I just made some summer sausage yesterday, after I took them out of the smoker the casings were very wrinkled, I made sure when I secured the open end that the log was tight. Can anyone tell me if this is normal or if I am missing something.

Austin,
Thank you for the quick response. To answer your question they were wrinkled as soon as I took them out of the smoker. I surmise that I had a under stuffed condition, even though they felt tight, I’m sure if I were to have used a stuffer instead of my grinder to stuff they would have been better off. I see a stuffer in my future.

When using Encapsulated Citric Acid how soon after stuffing should you start the cooking process?