Casing dia. and pounds per foot....

[indaswamp]

I am looking to make 14" or so links that weigh 1 lb.
Does anyone have a size chart handy or knows what size casing I should use to achieve this? I know 32-35mm casing is about 18" per foot, but not the other sizes....

Thanks in advance.

 

[DanMcG]

Looking over at Syracuse Casing the say there 42+ mm hog casings will do 150 lb's per hundred yards. so that is only 0.5 pounds per foot. or 5/8 per 14".

I got a chart somewhere, if I find it I'll post it up.

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks Dan!

 

[indaswamp]

Might have to go beef middles....50mmm or so....for 14" link...

 

[daveomak]

I think swamp has got it close....

For more detailed info on Natural Sausage Casings, please watch our WaltonsTV video for Natural Casings 101

Features:

• Natural Hog Casings
• 110 yards of natural hog casings per package/hank
• 32-35mm diameter capacity of 125 lb
• 35-38mm diameter capacity of 135 lb
• 38-42mm diameter capacity of 150 lb
• Packed in salt
• Averages 13 strands per package/hank
• Country of origin is either USA or Denmark
• These should be refrigerated for storage
• This item is non-returnable

Instructions:

• Rinse salt from casings
• Soak the casings in warm water (80 to 100 F) for 1 hour prior to stuffing
• Stuff sausage into casings
• Cook, eat, and enjoy your own homemade sausage!

Craft Butcher's Pantry has a very good assortment of casings... It's owned by a member of the forum.. Evan Brady...

Craft Butcher's Pantry Natural Casings


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[daveomak]

If a 42mm holds 150#'s per 330 feet,= 0.45#'s per foot....
To double the weight, multiply 42mm x 1.5 = ~63mm / 25.4 = ~ 2.5" diameter casing..

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks for posting Dave...

 

[indaswamp]

Hey Dave, 100 yards is 300 ft.; 3 ft. per yard.....

 

[indaswamp]

Found this info on 52mm hog casings...
https://butcherspantry.com/product/hog-sow-casings-true-52mm-plus-tubed/

says 1 hank will fill 450# of meat, so if 1 hank is 100 yards then 1.5# will fill a 12" link.
Seems the estimates from the different casings are all over the map....

 

[daveomak]

Hey Dave, 100 yards is 300 ft.; 3 ft. per yard.....

Well, Walton's says they are 110 yds. per hank... Maybe that's just Walton's...

Features:

• Natural Hog Casings
• 110 yards of natural hog casings per package/hank
• 32-35mm diameter capacity of 125 lb
• 35-38mm diameter capacity of 135 lb
• 38-42mm diameter capacity of 150 lb
• Packed in salt
• Averages 13 strands per package/hank
• Country of origin is either USA or Denmark
• These should be refrigerated for storage
• This item is non-returnable

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[daveomak]

I would get those Sow Casings... Although, a 2" casing is pretty big....
You'd never get some ladies to gnaw on one of those, unless the BBQ went late into the evening... Know what I mean ???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

 

[indaswamp]

Well, Walton's says they are 110 yds. per hank

Missed that....my bad Dave.

 

[indaswamp]

I would get those Sow Casings... Although, a 2" casing is pretty big....
You'd never get some ladies to gnaw on one of those, unless the BBQ went late into the evening... Know what I mean ???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!

For andouille Dave. Looking for something other than beef middles if I can. Beef middles can be a little tough sometimes when you leave them on like most do with andouille in a gumbo. Don't want fiber that you MUST remove....can't stand that. Ome time I bought some andouille years ago and didn't know to remove the casing....yep-little rectangles of casing floating around inda gumbo... I was so mad!! LOL!!!

 

[indaswamp]

Seems I have been told some bad information. I had always thought 1lb. will stuff about 18" of 32-25mm casing. But I found this just now...

1 lb. of meat uses approximately 2 feet of natural 32-35mm hog casings.

https://www.askthemeatcutter.com/pr...gs-one-hank-will-stuff-100-to-125-lbs-of-meat

So, you may be correct Dave, 60-64mm casing should hold about 1lb. per ft....

 

[daveomak]

Generally speaking, when you double diameter of a tube, the volume goes up by 4X...
Same with a square...
A 2x2 box or a 4x4 box.... 2x2=4..... 4x4=16.....
That's how I came up with the multiplier of 1.5.....

OK, every web site seems to have "conflicting" information.... Let's figure this out...
One site has these numbers....
1 US cup of Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, braised weighs 4.93835 ounces [oz] ....
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces = ~237 cubic centimeters ...

There are 25.4 mm per 1 inch...
A 64mm casing.. / 25.4 = ~ 2.52 inches diameter.....
2.52 x 2.52 x 0.7854 x 1 inch in length = 4.987 cubic inches or 82 cc's...

So, ~5 oz. of pork in 237 cc's... and 1" of 64mm casing = 82 cc's....
82/237 = 0.34 x 5 oz. = 1.75 oz. per 1 inch weight of pork in a 64mm casing

1.75 oz./inch x 12 inches = 21 ounces per 12" of casing...

All that being said, I have no idea how these guys come up with their numbers.....
Maybe the number 4.93835 ounces of pork per 1 US cup is meat and no fat or ???.. fat and now meat... Fat weighs a lot less than meat... meat weighs a lot more than fat...
AND, I weigh a lot more now than I weighed when I was 17 years old too....

This just proves you can't figure out much from stuff you find on the World Wide Web..

Seems I just wasted a lot of time... NOT... You can't believe everything you read on the web...

 

[daveomak]

Let me figure another length of casing....

38-42mm diameter capacity of 150 lb

42mm casing / 25.4 = 1.65"
1.65 x 1.65 x .7854 = 2.14 cubic inches = 35 cubic centimeters

4.938 ounces per 237 cc's = 0.021 oz. per cc x 35 = 0.73 oz. per inch x 12 = 8.75 oz/12" x 330' = 2888 ozs. / 16 = 180#'s per hank.... 38-42mm diameter capacity of 150 lb

Well, I guess that's close enough that maybe they do know what's happening...

 

[indaswamp]

Thanks Dave....

 

[Doru]

On the same topic, how much 80mm diameter protein casing I need to make 500-700g salami chubs?

 

[02ebz06]

Welcome the forum, from New Mexico.

Quantity would depend on the length of the casing you use.
From there you would need to determine (estimate) the length that actually has meat in it, i.e. after it is tied.
Then you can do the math and get fairly close.

 

[indaswamp]

On the same topic, how much 80mm diameter protein casing I need to make 500-700g salami chubs?

One hank of 80mm casing is roughly 100-110 yards. (if it were natural and not synthetic)
One hank of 80mm casing will stuff roughly 300# of product.

So, take 105 yards x3 ft. = 315ft. of casing.

300# of product / 315 ft. of casing = 0.95#/ 1 ft. of casing.

0.95# x 454(grams in 1#) = 432grams in 1 ft. of casing.

432g/ 12 inches in 1 ft. = 36.03 grams meat per inch.

600grams (target weight) / 36.03 grams meat per inch = 16.65" of casing to weigh roughly 600 grams.

Someone check my math...