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The Best Smoked Sausage Recipe

The Best Smoked Sausage Recipe

Making smoked sausage is incredibly easy, just follow these steps. We recommend making extra to save for lunches or snacks later in the week.
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Calories: 2758
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 lbs. Fresh sausage of your choice
  • Hickory, Pecan, or Apple wood chips/pellets for your smoker

Method
 

  1. Preheat your smoker to 225° If your smoker doesn’t have one, add a water pan beneath the meat.
  2. Put your sausages directly from the refrigerator to the smoker grate, and ensure they don’t touch.
  3. Smoke for approx. 2 hours and 30 minutes. Then, check your sausage with a temperature probe. They need to reach an internal temperature of 165°F before they are safe to eat.
  4. If they aren’t ready after 2.5 hours, check back every 10-15 minutes until they are, keeping the smoker door closed as much as possible.
  5. Optional: Once your sausages have hit 165°, move them from the smoker to your grill on high heat for a quick sear of 60 seconds or less on each side.
Smoked Sausage Tips and Variations
  1. Try marinating your sausage overnight before smoking. We recommend marinating in Worcestershire sauce
  2. Don’t be afraid to soak your wood chips! Hickory wood chips smoked in whiskey will make some delicious smoked sausage.