Yep. Another hot dog thread.

[tx smoker]

Wow. Very nice job. Those dogs look outstanding. I'm back to wanting to give them a try again after a couple of fails in the past. Thanks for posting this!!

Robert

 

[Bearcarver]

Dogs Look Great from My House, Mose!!
Nice Job!
Like.

John

 

[sawhorseray]

That's a fine piece of work Mose, dog gone ii! RAY

 

[SmokyMose]

Wow. Very nice job. Those dogs look outstanding. I'm back to wanting to give them a try again after a couple of fails in the past. Thanks for posting this!!

Robert

Thank you. If you've never used them you may want to give the cellulose a try. Super easy to stuff and you can smoke or not.

 

[Fueling Around]

I understand the failure. I've had many failures, too.
Hebrew National is a very wet style emulsified beef dog in my taste. Nathan's is coarser and drier as is Costco dinner franks.

You did the SV with the meat in a vac pack?

 

[SmokinEdge]

Casing prep is a game changer for all natural casing, but especially on lamb casings. Prepped right they should be silky and very supple.

 

[SmokyMose]

I understand the failure. I've had many failures, too.
Hebrew National is a very wet style emulsified beef dog in my taste. Nathan's is coarser and drier as is Costco dinner franks.

You did the SV with the meat in a vac pack?

I've found you can do all the reading in the world but a failure really teaches ;-)
No, I didn't vac-seal. They would have sqwished they were so soft, hence the huge mess.
Luckily I only did 3 for the trial.

 

[SmokyMose]

Casing prep is a game changer for all natural casing, but especially on lamb casings. Prepped right they should be silky and very supple.
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I thought about the sheep/lamb casings, Edge, but the cheapskate in me balked at the price.

 

[chopsaw]

No, I didn't vac-seal. They would have sqwished they were so soft, hence the huge mess.

You had a huge mess because you put collagen casings in water .
That was another batch right ?
This batch was cellulose and came out good ?

I thought about the sheep/lamb casings, Edge, but the cheapskate in me balked at the price.

I did the same thing , and finally broke down and bought some . I like them . The ones I have are on the small side for hot dogs . 22 mm . Work great for breakfast and sticks .
Like said above , I store mine wet and very seldom have a problem .

 

[SmokyMose]

You had a huge mess because you put collagen casings in water .
That was another batch right ?
This batch was cellulose and came out good ?



I did the same thing , and finally broke down and bought some . I like them . The ones I have are on the small side for hot dogs . 22 mm . Work great for breakfast and sticks .
Like said above , I store mine wet and very seldom have a problem .

Yeah, that was a batch of beef franks a couple of weeks ago.
The cellulose did fine in the water.