Cure in smoke sticks

[Lisi]

We made some 80 % beef and 20% pork snack sticks yesterday. We forgot to add the cure package. Just added seasoning....carrot fiber binder...Jalapeños... cheese. We ground...mixed... and stuffed yesterday....then put in fridge overnight. This morning we are cooking them in the oven....started with 1 hour drying time...no heat just oven door propped open. Then set the oven to 170 degrees with door propped open for one hour. Then closed the oven door and continued oven at 170 degrees until snack sticks reached internal temp of 157 degrees. Will these be safe to eat if we didn't add cure?

 

[indaswamp]

Use a timer. Start the timer when you put the stix in the oven. You want the internal temp of the stix to be above 140*F within 4 hours....just to be safe since you forgot to add the cure. The stix are thin and should heat quickly. What size casing did you use?

And next time-use the cure.......

 

[Lisi]

Use a timer. Start the timer when you put the stix in the oven. You want the internal temp of the stix to be above 140*F within 4 hours....just to be safe since you forgot to add the cure. The stix are thin and should heat quickly. What size casing did you use?

And next time-use the cure.......

Size of sticks is 19mm. They have been in the oven for about 3 hours at 175 degrees. We have 4 probes in. Internal temp is 149...140...158...153. I just increased temp of oven to 200.

 

[smokerjim]

As indaswamp said if these were the small sticks you should be fine.

 

[Lisi]

As indaswamp said if these were the small sticks you should be fine.

These were 19mm. Internal temp got to about 160 under 4 hours. Just took them out of oven and into ice bath.

 

[kilo charlie]

19mm is like 3/4 inch right? is that considered a small stick? I don't make these so I don't know

 

[Lisi]

19mm is like 3/4 inch right? is that considered a small stick? I don't make these so I don't know

Yes....these are small sticks...maybe about 3/4 inch if that.

 

[BGKYSmoker]

At that temp you pretty much cooked the meat sticks.

 

[indaswamp]

Size of sticks is 19mm. They have been in the oven for about 3 hours at 175 degrees. We have 4 probes in. Internal temp is 149...140...158...153. I just increased temp of oven to 200.

The sticks are safe to consume.....