Beef Sticks

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Used Sheep Casings with my Jerky Cannon (no pics)



Smoked in the MES 40 for 8 hours Started at 100* and worked up to 160*


finished The Pretzel Stick for nepas"
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These taste like Slim Jims' without all the grease 

Used a modified version of big casinos

Beef Sticks 

 
5lb ground beef
1cup ice water
1tsp insta-cure
4tsp salt
1TBS brown sugar
1tsp ground mustard
2tsp whole mustard seed
2tsp coarse ground black pepper - add more if you like pepper taste
1/2tsp white ground pepper
1TBS Smoked Paprika
1tsp onion powder - more or less to taste
1tsp garlic powder - more or less to taste
8 Tbsp NFDM
1 Tbsp Fermento

 
mix all spices and cure#1 into  1 cup of ice cold water  mix into  ground beef until mixed through
stuff into casing. 
place into smoker preheated to around 100 degrees for one hour  to dry casings, then add smoke,raise heat 10* every 1/2 hr,til you hit 180*remove when you reach an internal temp of 152 to 160 degrees.

Thanks for looking 

Richie
 
Them sticks look good.

Hard to bend them casings into pretzelwurst...EH
 
These look great, I'm bookmarking this recipe. My MES died so I've been limited to my snack stick production.... Guess I better get Cabelas to get a new one!
Tim I got mine at Sams when my Gen 2 died.I also took the extended warranty let us know how you like them

Richie 
 
Gonna try this.

They look great.   80/20 beef???

Points to you sir.
 
 
Gonna try this.

They look great.   80/20 beef???

Points to you sir.
Adam I think the 80/20 is the key to keeping them from being greasy,thanks for the points I appreciate it

Richie
 
 
Those do look good Richie!  

Big Casino's recipe is solid
Charlie thanks I tried sausage makers recipe and i wasn't as good as these,I added NFDM and Fermento to BC recipe Thanks for the points I appreciate it

Richie
 
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