Favorite snack stick flavors?
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Sticks are done. Taco, Bourbon Peppercorn and Maple Bacon. Started pulling from the smoker at 132 and into the Sous Vide. All three batches took less than 20 minutes combined time to hit 160.

Oh yeah, had to sample each one. All three are very good. The kids and grandkids are going to love these.
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Jonathon
The bourbon peppercorn is quite tasty. There is a flavor profile there that I’m not picking up on (old taste buds ). Will keep sampling. It’s also the only one of the three I’ll have around for personal use. The maple bacon is to sweet for me and the taco is just that, taco.As I said the kids will love these. I’ll still take the Willie’s as #1.
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Had to do a few logs after the sticks. Came out pretty well. Yeah, I know. No cheese. The boys didn’t want it this time. Not sure they’re my children anymore.


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Jonathon i can understand why you like the Willies so much. It has really good flavor with a good back end heat. And like i said i notice you like heat in alot of your sticks and jerky. Like Habanero BBQ, Gigiwatt and ghost pepper cheese. I have grown out of the hotness thats why i prefer to have the Bourbon Peppercorn, Ranch and fajita. I do love growing peppers though just to give away as i grow the hottest peppers in the WORLD!! Its really fascinating to me. Id really like to make a snack stick with Carolina Reaper in it, i just have a hard time using my meat for that as i will only give it away to mostly hispanics i know that love the heat.
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Jonathon
The bourbon peppercorn is quite tasty. There is a flavor profile there that I’m not picking up on (old taste buds ). Will keep sampling. It’s also the only one of the three I’ll have around for personal use. The maple bacon is to sweet for me and the taco is just that, taco.As I said the kids will love these. I’ll still take the Willie’s as #1.
PapaSop i dont know how to do a thumbs up and thumbs down on here, so hoping you would have said Bourbon Peppercorn superceded Willies…lol.
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Had to do a few logs after the sticks. Came out pretty well. Yeah, I know. No cheese. The boys didn’t want it this time. Not sure they’re my children anymore.


PapaSop awesome summer batch!! Great job, i got some cheese that i will be throwing in my next batch of a sample flavor, i cant wait!! Its not gonna be your typical high temp cheese, wonder if you can figure out what its gonna be since your from Wisco
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Have any of you guys made summer sausage out of Willies? I want to try some and add some pepper cheese to it.
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Have any of you guys made summer sausage out of Willies? I want to try some and add some pepper cheese to it.
@ndmike
Sort of. I take what’s leftover from the stuffer, form into a log and smoke. Slices just like summer sausage. -
PapaSop i dont know how to do a thumbs up and thumbs down on here, so hoping you would have said Bourbon Peppercorn superceded Willies…lol.
twilliams said in Favorite snack stick flavors?:
PapaSop i dont know how to do a thumbs up and thumbs down on here, so hoping you would have said Bourbon Peppercorn superceded Willies…lol.
On your mobile just touch either thumb. Laptop… Click on it.
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@ndmike
Sort of. I take what’s leftover from the stuffer, form into a log and smoke. Slices just like summer sausage.PapaSop did you like it?
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@ndmike
Absolutely. Without the casing it gets a little dryer on the outside. Actually a nice little chewy rind on the outside. Have plans to do a Willie’s summer sausage just haven’t got to it. The pepper cheese will go in along with some mustard seed. Tried the ghost pepper… no thanks. No sweating unless I’m golfing
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@ndmike
Absolutely. Without the casing it gets a little dryer on the outside. Actually a nice little chewy rind on the outside. Have plans to do a Willie’s summer sausage just haven’t got to it. The pepper cheese will go in along with some mustard seed. Tried the ghost pepper… no thanks. No sweating unless I’m golfing
PapaSop hahaha! I hear ya on the ghost pepper cheese. I bought some at a local meat market and it was hot! It makes my wife hiccup!!!
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twilliams said in Favorite snack stick flavors?:
PapaSop i dont know how to do a thumbs up and thumbs down on here, so hoping you would have said Bourbon Peppercorn superceded Willies…lol.
On your mobile just touch either thumb. Laptop… Click on it.
PapaSop i do know how to select a thumb vote but i cant do both. Wanted to give a thumbs up for saying Bourbon Peppercorn is great, thumbs down because you said Willies is still your #1…lol. All in fun ofcourse
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PapaSop i do know how to select a thumb vote but i cant do both. Wanted to give a thumbs up for saying Bourbon Peppercorn is great, thumbs down because you said Willies is still your #1…lol. All in fun ofcourse
twilliams
Can only use one of them on the same post from what I can tell. -
twilliams The ranch is a great stick but I feel like it is misnamed, agree or disagree? It should be called something like mild classic or something because I pick up no ranch taste. I’ve even added a decent amount of the dry ranch salad seasoning and it doesn’t really kick up the ranch flavor in my mind BUT the taste is so subjective so I am wanting your opinion. Well, actually I always want everyone’s opinion…okay, this is getting a little rambly!
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twilliams The ranch is a great stick but I feel like it is misnamed, agree or disagree? It should be called something like mild classic or something because I pick up no ranch taste. I’ve even added a decent amount of the dry ranch salad seasoning and it doesn’t really kick up the ranch flavor in my mind BUT the taste is so subjective so I am wanting your opinion. Well, actually I always want everyone’s opinion…okay, this is getting a little rambly!
Jonathon I pick up a very slight, and I mean very slight taste of ranch at the beginning but not all the way through the entire stick. Same with fajita, not much fajita flavor to it. But good flavor all around
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twilliams The ranch is a great stick but I feel like it is misnamed, agree or disagree? It should be called something like mild classic or something because I pick up no ranch taste. I’ve even added a decent amount of the dry ranch salad seasoning and it doesn’t really kick up the ranch flavor in my mind BUT the taste is so subjective so I am wanting your opinion. Well, actually I always want everyone’s opinion…okay, this is getting a little rambly!
Jonathon dry ranch seasoning is good on air fry pork chops
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Has anyone had the hot pickles from Porubsky’s in Topeka? I am really wanting to try and dry some and add to a snack stick.
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