FIRST TIME SMOKED VENISON/PORK SUMMER SAUSAGE HELP!

[spangler2k3]

Hello gang,

i have a OBS and bought a package of jalepeno summer sausage by Hi Mountain to try with last years deer and some pork. I may have made a huge boo boo but help me out if you dont mind.. after mixing and following the directions to a T here is what happenend during the smoking process

6:00pm -- 1 hour at 140 degrees to dry the sausage to the touch

7:00pm --1 hour with hickory smoke at 160 degrees

7:30pm-- 30 minutes with hickory smoke at 180 degrees

8:00pm insert digital temp probe in the center of the sausage and crank to 200. (roughly 3"x20" long)

from 8:00 til 12:00 (mignight 4 hours) it went from 125IT to 130ish in the first hour and it stalled for the remaining 3 hours.

i removed from the smoker, and threw them in the refrigerator.

so are they ruined?

can i cut them up into patties and fry them?

can i eat them since it was 130IT for 2 to 3 hours?

suggestions maybe i can do something in the oven to "make sure"

i dont want to mess up the next batch so im going to do a small one next.

thanks in advance for the advice

Chris

 

[okie362]

I'm no expert but the cure in the mix should have kept them safe.  I would think either poaching or in the oven till they reach 165 IT and they should still be fine.  I did some last weekend and had them in the smoker for 14 hours before they reached 165 IT.

 

[spangler2k3]

that makes me feel a little better about the situation.. i apparently had too much in the cabinet at once with a combo of not leaving them in long enough.

i will probe one in the oven until it reaches that point and see how it ends up

thanks