Ryan here from northern Minnesota. I have been processing my own meat for around 8-10 years now and I love it. I have done polish, meat sticks, breakfast sausage, summer sausage, potato sausage, bratwurst. I also love smoking meat. My favorite thing that I have smoked was a prime rib. Turned out better than any prime rib I’ve ever had in any restaurant. A little nerve racking though with an expensive cut of meat. You can’t go wrong when you cook low and slow. Its the only way to go! Cheers.