Who makes their own sausage?

[Sticks&Strings]

I have been processing my own deer for a couple of years now, but very elementary. I grind 100% of it into hamburger. That being said, I have plenty of ground meat. I have been thinking about making some sausage. Who all does it, how hard is it, and where do you find a good recipe?

I dont have a smokehouse but do have access to a large trailer smoker I could possibly make work.



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[Jspradley]

I've done it a few times, have only made pan sausage myself but we used to make a ton of link sausage when I was a kid.

Pan sausage is no harder than grinding meat, just gotta find the ratio of fat and spices you like.

I'd honestly had good luck with the various packaged seasoning blends, when I tried to season it myself I didn't use enough spices and it just kinda came out like mildly spiced hamburger meat haha You gotta use WAY more spices than you think you will.

You don't have to smoke it either although smoked link sausage is dang good!

[AntlerCollector]

I’ve done it for about 25 years.


I can’t recommend Allied Kenco enough for someone starting out. They have everything you need including recipes

https://www.alliedkenco.com/

[Jason85]

Do yourself a favor and go watch bearded butchers on youtube. It will teach you everything you want to know about butchering/processing. As far as sausage goes you can make almost anything from your ground meat by adding 20-30% fat plus whatever seasonings. A key tip in making good sausage is keeping your meat COLD including your grinder components. This will prevent smearing which gives a bad texture/bind.

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[JTCowpoke]

I like Waltons seasoning. If you haven't checked out their website you should take a look.

https://www.waltonsinc.com

[DUKFVR]

I’ve done it for about 25 years.


I can’t recommend Allied Kenco enough for someone starting out. They have everything you need including recipes




https://www.alliedkenco.com/

This!

[Jason85]

I’ve done it for about 25 years.


I can’t recommend Allied Kenco enough for someone starting out. They have everything you need including recipes




https://www.alliedkenco.com/

I wish they had a location on the South side of town. They are by far the best place to get ANYTHING from butchering to making cheese. Awesome place!

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[Biggs]

MesquiteCountry has a recipe thread with an Excel Spreadsheet that is awesome.

[Jason Fry]

We've done ours since I was a kid, and I'm 43 now. We're a fan of Legg's Plantation seasoning. 1 to 4 ratio pork fat to venison meat, or half and half pork/venison if meat only.

[Montec man]

Learned sausage making from my Grandfathers growing up. Have always made my own

[panhandlehunter]

Sausage is pretty easy. I’ve been doing mine now for 4-5 years. I use REO Spice seasonings, their German sausage blend is awesome.

[AntlerCollector]

Sausage is pretty easy. I’ve been doing mine now for 4-5 years. I use REO Spice seasonings, their German sausage blend is awesome.

This ^^^^^ is a great seasoning

[hooligan]

MesquiteCountry has a recipe thread with an Excel Spreadsheet that is awesome.

This is what I use and it's got awesome recipes in it. Super easy and everything has turned out great

[Tex]

If your meat is already ground up you are done with most of the work already.
I would suggest doing summer sausage. If you have a stuffer or can borrow one it is supper easy and can be done in the oven.


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[Jaybo31]

Reo spices old fashion #3 for pan sausage and polish or german for links. The old fashion #3 is good in links too, but I like it better for pan sausage.

Pork butts are on sale at Kroger right now for .99. I mix it 50/50 for pan and 60/40 for links.