Tips for tying off sausage and hot dogs

[Jehar]

What are your 3 best tips for tying off sausages and hot dogs? What are your best tips for making hot dogs with version?

[srg158]

I am curious for this too. I really don’t want to invest in a linker. I made them once before and manually twisted links and had some success. I thought about just stuffing them all through and then come back and tie off with twine. Also a pain but might be easier than trying to twist link.

[Lost River Jones]

Avoid the temptation to over-stuff. If you have a nice, shiny, tight rope - it’s probably not going to twist good and you risk blow-outs.

I stuff about 3 feet or so and tie off. When I am all done stuffing, I link to size. And yes, my link size is all over the place. Then I refrigerate over night. Using scissors I cut the at the twist and package.

Here’s some I did yesterday.

[Parksider]

This isn’t an easy answer… there is no real good way to keep them linked other than putting them into a “globe”. Jon did a video and check out sausage linking on YouTube too. Best way I’ve found to get consistent is to use a sharpie on the stainless table and put 4 marks 6” apart. Twist every other link. If u want to hang them to smoke then use twine or zip ties to hold the link. Make sure u post some pics! Good luck.

[farmwife]

Lost River Jones This is how we do ours as well. The key is not filling too full for sure.

[glen]

This is a good instructional for linking that I have used. After blooming and drying or smoking, the sausage joints are set enough where you can cut and store

https://www.google.com/search?q=linking+sausage&oq=linking+sausage&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3.11097j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_yaDPX-L-B4i0swWQ-r2oAQ15