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  • LanceL Offline
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    Lance
    Regular Contributors Veteran Cast Iron Dry Cured Sausage Traeger Masterbuilt Team Blue
    wrote on last edited by
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    the only one ive seen is the pro smoker 100 but it is expensive.

    You never work a day in your life if you love what you do.

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    • S Sdickey1960

      I am having a hard time finding a vertical pellet smoker that will go down to 120 degrees for step smoking snack sticks and summer sausage Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

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      twilliams
      Power User PK100 Regular Contributors Team Grey
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      Sdickey1960 like Lance said the PK100SS is your best bet. But keep in mind this smoker is not fed by pellets. The smoke is generated from a pan of moistened wood saw chips. And like he said it is pricey but you get what you pay for in the long run. They used to be $1700, i think they are up around $2400 now.

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        It’s crazy that everything you read or watch tells you to stair step the temps for snack sticks a such, but you cant find one that has that feature lol. Seems there has to be a lot of people making them.

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        • S Sdickey1960

          It’s crazy that everything you read or watch tells you to stair step the temps for snack sticks a such, but you cant find one that has that feature lol. Seems there has to be a lot of people making them.

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          cdavis
          Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User
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          Sdickey1960 the cheap way out would be what I have. A masterbuilt electric with a smoker attachment. I’ve had mine for 7 years now with no problems (knock on wood) just got the smoker attachment 8 months ago. Wish I would have gotten it 7 years ago. I hear alot of bad things about these smokers but mine has performed beautifully.

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          • S Sdickey1960

            It’s crazy that everything you read or watch tells you to stair step the temps for snack sticks a such, but you cant find one that has that feature lol. Seems there has to be a lot of people making them.

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            twilliams
            Power User PK100 Regular Contributors Team Grey
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            Sdickey1960 another thing you could do is buy a cheaper one like cdavis is mentioning, learn his tricks he has done with his then Sous vide to finish them off instead of cooking all the way through. For example when starting you could have your meat as cold as possible and start with a cold smoke cabinet instead of pre heating. I have also heard people prop the door open to begin with. As well as putting in a pan of ice to try to keep the temp down. Not sure how well that one works. I would suggest buying the more expensive one designed to do sausage but you can get it done either way. The end product will be different but still good and edible.

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              tomhancock
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              #7

              I have a pitboss 5 series vertical pellet smoker and have no problems with snack sticks.
              Lowest setting is 150 but that works just fine.
              Load up smoker with 18# of sticks.
              Run at 150 for one hour.
              Run at 170 for two hours.
              Run at 200 until internal temp 152.
              Smoke stack left 3/4 open the entire time.
              No issue with fatting out, or hard casings either.
              I make hundreds of # of sticks a year with no problem.
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              • T tomhancock

                I have a pitboss 5 series vertical pellet smoker and have no problems with snack sticks.
                Lowest setting is 150 but that works just fine.
                Load up smoker with 18# of sticks.
                Run at 150 for one hour.
                Run at 170 for two hours.
                Run at 200 until internal temp 152.
                Smoke stack left 3/4 open the entire time.
                No issue with fatting out, or hard casings either.
                I make hundreds of # of sticks a year with no problem.
                20210918_075851.jpg
                20210807_083705.jpg20210807_083705.jpg

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                twilliams
                Power User PK100 Regular Contributors Team Grey
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                tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

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                • S Sdickey1960

                  I am having a hard time finding a vertical pellet smoker that will go down to 120 degrees for step smoking snack sticks and summer sausage Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

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                  Jamieson22
                  Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Sous Vide Power User
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                  Sdickey1960 I have a Pitts & Spitts 1250 pellet smoker and later bought a Pro Smoker PK100 for same reason you are asking. My P&S only goes down to 180F at lowest.

                  Funny enough I did a batch of snack sticks and did some on each smoker. 3 buddies all preferred the P&S version cooked at 180F to the PK100 ramped up. Go figure!

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                  • twilliamsT twilliams

                    tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

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                    tomhancock
                    Yearling
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                    twilliams collagen.

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                    • T tomhancock

                      I have a pitboss 5 series vertical pellet smoker and have no problems with snack sticks.
                      Lowest setting is 150 but that works just fine.
                      Load up smoker with 18# of sticks.
                      Run at 150 for one hour.
                      Run at 170 for two hours.
                      Run at 200 until internal temp 152.
                      Smoke stack left 3/4 open the entire time.
                      No issue with fatting out, or hard casings either.
                      I make hundreds of # of sticks a year with no problem.
                      20210918_075851.jpg
                      20210807_083705.jpg20210807_083705.jpg

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                      bocephus
                      Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Veteran
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                      tomhancock Looks like you have the process down.

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                        Tex_77
                        Team Blue Power User Traeger Primo Grills PK Grills Canning Sous Vide Community Moderator
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        Camp Chef has one that Walton’s sells, Camp Chef XXLand I believe Jonathon has made some videos using it to make various types of sausage.

                        Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks

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                        • T tomhancock

                          I have a pitboss 5 series vertical pellet smoker and have no problems with snack sticks.
                          Lowest setting is 150 but that works just fine.
                          Load up smoker with 18# of sticks.
                          Run at 150 for one hour.
                          Run at 170 for two hours.
                          Run at 200 until internal temp 152.
                          Smoke stack left 3/4 open the entire time.
                          No issue with fatting out, or hard casings either.
                          I make hundreds of # of sticks a year with no problem.
                          20210918_075851.jpg
                          20210807_083705.jpg20210807_083705.jpg

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                          tomhancock Thank you so much, that helps a
                          lot.

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                          • twilliamsT twilliams

                            tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

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                            processhead
                            Regular Contributors Power User
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                            twilliams said in Vertical Pellet Smoker:

                            tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

                            They look like collagen to me.

                            Paul

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                            • S Sdickey1960

                              I am having a hard time finding a vertical pellet smoker that will go down to 120 degrees for step smoking snack sticks and summer sausage Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

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                              caryfr5
                              Sous Vide
                              wrote on last edited by
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                              Sdickey1960 PITBOSS PRO SERIES from Lowes, $400! I’ve been running one for 3 years. Will hold 15 lbs easy with a simple wood dowel setup I made in 10 minutes…Check it out…Lowes.com…3 yr warranty…

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