Tiny air bubbles in hot dogs...

[shawnthomas]

I made hot dogs this weekend with the ol champion juicer. Emulsion is great, however there are lots of tiny air bubbles in my final product, anyone have any tricks they use to remove these? I think my wife will divorce me if i purchase a commercial vacuum stuffer. My goal is to replicate the look and texture of commercial made hot dogs but made with higher quality meat for my kids. I thought about trying to put the meat into my vacuum marinading container prior to stuffing but have not yet.

 

[shawnthomas]

not sure why the images loaded twice...sorry

 

[Bearcarver]

Could save them for the Church Picnic.
"Holy Hot Dogs"
Just a thought !
Nonsense??

BTW: I'm sure someone will be along real soon, with some real help.

Bear

 

[shawnthomas]

Could save them for the Church Picnic.
"Holy Hot Dogs"
Just a thought !
Nonsense??

Bear

That is hilarious!!!!

 

[browneyesvictim]

Is this a commercial mix or a recipe?

 

[DanMcG]

It's impossible to avoid air pockets but thats excessive. It must have something to do with the juicer . You could try vacuum but it would take a lot of vacuum to pull them out of a big batch.
I've never tried it but maybe spreading it out on the counter and kneading the mince to help bring the air to the surface.

 

[daveomak]

Looks like it could be "fat out" from your cooking process.... The fat particles melted and left hollows in the meat....