Snack sticks on the Smokin'-It #3

[driedstick]

Dang it man them look good so far,, I use Mitchlitch a lot,,, I really like the jap pepper snack stick,,,they have some great seasonings - can't wait to see when they are done and you verdict on the seasoning,,, I did their zesty summer sausage and it was good also 

A full smoker is a happy smoker - points 

helper looks like he is having fun also

DS
 

 

[dert]

At 8:15... Pulled some off.

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[bdskelly]

Awesome !!!

 

[dert]

So about 9 hours later...got them up to 153ish...

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[dert]

I think the kielbasa and summer sausages on the bottom were giving off lots of moisture and absorbing all the heat...

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[pc farmer]

Great thread. Everything looks great. :drool

 

[dert]

The snack sticks turned out great, not over cooked or tough. Lessons learned: sheep casing are the way to go, spokane spice pepper stick seasoning have great flavor, not the same as I was going for (Hackenmueller's meats pepper sticks) but way better than my last attempts, don't combine Summer and snack sticks, maybe increase the pork from 15 to 25%, double grind through the 1/4" plate, keep using the Costco 88/12 ground beef. Need to cool off in an ice water bath.

I have enough casings for about 9,000 more pounds of meat so I'll keep practicing!

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks tasty. I love those snack sticks.

Do you like the natural sheep casing better than the collagen slim Jim type?

 

[pc farmer]

A hank will go fast trust me. Just resalt them.

 

[dert]

Looks tasty. I love those snack sticks.




Do you like the natural sheep casing better than the collagen slim Jim type?

Yes! Maybe it's just what I'm used to here and what I grew up with from the butcher shop. Or, my miserable last several attempts with tough and chewy casings (collegen)...

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[dert]

A hank will go fast trust me. Just resalt them.

Just did, filled a ziplock with the remainder (approx. 99% left, we only used 4 strands for 10#+ of product) and dumped in about a 1/3 cup of non iodized salt.

 

[dert]

Go fast? Not sure...that was pretty time consuming spread out over four days. Soaking, grinding, mixing, stuffing, curing, smoking, drying (dumped them in my chest fridge last night and there is a ton of condensation on them affecting snap), and packaging.

 

[boykjo]

The snack sticks turned out great, not over cooked or tough. Lessons learned: sheep casing are the way to go,

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• boykjo
• Dec 8, 2015

 

[driedstick]

Looks great Nice job

A full smoker is a happy smoker

DS
 

 

[JckDanls 07]

Go fast? Not sure...that was pretty time consuming spread out over four days. Soaking, grinding, mixing, stuffing, curing, smoking, drying (dumped them in my chest fridge last night and there is a ton of condensation on them affecting snap), and packaging.

Try putting them in brown paper bags when in the fridge... this will help keep them dry and preserve the snap...

 

[dert]

The summer sausage was my 2nd attempt...first one I cut the ground beef with bacon ends and pieces...too salty.

This one was 50% 88/12 ground beef from Costco and 50% home ground porky butt from Costco through my kitchen aid course then 1/4" fine...

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[dert]

Followed Spokane spice's recipe and it turned out great, nice texture and flavor...just needs some whole mustard seeds!

 

[dert]

Try putting them in brown paper bags when in the fridge... this will help keep them dry and preserve the snap...

I know....

I'm drying them in front of a fan for now and will vac pac when done!

 

[dert]

Dang it man them look good so far,, I use Mitchlitch a lot,,, I really like the jap pepper snack stick,,,they have some great seasonings - can't wait to see when they are done and you verdict on the seasoning,,, I did their zesty summer sausage and it was good also 

A full smoker is a happy smoker - points 

helper looks like he is having fun also

DS

 

The snack sticks are great...approaching commercial quality. The seasoning is fine, just a little different than my butcher shop's recipe that I'm trying to duplicate.

The summer sausage is perfect with 50/50 ground beef and pork, taste is great, needs whole mustard seeds...

Pretty happy how they turned out.

One more run to fine tune.

 

[dert]

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