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The smoking/cooking is the easy part. It's the trimming,grinding, mixing,cleanup,vacuum sealing that takes up the time. It is really rewarding once it is all done though. Good job on the sausage. I did 25 pounds of brats last week. Have 10 pounds of jerky on the smoker now. Still got 25 pounds of pepperoni snack sticks and 30 pounds of summer sausage left to do. I try to knock out one batch a week.
I use hi temp cheese in the pepperoni and summer sausage since I smoke it. The brats I use regular sharp cheddar because they are not cooked for several hours just grilled. Just pulled out the jerky.
I tried some venison breakfast sausage a couple times and I just can't get it to turn out right. I just told myself the Jimmy Dean is the best you can get and can't replicate it with wild game. I can accept that I can't replicate breakfast sausage but can make killer other sausages. What are you making next? Curious to know. I wasn't trying to hijack your thread either but thought I should share some sausages I was making.