With game day and football party weekends in full swing, it’s time to fire up the Traeger smoker for smoked kielbasa. This polish sausage comfort food recipe brings lots of smoky flavor and only has one ingredient. Let’s get smoking!
What is kielbasa?
Kielbasa is just the polish name for sausage. It will contain various cuts of meat and fat and will be cured.
How long to smoke kielbasa?
When using a smoker set to 225 degrees F, it will take you anywhere from 2 – 3 hours to fully finish smoking kielbasa. Please use an internal read thermometer to measure for an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
Is kielbasa already cooked?
In this Sip Bite Go kielbasa smoker recipe, yes, the kielbasa sausage was already cured and cooked (it’s sausage from Teton Waters Ranch). You can equate this to how hot dogs are already cooked in the package when you buy them from a grocery store.
You could decide to make your own homemade sausage by combining various cuts of meat, place in a bowl and stir with your seasonings. Then run the mixture through your sausage maker and into casings.
How long will smoked kielbasa last in the fridge?
After removing the kielbasa from the packaging and smoking it, you should consume it within the next 3 days. If you keep it in an air-tight container in the fridge, you could stretch it close to a week.
On the other hand, cooked kielbasa sausage still in the packaging will last several weeks in the fridge unopened.
Is smoked sausage the same as kielbasa?
Smoked sausage and kielbasa are very similar. In general terms, they are both various cuts of meat stuffed into a casing. With that said, Kielbasa usually is a mix of pork and beef with garlic as another main ingredient. The shape between them both are different as well. Smoked sausages are usually smaller, whereas kielbasa are cut into a long loop shape.
What wood pellets / wood chips should I use for smoked kielbasa?
In this recipe, we used pecan pellets. It gave it a nice smoky flavor that we all enjoyed. If you’re looking for something a bit lighter in smokiness, then perhaps an applewood would be more preferable. Another good option would be hickory pellets.
New to cooking Smoked Kielbasa and other smoked food recipes? See my step by step video for beginners (scroll to bottom of page).
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make Smoked Kielbasa.
- kielbasa, precooked
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Detailed recipe steps
- Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 225 degrees F.
- Prep kielbasa for smoking. Remove kielbasa sausage from the package. You can poke holes in it with a fork, but I usually don’t and it smokes just fine.
- Smoke kielbasa at 225 degrees F for 2 – 3 hrs, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F as measured with an internal read thermometer.
- Finish smoked kielbasa by serving it in hoagie rolls, or dicing it up and serving it with an appetizer platter for game day.
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Ingredients
- 1 kielbasa precooked
Instructions
- Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 225 degrees F.
- Prep kielbasa for smoking. Remove kielbasa sausage from the package. You can poke holes in it with a fork, but I usually don’t and it smokes just fine.
- Smoke kielbasa at 225 degrees F for 2 – 3 hrs, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F as measured with an internal read thermometer.
- Finish smoked kielbasa by serving it in hoagie rolls, or dicing it up and serving it with an appetizer platter for game day.
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