Making summer sausage for the first time and having a blast, just retired !
Question: my casings are stuffed and ready for the smoker. Most info I’ve read/watched says to start out low and slow 125deg and eventually up to 175deg. My question is how do you get your wood chips to smoke at that low of heat ?
Thanks - Uncle Dave

Thanks for the great info guys - I started at 12:30 and can’t seem to get it below 135deg but I’m guessing that’s ok. I’m using a Smoke Hollow gas smoker for the first time. Everything seems to be going great so far. I plan on cranking it up to 160deg at about 2:30.
Thanks again for the replies !
Uncle Dave

AdamCA
Yes Sir ! when I hit about 150deg it started smoking. It took a total of about 5.5 hrs when internal hit 160deg then gave it an ice bath. Tried it today and I was very impressed with the flavor. It took a 12 pack of heffe weiss with my buddies to wipe out a half stick! Now on to snack sticks - thanks for the help !
Uncle Dave
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