Yes into an ice bath immediately

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.

cdavis making me nervous

craigrice thank you

water temp was at 170 and is currently at 172

how long should it take in the roaster? its been in for 40 minutes and temp has only went up 3 degrees, pulled them at 135 and they are only at 138

cdavis thank you

do you guys do summer sausage this way as well?

thanks again guys i will keep you posted, any great recipes? i am using waltons bbq for bbq cheddar

Awesome guys!!! just to make sure i am right, smoker until internal of 130 then to water at 170 degree until it reaches internal of 160. thanks for the pics and all the help

cdavis Thank you, how long do you cut your sticks before you put them in there? do you vacuum them first? thank you again

my smoker will hold 15 pounds of sticks. my question is if i set up a roaster oven to hold the water temp at 170 can i put all 15 pounds in at once?

How many pounds of sticks do you get in a Ms140?

di need to use the cure if i am not smoking them

My wife loves horseradish and we have horseradish powder, how much would i need to add to a 10 pound batch?