Venison Snack Sticks

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Hello all,
I had a great hunting season this year, I got 2 does and a buck (5 point). My best year ever and my hunting buddy got 2 does. So we took 5 deer off of the 20 acres we hunt!
Anyway, I made 10 lbs of Cajun snack sticks and for the first time added High Temp Cheddar. I like to use 16mm casing so I was not sure how the cheese was going to work as the tube is not much bigger than a pencil.

But to my surprise, it worked just fine. So I used a 60/40 venison/pork combination and these came out fantastic. These sticks were made from the first Doe I got so I could take some on the other hunting weekends through the rest of the season. I smoked them with mesquite to an internal temp of 155 ° over a period of several hours.

I ground a little extra pork and made some breakfast sausage patties for my wife as well.

Thanks for looking.
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[Winterrider]

Looks like some good sticks. Congrats on the successful hunt.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work .

 

[SmokinAl]

Good looking sticks!
Al

 

[TGainey]

Hello all,
I had a great hunting season this year, I got 2 does and a buck (5 point). My best year ever and my hunting buddy got 2 does. So we took 5 deer off of the 20 acres we hunt!
Anyway, I made 10 lbs of Cajun snack sticks and for the first time added High Temp Cheddar. I like to use 16mm casing so I was not sure how the cheese was going to work as the tube is not much bigger than a pencil.

But to my surprise, it worked just fine. So I used a 60/40 venison/pork combination and these came out fantastic. These sticks were made from the first Doe I got so I could take some on the other hunting weekends through the rest of the season. I smoked them with mesquite to an internal temp of 155 ° over a period of several hours.

I ground a little extra pork and made some breakfast sausage patties for my wife as well.

Thanks for looking.
Link

Hi, Link! Those look great! I could sure use some smoking advice! Did you start at a lower temp and slowly increase? To what top thermostat temp? Or did you stay with one consistent(ish) temp for so many hours? I've seen on here 100 for an hour; 140 for 3 hours; 160 until IT is 152. We couldn't reach our temps and stay consistent on the MES so looking for some advice.

Thank you!

 

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Hi, Link! Those look great! I could sure use some smoking advice! Did you start at a lower temp and slowly increase? To what top thermostat temp? Or did you stay with one consistent(ish) temp for so many hours? I've seen on here 100 for an hour; 140 for 3 hours; 160 until IT is 152. We couldn't reach our temps and stay consistent on the MES so looking for some advice.

Thank you!

This was a bit ago so I do not remember for sure. But usually, I will do the first hour at 100° with no smoke just to dry the outside a bit. Then I start with smoke at 120° for 2 to 3 hours and then bump it up to 140° for an hour then 106° until I hit the internal temp I want. I hope this helps. Good luck.

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[indaswamp]

Good looking sticks.. Nicely done!

 

[TGainey]

This was a bit ago so I do not remember for sure. But usually, I will do the first hour at 100° with no smoke just to dry the outside a bit. Then I start with smoke at 120° for 2 to 3 hours and then bump it up to 140° for an hour then 106° until I hit the internal temp I want. I hope this helps. Good luck.

Link

Thank you, Link!

 

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Thank you, Link!

No problem. Let me know how yours come out.