Sausage stuffed whole chicken

[donttread]

I have a roaster ready to go, I had a quick question about the sausage though. I'm cooking the chicken at 300 to an it of 168. It usually takes me around 2 hours to cook one unstuffed and spatched. Should I brown the sausage first or put it in raw? I'm using spicy venison sausage, pepper jack cheese and stuffing mix.

 

[bigwheel]

I would vote to diffently cook it first. Not sure where your measuring the temps but when the clucker hits 175 IN THE THIGH its ready. Not sure what is going to be going on back at the ranch on the inside action..but at least pre cooked would not be likely to give a person worms or ecoli. If I cant get a chicken cooked in an hour..I give up..lol. Let us know how it goes.