Decided to give it another try.
Grinded up 3 pounds of pork loin and added the "Cabela's Polish Kielbasa" seasoning and cure kit. (Yeah I cheated with the seasoning for this time.) The kit came with hog casings. Mixed in the cure, seasoning to the 1/8" ground pork and stuffed into the hog casings. Smoked with cherry and hickory wood and the kielbasa tastes great! Has a nice "kick" to it as well!
Now I have the snack sticks in the smoker as I type this. Once again I cheated a bit with the seasoning and bought a "Cabela's Snack Stick" seasoning and cure kit. It came with callogen casings (19mm). Mixed in the cure, and seasoning to 3 pounds ground beef, and 2 pounds ground pork loin. Mixed it all up real good and stuffed into the callogen casings. Now smoking with cherry and hickory wood. I'll have an after pic after they are finished!
Here's a before pic of the snack sticks:
Grinded up 3 pounds of pork loin and added the "Cabela's Polish Kielbasa" seasoning and cure kit. (Yeah I cheated with the seasoning for this time.) The kit came with hog casings. Mixed in the cure, seasoning to the 1/8" ground pork and stuffed into the hog casings. Smoked with cherry and hickory wood and the kielbasa tastes great! Has a nice "kick" to it as well!
Now I have the snack sticks in the smoker as I type this. Once again I cheated a bit with the seasoning and bought a "Cabela's Snack Stick" seasoning and cure kit. It came with callogen casings (19mm). Mixed in the cure, and seasoning to 3 pounds ground beef, and 2 pounds ground pork loin. Mixed it all up real good and stuffed into the callogen casings. Now smoking with cherry and hickory wood. I'll have an after pic after they are finished!
Here's a before pic of the snack sticks: