Following the smoking procedure,
the sausageswere cooked employing a 6-stage (30 min each) graduated
heating schedule to achieve an internal temperature of 72 °C. Stage I -
40.5 °C, with no relative humidity (RH) control; stage II - 51.5 °C, 80%
RH; stage III - 60 °C, 80% RH; stage IV - 71 °C, 85% RH; stage V - 79.5 °
C, 90% RH; stage VI - 83 °C, 90% RH