Cutting snack sticks

[dubsmeats]

Anyone come up with a idea to cut snack sticks, instead of individually.

[Jonathon]

dubsmeats A knife that would cut across multiple rows is the easiest way that I have found. Set them up in rows of 5, get your longest sharp knife and just cut them across the entire row of 5.

Anyone have a better idea? Looking at our big processors like raider2119 and Parksider

[Big DLD]

dubsmeats We make our our sticks in approx 100# batches. Kitchen shears! We set up a jig, kind of.

First we cut the curley ends off. Make two lines on packing paper of the desired length and shear away. We are experimenting with something like a paper cutter this year but haven’t perfected it yet. When we get going this year I’ll post some pictures.

[Parksider]

I was thinking about a paper cutter…let us know how that works. We cut the ends off and package them up, the guys love the small bites-we call them nubs. I usually just use blue tape on a cutting board and line them up. Key is to have lots of help! We use the 6"x10" bags for 6 sticks. I like using the zip lock chamber vac bags but they can get pricey compared to regular bags.

[Jamieson22]

I only do 25lb batches and my sticks are 42" lengths when smoked and draped over a dowel. When cut I basically get 6 x 6" or so sticks from each one + the bend and end nubs for snack bags. I always cut the first one size and then just use that as a guide. Line up 4 or 5 plus the one I use for template and cut with a really sharp stiff boning knife. It is certainly busy work but figured any other apparatus would take more time getting set up than it would save.

That said I have considered adding a raised edge to the end of a large wood cutting board. Push sticks up against it and use a 14" slicer to run through a large number of them at a set mark(s) on the cutting board.

[craigrice]

Waltons makes a sausage cutter ,but I think a cutting board with sizes put on it with a wood burner " lines " you could lay out several then cut to size