Venison Snack Stick Fail

[JckDanls 07]

So I told a few friends I was going to be making pork snack sticks this wknd... One told me he had some venison he broiught down with him from Michigan... Asked if I wanted it to make some sticks with it... We would split the finished product... After cleaning it up (actually was already pretty clean) and grinding it came out to 7 lbs... a little over... So I added 3 lbs of fat from the fat caps off the boston butts to make up a 10 lb batch... They seem to have cooked alright... Took about 6 hrs at low temps... They ended up being dry and crumbly... No signs of fat out... I did forget to put the thermocouple for the controller inside the smokehouse when I started them... Didn't notice it for the first 1 1/2 hrs... So it was on full blast trying to get up to the set temp...

 

[millerbuilds]

That bites, been there done that.... basically made dog food....

- Jason

 

[crazymoon]

Keith, I like to use pork butt @ 35-40% as my add-in instead of straight pork fat. IMHO it is more forgiving with heat spikes. Too bad about your sticks ,not very often a smoke project is inedible.

 

[hoity toit]

yep done that too, doggie treats.

HT

 

[jcam222]

If it tastes good maybe grind it in with burger similar to how some folks do with bacon.

 

[JckDanls 07]

Thanks Y'all... I was kinda hesitant on using just the fat from the fat cap... but live and learn...

not very often a smoke project is inedible.

It's not inedible really... It taste good... Just the mouth feel is a little off...