I train my guys to have a little pizza sauce on their hands when pinching sausage, the hand that holds the glob of sausage has some sauce on the web between the thumb and forefinger, this also makes the placing hand non-stick too.
They sauce the crust, place the inner part of their hand onto it to lube it up, and go nuts pinching off sausage.
I’ve tried pre-cooked using our own fresh sausage, and it I find it only detracts from our quality.
@bodegahwy I do not see pinching off fresh sausage as a food safety issue at all, because we are working with non-RTE products at this point.
We have a handwash sink on the line, and multiple buckets with towels in sanitizing solution (bleach water at 200 PPM) The only time we use gloves is a single gloved hand, and only when direct contact with RTE foods is required. My opinion is that glove use has created more food safety issue than it was supposed to correct, and I blame it on misunderstanding their usage, and people believing it is a personal protection device.
I have seen fast food workers use the restroom wearing gloves, and return to work wearing those same gloves. How disgusting is that!?