I recently got into making my own snack sticks. I got a Masterbuilt smoker and all the equipment for snack sticks and brat making.
I have made about 4 batches of snack sticks (all 6lb batches, 4lbs of venison and 2 lbs of pork) and I have a few questions about them. They all have been editable and good, but I am reading that most are smoking them for anywhere from 4 to 8 hours? I smoke mine at 180 degrees for 2 hours with smoke and then for an additional 1 hour at 180 without smoke, and that's it. Should i be doing this longer? They taste good and they are not dried out, they have good juice in them, but i think that really anything over 4 hours would turn our dried out?
My internal temp thermometer reads around 130 degrees when all said and done but im not sure how accurate it is.
Thanks,
Justin
I have made about 4 batches of snack sticks (all 6lb batches, 4lbs of venison and 2 lbs of pork) and I have a few questions about them. They all have been editable and good, but I am reading that most are smoking them for anywhere from 4 to 8 hours? I smoke mine at 180 degrees for 2 hours with smoke and then for an additional 1 hour at 180 without smoke, and that's it. Should i be doing this longer? They taste good and they are not dried out, they have good juice in them, but i think that really anything over 4 hours would turn our dried out?
My internal temp thermometer reads around 130 degrees when all said and done but im not sure how accurate it is.
Thanks,
Justin