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

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.

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.