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The longer you cold smoke the deeper and richer the smoky flavour this is not the case with hot smoking.
The main secret for smoking this snack is that when we apply a low level of heat to this meat the purpose is to dry it and not to cook it.
This requires a consistent temperature below 200 f.
Low cooking temperatures with snack sticks sausage jerky etc.
Creates a perfect environment for botulism spores.
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The moisture needs somewhere to escape.
Open your smoker dampers all the way and or leave the door of your smoker open slightly.
Smoke sausage at home.
Put the links into the smoker and adjust the temperature to no more than 100 degrees f.
If you have the option it s always best to use a designated smoker when smoking meats.
Bacteria are drawn to and multiply in moisture.
Cold smoking takes place at temperatures below 30 c or 85 f whereas hot smoking takes place between 60 80 c 140 180 f.
Prepare the sausage links the same as for air drying whether on racks or smoking sticks.
Cold smoking adds flavour to the sausage and helps preserve the product but it is not fully preserved until it is partially dried thereafter.
Hot smoking cooks the sausage whereas cold smoking does not.
It can turn out to be a little challenge for you and you have to know how to properly do it.
Once again in a controlled environment that is cool and dark to so the moisture will be pulled out of the sausage.
The same thing may happen if you decide to smoke beef sticks.
Botulism can create a potentially fatal toxin and is one of the main causes of food poisoning each year so we use nitrite in cure to retard the growth of spores.