1st sausage

Well, have been searching internet since Christmas for sausage recipes, think I have found some good ones, time to start trying, gonna start out with just an easy breakfast sausage to make sure grinder is gonna work out, cash & carry had pork butts on sale for 99 cents a Lb. so stocked up. got out a 8 Lb'er and went to work, diced it up so it would fit through grinder
















didn't know how recipe was gonna turn out so just gonna make 5 Lbs in case it doesn't taste right, 1st 3 Lbs just frozen as ground pork, always use 1/2 ground pork & 1/2 beef when making lasagna or meatballs, so this will come in handy too, then on to grind the other 5 Lbs.
















Mixed spices together, then worked it into meat.
















let it sit in fridge about 4 hrs to let the flavors all distribute, took a small piece and fried it up for the taste test, this stuff has great flavor, better than any I have bought in grocery store and only 99 cents a Lb, plus a couple cents in spices.

Well, when I see pork sausage anymore, all I can think of is a Fatty, let's do it.

flattened a Lb out and searched the fridge, not much to be had, a couple green onions, some cheese, and some pickled wax peppers, Lynn didn't want any peppers, so only on half.
















rolled it up and put my rub on it

















in the smoker for a couple hours, looked good coming out
















sliced it up

















Man this thing was good, I might even say it's the best I've ever made, I hadn't ate all day so that might have had something to do with it, I was starved, but the taste was incredible, all I could keep saying was "I kicked Jimmy Deans ass" as I ate it

next projects will be pepperoni, polish, and summer sausage in no particular order.

I'm still Smoken'

Had quite a few good BBQ's but just never get around to post anything about em', Smoked the Thanksgiving turkey, a couple pork butts, beef roasts are always smoked now, I can't remember em all but my smoker is definably getting good use.

got a good deal on pork loin over at shop and cart a while back and thought I might see what I can do with that, so lean that it's really easy to dry out and taste like eating sawdust, I know, let's wrap it in bacon, the bacon grease should keep it moist and add some flavor.

put some rub on and got the bacon action going,
































cooked about 4 hrs with oak and apple pellets, looked pretty good coming off the smoker


















wrapped in foil, in the cooler chest to rest for an hour, Shawna and Spud came over for dinner so slice it up and see how it turned out,

moist, juicy, and great flavor, Spud said it was the best thing I ever cooked, but he always says that, he is addicted to my smoker, was really good though if I do say so myself.

next big smoke is for super bowl, go to Gene's every year to watch it, I think he's expecting ribs, on sale at cash and carry so his wish is gonna be granted.

going to start a new phase in my smoking adventures, got a meat grinder attachment for the kitchenaid and gonna try my hand at sausage making, will update a little more often maybe til that just starts becoming the same old thing too, actually got someting going on right now that will be posted soon, I can smell it.