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Guy & gals tomorrow I want to make some uncased beef sticks.
The lowest my pellet grill goes is 180°f, but I do have a side smoker cabinet on it & I can maintain 150°-160°f in it.
Will this be a low enough temperature?
Or should I Crack a my door some to keep temps down?
Thanks. Any &...
Woohoo! Big meat sale this Thursday...I am backing the truck up on boston butts for a big run of andouille, cajun smoke sausage, and goose snacksticks......
$1.19/#....great price with inflation!
...suggests small diameter casings with hi temp cheese cubes especially after chilled DOES NOT like to come out.
my dilemma is i want 21mm snacksticks with hi temp cheese in the farce in a full 30lb motorized stuffer.
was making 21mm snacksticks made the mistake of not stuffing right away...
OK then... John picked up some casings... I just ordered some snack stick casings as Doug would like some sticks... I have some seasonings for sticks... John wants to do a summer sausage from two guys and a cooler... He says he has seasonings to cover that...
Let us get a little plan...
...washing instead of seasoning. The Heat Sink is in place and you can see this also gives me all 9 racks for making a mess of sausage, snacksticks, or jerky. Racks are big enough for a standard hotel pan on them. Most of the time I would not need this much space, but I do like to make volume...
...out how prevalent it is used I changed my mind. Hickory Farms stuff is not smoked at all and use it. Most all bacon/deli/lunch meat/snacksticks/jerky use it. Sometimes it's used in conjunction with a real smoke sometimes not.
Not all LS is the same. Have no tried them all but this one...
...and the tub. This greatly reduces blow-by as the plate pushes meat through the cylinder.
Next, I remove the old crank handle and use an adapter to allow using a 1/2 inch drive ratchet with an extension for more leverage. This greatly reduces the effort to crank out small diameter snacksticks.
Just made my first batch of venison snacksticks. They taste fine but the casing are a bit tough to chew. I used Lems casings, which says they are edible. Any thoughts
...so i think they'll fit in.
I'm going to be checking here more often that people are chatting :)
@JckDanls 07 Keith - Do we wanna do snacksticks this year?
I know Mark @Discus39 has been in the barn making some slick looking smokers.
Looking forward to another year! Really bummed i...
ive done jerky on the Rec Teq. turns out great. 180 for an hour or so then I up it to 225/250 till almost dry. time depends on thickness. this is sliced EOR, not ground beef. NOTE: the jerky will dry more as it cools. no help with snacksticks cuz ive never made them, sorry.
For jalapeno cheese sausage I much prefer fresh jalapeno. It gives a brightness that would otherwise be lacking and it's a nice juxtaposition to the richness of the cheese, meat and fat. I use the dried for things like snacksticks, maybe summer sausage, etc.
...able to show up and make it another fantastic gathering.
Doug/brad your presence was greatly missed. We look forward to next year.
Keith as always your snacksticks were a hit. Good learing process of how to do it and also enjoy the end results. Next time we can sample some summer sausage.
...NO2. It is used in Bacon (by law) and other cured meats that will be finished processing within 30 days, like sausages, summer sausage, snacksticks, Canadian Bacon, etc...
Cure #2 is for products that will take longer than 30 days to finish processing. The amounts are higher to allow for a...
What recipe did you use, or did you use a jerky marinade/kit. Curing salts cure the meat. Idk if other salts apply to curing.
I am kinda of a newbie, but been making jerky & snacksticks for quite some years now.
I upgraded from the 5# to the 10# motorized and really like it. As far as I know LEM recommends using the 10# for snacksticks. Mine came with a 3/8” tube for sticks. No problem so far.
No, the 5# tubes will not work on the larger motorized units, but mine came with 4 stainless tubes.
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