BBQ Restaurants Smoked Sausage?

[Missin44]

If one goes to a typical bbq restaurant and orders smoked sausage what type sausage are they getting? I'm guessing it not Italian, Bratwurst or what one typically finds in a grocery store. I'm also guessing it varies by region?

[texastweeter]

Hot guts or east Texas hot links here in my neck of the woods.

[toddrg]

I’ll be following. The exact question I was going to ask.

[jfmorris]

Texas hot guts out there. Here in Alabama I buy Conecuh sausage in 4 pound packs when I get the urge to throw some on the smoker.

[MillerTime]

Oh man, I love some Conecuh over here in GA as well! Definitely my go-to as you said.

[Potkettleblack]

Varies by region. You see kielbasa around here. And Texas hot links.

[Oastytoasty]

The hot links are also pork instead of beef and are very coarsely ground

[Texas Larry]

Lots of variants of kielbasa around here, what they call hill country sausage (from Elgin & Lockhart). Went to a Mexican bbq joint this week for pollo asado—excellent! They served a Mexican style hot link I really enjoyed.

[HouseHomey]

No such thing as "BBQ Joints" in SoCal. We have some BBQ restaurants but bbq is not a thing here or a way of life like in other parts of the country.

I generally make my sausage in small batches. We also have Chorizo, pork n beef and an el Salvadoran smaller, thicker chorizo.

Some deli italian sausage and some German sausages as well. All of the above a really good and UNcured.

much of what’s available is fully cooked and or cured.

great question!

[CaptainMike]

We once had a 6 hour stopover in San Salvador and had a local sausage sandwich for was fantastic. 6 hours in the San Salvador airport, not so fantastic.

[Ahumadora]

Post some recipes please... I am going to get a bunch of different sausages made up. I woulld like Elgin, hot links jalapeño/cheddar and some herb/chicken recipies Thanks

[Texas Larry]

Apparently the genuine Elgin sausage recipe is a closely held secret. Here is a link to one Texas sausage recipe anyway: http://realtexasblog.com/real-texas-homemade-sausage/

And here is one for Texas hot links: https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/366737-texas-hot-links

[Missin44]

Since yesterday I've looked at a number of recipes. Basically you have 4 proteins - pork, beef, chicken and lamb. All recipes can have a a singular protein or a combination of any of the four. Throw in wild game and turkey, duck, goose, etc. and the possibilities are endless. About the only protein I didn't see was seafood.

After that its just a matter of spices, liquid and fat type with can even include oil(olive, vegtable, etc.) and butter. To me it would be an interesting exercise to come up with your own custom sausage. The only real equipment you need is a grinder. Not even a stuffer is required.

[texastweeter]

Oh and don't forget Boudan

[Gunderich_1]

One of my very favorites!