Thread: Sausage and Smoke Cooking

What temp are you running your refrigerator at?

Originally Posted by 32t

What temp are you running your refrigerator at?

It runs between 38-40 degs F.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

It runs between 38-40 degs F.

Not arguing but that seems cold for curing sausage from what I remember.

What did they do before refrigeration.....

Those umai sausage casings are made to put the sausage, or meat to cure in the fridge. The casings let the water evaporate at a controlled rate. They prevent the meat from case hardening from drying too fast in the fridge. They work great. The rate of drying and humidity is as important as the temperature,

You begin the fermentation at room temp or above, then once it is going toss it in the fridge.

Right now I have some sausage in hog casings drying in the garage and some umai bag stuff in the fridge. both ways work.

Originally Posted by 32t

Not arguing but that seems cold for curing sausage from what I remember.

What did they do before refrigeration.....

According to UMAi mine runs a bit warmer than they would prefer.
https://umaidry.com/blogs/news/ask-m...-for-dry-aging

Now my old '40's runs between 34-36, but my rental's frig is turned down as low as it will go. It has the coils on the back of the frig and I keep them dusted so they are exchanging as much heat as they can.

UMAi insists that you can't use an old non frost free frig so I'd getting by with what I have available to me.

If I'm not mistaken back in the day things were dried in a cellar or perhaps a cave but I'm not sure.

Limited time offer on Open Box items at ThermoWorks--

https://www.thermoworks.com/open-box...21-Mulit-OP-cs

I have looked for these and they seem to be going away from what I want. I would like the option of going to higher temps.

Originally Posted by 32t

I have looked for these and they seem to be going away from what I want. I would like the option of going to higher temps.

Are you looking for something like this?

https://www.thermoworks.com/ThermaQ-Blue-High-Temp-Kit

No they use to have more industrial units that I would like to use for my smoker.

Now they seem to be going towards the smoker end of thing witch is fine but I would also like the ability if i spent this much money to put it in my forge. [With a different probe!].

They still have the high end stuff.
https://www.thermoworks.com/WD-08467

https://www.thermoworks.com/ThermaData-WiFi-Type-K

When/if I build a forge, it’ll be using their probes in my pid circuit.