Just starting out

[keitht2]

I just bought all my equipment for making jerky ans sausage. I want to begin by making snack sticks. Here's my newbie question:

What are the pros and cons of making snack sticks with and without casings? Whats the difference? Is one better than the other? I have the equipment to do both.

 

[fuzzyfishin]

I just bought all my equipment for making jerky ans sausage. I want to begin by making snack sticks. Here's my newbie question:

What are the pros and cons of making snack sticks with and without casings? Whats the difference? Is one better than the other? I have the equipment to do both.

 

[fuzzyfishin]

I prefer natural sheep casing. You can hang (prefer) or lay flat. I like the snap when you bite in. I like to use Syracuse casing co. For my casing. I get the casing on a straw, slides over my stuffing tubes.
Using no casing, tends to make it more of a ground jerky.

 

[mike243]

I don’t use casing when doing in the dehydrator but i do to smoke, i use a jerky shooter for the dehydrator, use the grinder/stuffing tubes to smoke