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It it all turned out great.

I have made Brats many times over and over and it ALWAYS the little things that get you..... This time it was a bushing... I made 45 pounds of pork to make brats, cajun and smoke cajun brats.... I leant my grinder to a buddy and got back and proceeded with grinding.... first grind it was ok...

It’s still 1 tsp per 5 lbs?

Thank you all. I am going to skip the cure on the brats that I am going grill at high temps. And use a #1 for the smoked. Ill Be smoking around 180 temps. Thxs. That helped.

I made this a few times, with Sausage and Chicken, for a coworker that could not eat pork... Turned out great.

I am making some brats and or Smoked cajun sausage this week... Do I need to add any cure to any of this if I am keeping sausage in fridge and smoking and should only take a few hours to get to 155.. I have no issues adding but if I stuff brats and freeze, is a cure needed? Also, if I stuff...

Did you add cure? #1 I assume if you did....

Can this be done with the brats laying flat on a grate? I just recently got a Pellet but have the WSM as an old backup...

A friend and I did some sausage over the weekend.... well I did ..... lol..

I haven't posted in YEARS.... But I made some Summer Sausage, with Venison from a buddy... I did 2:1 ratio and ended up with 47 lbs of finished Venison Summer Sausage... I ground and used #114 AC Legg seasoning and 1 oz per 25 lbs of meat... I added 1 cup of water per 5 pounds of meat... I...

What is a sure fire way to know it’s cited. I saw a real dark red spots. I cut them. Also really hard spots on the fat. It’s been going firv10 days. Never got any real liquid in the pan. I used mtq. And used full pans. I am setting them out overnight in the fridge. Uncovered. Ready for...

I have a wsm for that. I was actually thinking of putting the wsm in the other slot. But that is another thing. There is still outward expansion on kettle. My only concern is the heat/Fire.

I was thinking of putting a closed thin board. Maybe doors on front.

It won’t fall down through hole if that’s what your referring. I need to clear one little area and I will have 3/8-1/2 inch clearance all around. I may cut another half inch so bottom of lip has sturdy contact. Thxs for the help