Snack sticks casings

[brandekm]

Who has tips on getting these damn casings on their stuffing tubes? I’ve got a 16mm tube and a 19mm casing and they don’t fit unless you kind of unstrip them and feed it back on the tube. Pain in the butt lol. They stick so bad to the tube. Would a little vegetable oil help or is that a bad idea?

[glen]

I use vegetable oil and try to keep the center the casing to the tube.
Also if it is going on hard I use a paper towel in the “push” hand

[gus4416]

I use a lot of water on the hand I am using to push the casing on keep making the tube wet

[Jonathon]

brandekm a 19mm goes with a 12mm tube, 16mm tube is too big for that. Check out the chart at https://www.waltonsinc.com/walton-s-12mm-ss-stuffing-tube and it will show you the mm tube to use for what mm casing

[Elsos]

brandekm dude, from my point of view, those look awesome! I don’t see the hassle when someone else did that work

[brandekm]

Jonathon Gotcha, I was just guessing that my 16 would fit when I bought the casing.

[dhg001]

Brandekm, I’m not trying to hijack your thread but how many lbs of snack sticks are in the picture you posted? I’m going to start making them and am trying to figure"X"lbs look like.

Thanks

[brandekm]

dhg001 this was a half batch of the Walton’s bourbon peppercorn. 12.5lbs meat plus about a pound of cheese.