1st time meat stick venture
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Blippo Slim Jims are usually really thin, they are probably about 13-15mm casings and without a hydraulic or vacuum stuffer you might have a really big problem getting that to work. Pork fat is generally better than beef fat too. Pork fat has less color and flavor than beef fat and it is more creamy. You’ll want to use a binder, sure gel is probably the best one.
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gus4416 Do you know how small you went on the casings?
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Ahh gotcha, yup then you can go pretty small! If you ever get the chance post pics of them!
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gus4416 Below is a good smoke schedule for Canadian bacon, if you can’t get it to start at 120 you have to decide if you want to try propping the lid to bleed out some heat or just start at 150 (or whatever your smoker will do)
Stage 1 - 120° with no smoke and dampers closed for 30 minutes
Stage 2 - 135° close dampers down and add smoke
Stage 3 - 150° for 30 minutes
Stage 4 - 165° for 30 minutes
Stage 5 - 180° until internal temp reaches 132° or until 145°
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