Snack stick casing sizes

[ND Mike]

marzig20 I use 19mm as well.

[PapaSop]

marzig20
19mm as well. Thinking it’s unanimous.

[bocephus]

marzig20 I use 19mm any smaller and they get harder to stuff.

[twilliams]

marzig20 always 19mm, would go no bigger than 21mm in my opinion. Looks like from the other comments there is a pattern

[marzig20]

Thanks everyone! Just ordered the 19mm, Willies, and a hamburger paddle.

[ND Mike]

marzig20 solid order there. Willies is awesome and that hamburger paddle is very helpful!

[bocephus]

ND Mike On your recommendation I order 3 hamburger paddles, like to always have one available.

[knifemaker3]

I make case-less snack sticks. Works just fine. Shoot them out of a round tube from my jerky gun onto a non stick smoking screen and smoke like normal. Works for me.

[ND Mike]

bocephus lol…you did me one better. I have two.

[ND Mike]

knifemaker3 when you do these what do you use for a smoker. My Dad use to make them this way. He called them cat turd sticks…lol!

[Jamieson22]

I like 21mm casing using a 13mm tube. Makes it easier to crank with hi-temp cheese mixed in.

[processhead]

I switched over to using sheep casings for snack sticks a few years ago and really like how they turn out. Nice snap and no separation.
Just this week I did order some 19mm collagen casings from Walton’s to try again because of the good reports I have heard, so will be doing some side by side testing of both types soon.

[marzig20]

processhead How consistent does the size run on the sheep casings?

[processhead]

Within a single lot of casings, they seem to run pretty consistent. Natural casings gauged during processing and are offered in range of sizes like collagen casings are.
Get the sheep casings that are sleeved. They are super easy to work with.
Sheep casing that are loose are harder to work with though. Very fine and small openings to get on the stuffer tube.

[marzig20]

The reason I ask is I got some cheap hog casings years ago. They must not have been sized. There was a lot difference in the diameters.

[Randie N]

processhead curious if you got the clear or the smoked(red) ones?

[Randie N]

marzig20 I use 19mm

[processhead]

Randie N said in Snack stick casing sizes:

processhead curious if you got the clear or the smoked(red) ones?

I got the smoke colored ones.
I have also used the clear ones as well in the past and they seem to darken up well when smoked.

[Randie N]

processhead I was curious because you said about comparing to the natural and the clear ones don’t have the “snap” like the smoked ones

[processhead]

Randie N said in Snack stick casing sizes:

processhead I was curious because you said about comparing to the natural and the clear ones don’t have the “snap” like the smoked ones

My earlier comment was about sheep casings having a good snap and not separating from the meat after thermal processing.

I did not mean to infer that collagen casings did not have the snap.