Snack Stick Prep

[bowmanmt]

Well everyone loved the Venision 80% pork Butt20% Summer Sausage , Thanks to you fellow smokers.
Now the question I have is this. I will be smoking 25 lbs of 80%moose and 20% Pork Butt. I am using the Leggs snack stick hot and spicy mix. It come with the pink cure. My question is after I mix everything up and put it into the 19mm casing, Do I refrigerate overnight or do I put it right in the smoker. I know when Its done cooking I will give the snacks a ice bath and refrigerate for overnight. But do I have to also refrigerate overnight the filled casing before smoking.. Thanks

 

[checkdude]

I would. It's to give the cure time to do its thing .
sorry senior moment here. I meant mix, stuff,rest in fridge for 1 or 2 days Then smoke. Did you do your summer sausage differently?

 

[bowmanmt]

In the casing, or just put mixed meat in refrigerator over night then stuff and smoke?

 

[kit s]

Well as I found out you should let stick sit in frig for a few days and let cure work and casing to dry a bit. Didn't get mine dry enough and well casing shrunk from both ends. Besides you want skin to snap when eating.
Just my 1/2 cent

 

[tx smoker]

Any time I make sausage with Cure #1, I let it rest at least overnight before smoking. You'll see a dramatic color change as the cure works it's magic and all the flavors marry. Not saying that smoking it immediately is wrong however. This is just the way I've always done it and always had great results.

My .02,
Robert

 

[chopsaw]

If I'm doing sticks I stuff right away . Before over night in fridge .

 

[JckDanls 07]

I don't have enough room in the chill chest to stuff and rest... so I let the mix rest overnight and then stuff... I remix before stuffing adding a lil water if I think it needs it.. If I'm putting cheese in, this is when I add it in......

 

[bowmanmt]

 

[bowmanmt]

Just finished 25lb of snack stick.. I put them in the refrigerator till tomorrow morning then they're going into smoker, want to thank everybody for their help

 

[dward51]

I mix my meat the day before and let the meat with cure sit in the fridge overnight so the flavors can blend. I usually stuff and then smoke the next day. I add a small amount of liquid on stuffing day to help loosen up the meat as you are pushing a lot of meat down a big cylinder and out a very tiny opening in the stick tube. Been doing it this way for over 10 years. Also if you have to let it sit a few days in the fridge, no problem. Temp and time are what you need to watch.