M/B Hybrid Smoked Kielbasa

Doing 5 lbs of smoked kielbasa this morning in the M/B Hybrid smoker.

Mixed in my bucket mixer. (sorry hard to take pics and mix at same time)


Going rope style.



Smoke stick this rope.



This 2 lbs going on a Bradley rack.



Setting on controller is smoke 180* Bradley temp IT is 100* so i will smoke for a few hours then bump the heat to 225*

Very cool...

that is so cool. i want one for my 2 star. nice job rick. why do you hang the sausage before you put it in the smoker?

sparky said:

that is so cool. i want one for my 2 star. nice job rick. why do you hang the sausage before you put it in the smoker?

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Letting the sausage air dry for an hour or so makes the casings dry some. Smoke sticks better to dry casing.

Got the M/B Kielbasa done.




Hanging for a cool down.




As with everything there are Pro's & Con's

Here are mine.

Pro's

Give real smokehouse style results
Was fun to build.
Makes a great cold smoker for cooler outside temps.
Heavy smoke.
Can use smoke stix (sausage rods) and racks at the same time.
If you have a larger item to take just smoke you can put inside the main area (just smoke) while using the side smoke box.
I can still use my 4 rack with the Bradley cold smoker if needed.




Con's

Takes longer to smoke due to indirect heat.
Pellet consumption was almost 8 1/4 lbs.
Vents on the MAK need to be covered. Right side top and one of the vents on the bottom smoke box.
Had to remote the MAK temp to 325* to get a Bradley IT of 168* Maybe next time use my top draw fan.

Anyways i'm happy with it.

How bouts a $ shot








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My mouth is watering! That kielbasa looks really good.

Art

Great report Rick! The kielbasa looks great.

Is there a pic of this hybrib smoker? Am i seeing this correct that it is built on top of the cold smoke side of the MAK??

Patrick - it's here http://www.pelletsmoking.com/pelletsmoking-com-gallery-10/mak-smoker-side-box-build-2307/

That looks like awesome kielbasa.. do you share your recipes for it.. ? (and thanks Deb for the link since I am sometimes to quick to ask rather than search) haha

You know I'm loving it!

Thanks for the detailed pro's/con's too. It answered some questions I was having about the setup.

those are nice little packages of kielbasa ya have there. you still got my address right? hint, hint....