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Snack stick SNAP!

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  • JonathonJ Jonathon

    fallflight First, make sure you are fully stuffing them and getting protein extraction. Stick has to be a little firm to get that snap and both of those are important for that. Cook to 160 too, that might help you. Use an ice bath not a cold water bath also, you might be doing this already but just wanted to point it out. Your smoke schedule seems fine. What’s your meatblock? Fat content?

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      Jonathon

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      fallflight
      Nice looking sticks. 👍

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      • JonathonJ Jonathon

        fallflight First, make sure you are fully stuffing them and getting protein extraction. Stick has to be a little firm to get that snap and both of those are important for that. Cook to 160 too, that might help you. Use an ice bath not a cold water bath also, you might be doing this already but just wanted to point it out. Your smoke schedule seems fine. What’s your meatblock? Fat content?

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          fallflight
          Nice looking sticks. 👍

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          PapaSop yeah “look good”. Taste is good. No snap. They bend.

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          • JonathonJ Jonathon

            fallflight First, make sure you are fully stuffing them and getting protein extraction. Stick has to be a little firm to get that snap and both of those are important for that. Cook to 160 too, that might help you. Use an ice bath not a cold water bath also, you might be doing this already but just wanted to point it out. Your smoke schedule seems fine. What’s your meatblock? Fat content?

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            Thanks Jonathon. My meat block or farce was 18 lbs pork shoulder and 7 lbs clean venison. I added hi temp cheese (3 lbs). Overall fat content was approximately 30%. I did not add any water before stuffing. Could that be it?

            I did mix the meat until very tacky. I stuffed the 19 mm casings very tight.

            My cold bath had ice in it.

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              PapaSop yeah “look good”. Taste is good. No snap. They bend.

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              I’m all about the taste. Everything else…secondary

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                Poach’em Parksider s method works, I was having a time with casings and snap don’t now! Shout out to Parksider !!

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                  Poach’em Parksider s method works, I was having a time with casings and snap don’t now! Shout out to Parksider !!

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                  @s-a-m can you elaborate? What’s the science behind it? I looked on his profile but couldn’t find his poaching technique.

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                    @s-a-m can you elaborate? What’s the science behind it? I looked on his profile but couldn’t find his poaching technique.

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                    fallflight look up sous vide, basically smoke to 120-140f. Then into a electric roaster set to 170°f cook till internal temp of 160°f then to ice bath, I put on racks and blow-dry with a fan for an hour or two then in the fridge overnight

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                      @s-a-m can you elaborate? What’s the science behind it? I looked on his profile but couldn’t find his poaching technique.

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                      fallflight https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/topic/1099/cured-sausage-205-advanced-thermal-processing?_=1583374256310

                      Here is a link that Jonathan posted that I think helps explain.

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                        fallflight https://meatgistics.waltonsinc.com/topic/1099/cured-sausage-205-advanced-thermal-processing?_=1583374256310

                        Here is a link that Jonathan posted that I think helps explain.

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                        skibumben thanks for the article. I like it. I’m going to give it a shot. Also- I didn’t see in the article but are the snack sticks tied off on the ends? I usually don’t tie them off. Jonathon Parksider

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                          fallflight Yeah you absolutely need to add some water, that will help for sure! I’d start at 1 qt of water per 25 lb batch and go from there. Usually, 1-1.5 is a good amount but I’d recommend you start at 1.

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