Okay I'll do this as soon as I get some free time. Gonna be busy getting this 18.5" WSM up and running, seasoned etc..
Ok finally got some time to get this together!
I just made a jar of this and seasoned a couple pounds of freshly ground IBP pork butt with it today. (Hardly made a dent in the mason jar--hehe.) Fried up 1/2 pound in little meatballs. Tastes perfect! By having this jar of seasoning already made up, it made VERY quick work of making the Hot Italian Sausage--literally like 1 minute.
Hot Italian Sausage Seasoning for up to 30 pounds of pork butt
(Note: see OP for the same recipe, but measured in teaspoons for smaller amount, if you want to try this out first. By the way if you don't have a digital scale with 1 gram accuracy, what's stopping you? They are only $12-15 on Amazon.com! They are such a useful time saving tool.)
Okay, here's the recipe for the Hot Italian Sausage Seasoning for up to 30 pounds of pork butt–fits in a single 1 quart sized mason jar:
200 grams [7.05 oz] salt (any dry salt–e.g. kosher, table salt & pickling salt)
23 grams [.81 oz] garlic powder
9 grams [.32 oz] black peppercorns
94 grams [3.32 oz] paprika
90 grams [3.17 oz] fennel seed
38 grams [1.34 oz] crushed red pepper
48 grams [1.69 oz] of star anise
(Grind what needs to be ground, combine in mixing bowl with whisk, then place in mason jar. Shake before each use.)
[Technical Note: 502 grams of seasoning, which serves 13620 grams (30 pounds) of pork butt. 502/13620 = 3.7%.]
So to use this seasoning: just weigh whatever amount of pork to be seasoned and times that value by 3.7% (.037), to get the weight of the seasoning to add.
And as mentioned in the first post in this thread:
“.. multiply the weight of the ground pork by 2.4% to get the number of grams of olive oil to add.”
Note: this recipe is for non-enhanced, non-injected pork butt, such as IBP. (Adjust accordingly.)
Where I purchase the spices affordably:
Just say "NO" to McCormick!
Aldi ($1 for the following) : paprika, garlic powder, crushed red pepper
Local Asian market (large bags of these are cheap) : fennel seed, star anise
Sam's Club: large container of Tone's black peppercorns
Walmart: Morton Kosher Salt