Free Venison Fat Calculator
How much pork fat to add to your deer. 10 lb of venison takes 3.2 lb of pure pork fat for 25% — and pork butt is not the same thing. Open the calculator →
Free Sausage Casing Calculator
How many feet of casing your batch needs. 10 lb takes 87 ft of 19 mm snack stick casing but only 12 ft of 50 mm summer sausage. Open the calculator →
Free Cure Calculator
Enter your meat weight, get the exact grams of Cure #1 or #2 at the USDA-safe rate — instantly, in lb, kg, oz, or g. Open the calculator →
How to Make Landjäger in a Smoker
Press overnight, smoke 130-150-170°F to 155°F inside, then dry to about 30% weight loss. Plus the fermented version, and bear or hog at 165°F. Read →
Types of German Sausage, Explained
Bratwurst, knackwurst, bockwurst, weisswurst, Leberkäse, landjäger and more: what each one is, how it's cooked, and a side-by-side chart. Read →
Why Did My Sausage Fat Out?
Greasy, shrunken sausage with fat under the casing. The 7 causes, from smoker heat to warm meat, and the fix for each. Read →
Is Bear and Wild Hog Sausage Safe?
Trichinella survives freezing in bear meat. Cook bear, wild boar and feral hog sausage to 165°F, and never use them in dried sausage. Read →
How Long to Smoke Snack Sticks
1 hour at 130°F, 2 hours of smoke at 150°F, then 175°F max until 152°F inside. The schedule is a guide; the thermometer is the boss. Read →
ECA vs Fermento: Getting the Tang Right
ECA at 0.75%, Fermento at 3% — pick one. And the ECA handling rules that decide whether the batch is tangy or crumbly and sour. Read →
Can You Substitute Tender Quick for Cure #1?
No. Cure #1 is a cure you add salt to; Tender Quick is the salt. What each one actually puts in your meat. Read →
How Much Cure #1 Per Pound of Meat?
1.1 g/lb, 1 oz per 25 lb, 156 ppm — the exact amount, a batch chart, and the safety rules. Read →
Why Venison Sausage Comes Out Dry
It is the fat, nine times out of ten — and 60/40 is only 14.4% fat. The five causes and the fix for each. Read →
Summer Sausage Internal Temp (+ How Long to Smoke It)
Pull at 155°F. The step-up smoke schedule, how long it takes, and why temp beats the clock. Read →
Cure #1 vs Cure #2: Which One Do You Need?
Cook it soon → Cure #1. Hang it for weeks → Cure #2. The one question that decides it, and why you never swap them. Read →
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