
twilliams said :
Jamieson22 do you think you hit a stall at all this cook?
Well seemed to spend some time between 118 and 125F but could just be the lower cook temps during that phase. They basically came right from fridge.
Also am CST so it’s only 5pm here - have a few hours before I’d be concerned about bed.
cdavis said :
Jamieson22 if my sticks or sausage doesn’t stall out I go ahead and finish in the smoker.
Yeah that is kind of where I am at. Also though I am only probing a single sausage so who knows where the others fall. So an hour in sous vide won’t hurt them I guess to be sure they are 155F.
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So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
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So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Jamieson22 lookin great
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So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Jamieson22 the stall is usually around the 145-150 degree mark. That’s the beauty of the cook schedule I gave you, I think it helps limit the stall, although I have no scientific proof of that. Or maybe it’s just our boxes are that well insulated to reduce it. With little water left in the product I believe that’s what makes it stall, so any little things help
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Jamieson22 the stall is usually around the 145-150 degree mark. That’s the beauty of the cook schedule I gave you, I think it helps limit the stall, although I have no scientific proof of that. Or maybe it’s just our boxes are that well insulated to reduce it. With little water left in the product I believe that’s what makes it stall, so any little things help
twilliams Looking at my time/temps went from 140 at 7.5 hours to at 149 at 8h45m so def seemed to move through that range pretty smoothly.
Also, if you want to use the cooler drain plug to remove some sous vide water due to displacement - be quick. 155F water if pretty hot. LOL
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So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Jamieson22 OMG…… now I need to try this
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So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Jamieson22 said in 25lb of Jalapeno Cheddar Summer Sausage + Modded a Cooler for Sous Vide:
So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Looking great! Been following your journey on this. Well done!
Smoking techniques a bit different but end results pretty much the same.
Congrats!!! -
Jamieson22 said in 25lb of Jalapeno Cheddar Summer Sausage + Modded a Cooler for Sous Vide:
So at 9h20m I pulled them for sous vide at 151.5F. I spot checked most after I pulled them and had readings from 145-156F between them all. Figured an hour of 155F sous vide and then check.
Was interesting that some sunk while others floated. Ended up putting a metal cooking rack on top which is keeping them all submerged.
Looking great! Been following your journey on this. Well done!
Smoking techniques a bit different but end results pretty much the same.
Congrats!!!PapaSop Curious what your smoke schedule is. Also game to learn/try more.
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All done! Now to dump the cooler and fill with cold water to chill them.
Also this is what the sous vide water looked like after an hour or so.
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All done! Now to dump the cooler and fill with cold water to chill them.
Also this is what the sous vide water looked like after an hour or so.
Jamieson22
From my perspective. That color is what comes off the outside of the casing. No worries. Get the same thing.
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All done! Now to dump the cooler and fill with cold water to chill them.
Also this is what the sous vide water looked like after an hour or so.
Jamieson22
Not sure where you’re at, but, if the outside temp is cool enough, let them hang overnight. Package tomorrow.
Have a drink, pat yourself on the back and say.
I got this!
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