# Discovering my freedom in Minnesota

**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460
**Category:** Homesteading
**Created:** [March 16, 2015, 12:09am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460 "2015-03-16T00:09:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/billschiller/32/119_2.png) [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 3:19am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1821 "2024-01-16T03:19:02Z")

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My nephew came up to visit and help make smoked sausage. He just happened to to pick the coldest days of the year so far. This morning we woke up to -20⁰F, -29C.  
When we cold smoke sausage we try to keep the smoker between 80-100⁰F. We had to add a small grill and add small pieces for 12 hours along with pellet filled smoke tubes. We made 50 pounds.  
Keeping the temperatures inside the garage at around 60⁰ was difficult.

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### Author: ![Bobmac](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/bobmac/32/16245_2.png) [@Bobmac](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Bobmac)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 5:29am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1822 "2024-01-16T05:29:51Z")

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No problem with any meat getting spoiled, frozen but not spoiled. That’s what I call a cold smoke.

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### Author: ![JO\_Olsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JO\_Olsson](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/JO_Olsson)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 8:04am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1823 "2024-01-16T08:04:13Z")

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> [@BillSchiller](#):
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> This morning we woke up to -20⁰F, -29C.

Morning Bill!  
Not as bad here, but still -27C this morning. We’re lucky there’s at least plenty of wood at our latitudes. If not, we would have to join Kristijan and Wayne down by the equator.  
Your pics make me want a second breakfast. Those sausages look delicious.

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### Author: ![BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/billschiller/32/119_2.png) [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1824 "2024-01-16T14:00:53Z")

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We also finished up some teriyaki beef sticks last night.

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### Author: ![ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/forbiddentuna/32/36469_2.png) [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1825 "2024-01-16T15:24:42Z")

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Bill I really like the KISS of that smoking shack.

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### Author: ![BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/billschiller/32/119_2.png) [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discovering-my-freedom-in-minnesota/1460/1826 "2024-01-16T17:47:29Z")

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I just used leftover materials i had laying around including the tin.

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