How to Use a Vertical Sausage Stuffer

Make your own sausages with a vertical sausage stuffer.

Never wonder what went into your sausages and hot dogs again by making your own from ingredients of your choosing. A vertical sausage stuffer eases the process of filling the casings with your ground sausage mix. Choose any meats and spices you desire for your sausage: beef, venison, pork or chicken. With the crank of a handle, the meat mixture of your choice gets forced through a funnel and into the casings, ready for tying off and boiling or grilling.

Things You'll Need

• Vertical sausage stuffer
• Sausage mix
• Spatula
• Sausage casings
• Scissors
• Butcher's twine

Instructions

1. Wash all parts and pieces with hot soapy water and dry thoroughly before use.

2. Screw the funnel to the front of the vertical sausage stuffer.

3. Lift the piston over the food hopper up and tilt the hopper back to fill.

4. Add the sausage mix to the food hopper with a spatula to fill it to the top.

5. Reset the hopper into the vertical position and release the piston.

6. Tie one end of a sausage casing closed with butcher's twine and slip it over the funnel.

7. Insert the crank into the lower axle and turn clockwise to slowly push the sausage into the casing. Hold the casing with your other hand as you turn.

8. Stop turning once one inch remains empty of the casing.

9. Remove the stuffed sausage and tie off the open end with butcher's twine.

10. Repeat stuffing sausages until you have used all of your sausage mix.

References

• Home Depot: Vertical Sausage Stuffer Instructions
• Ask the Meat Man: How to Operate the Dakotah Sausage Stuffer

Resources

• The Spicy Sausage: Sausage Making Recipes