sbtech I got to much smoke for my taste doing jerky in my pitboss 5 series, but perfect, light smoke in my summer sausage. 3 batches sofar and all friends insist I make more and sell for $10 a 16 oz. roll.10 lbs 0f 80-20% ground beef and 1lb of ghost pepper cheese makes 11 sausages in 1.5" mahagony casings…Next adventure will be snack sticks with Willeys…find the Dr. Pepper/Jalepeno recipe in Google. Cant go wrong there in dehydrator. I even add habenarro peppers, brown sugar and honey and is a big hit with everyone that likes heat! Have fun! Love my Pitboss…