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  • samspadeS Offline
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    samspade
    Team Orange Masterbuilt Sous Vide Team Blue Power User
    wrote on last edited by
    #32

    Yep they taste good. I used half lb goat pepper and one lb cheddar. I think I might have over done the water. My last 15 lb are in the ice bath. Pics to follow.

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      samspade
      Team Orange Masterbuilt Sous Vide Team Blue Power User
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      #33

      Thanks for all the support. Been here a year and I’m making products I’m proud of. Here is the second batch of the 25 lb weekend.Screenshot_20220214-034003_Gallery.jpg

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      • samspadeS samspade

        Jamieson22 yeah had the sous vide set up at 176 for when it hit 140. This thing is great. 140 to 175 in under an hour.

        Question. When I pulled from the smoker the casings felt firm and had little signs of wrinkling. After sous vide they were pretty wrinkled but still felt firm. None of the casings split or opened but the water looked like I had cooked hotdogs. Just a little oily on top. It was 50/50 burger and pork with 1.5 lbs high temp cheese and encapsulated citric. Good stepping cook schedule to 140. Then into the bath to 175.
        Did I do something wrong or is wrinkling normal?Screenshot_20220213-134435_Gallery.jpg

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        Jamieson22
        Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Sous Vide Power User
        wrote on last edited by
        #34

        samspade said in Grind and hold.:

        Jamieson22 yeah had the sous vide set up at 176 for when it hit 140. This thing is great. 140 to 175 in under an hour.

        Question. When I pulled from the smoker the casings felt firm and had little signs of wrinkling. After sous vide they were pretty wrinkled but still felt firm. None of the casings split or opened but the water looked like I had cooked hotdogs. Just a little oily on top. It was 50/50 burger and pork with 1.5 lbs high temp cheese and encapsulated citric. Good stepping cook schedule to 140. Then into the bath to 175.

        Think you got lots of answers but 175F is too high. Set the water to the temp you want and let it equalize.

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        • Jamieson22J Jamieson22

          samspade said in Grind and hold.:

          Jamieson22 yeah had the sous vide set up at 176 for when it hit 140. This thing is great. 140 to 175 in under an hour.

          Question. When I pulled from the smoker the casings felt firm and had little signs of wrinkling. After sous vide they were pretty wrinkled but still felt firm. None of the casings split or opened but the water looked like I had cooked hotdogs. Just a little oily on top. It was 50/50 burger and pork with 1.5 lbs high temp cheese and encapsulated citric. Good stepping cook schedule to 140. Then into the bath to 175.

          Think you got lots of answers but 175F is too high. Set the water to the temp you want and let it equalize.

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          samspade
          Team Orange Masterbuilt Sous Vide Team Blue Power User
          wrote on last edited by samspade
          #35

          Jamieson22 thank you. Yes I think;

          1. I had to much water in the batch.
          2. Went to high at the end.

          The second batch went to 160 and the cases were much tighter. But still had tiny amount of liquid glistining from the meat. ( was going to say ozing, but glistening sound better.)

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          • samspadeS samspade

            Jamieson22 thank you. Yes I think;

            1. I had to much water in the batch.
            2. Went to high at the end.

            The second batch went to 160 and the cases were much tighter. But still had tiny amount of liquid glistining from the meat. ( was going to say ozing, but glistening sound better.)

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            cdavis
            Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User
            wrote on last edited by
            #36

            samspade they look great and yes glistening sounds much better 😀

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              Jonathon
              Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
              wrote on last edited by Jonathon
              #37

              samspade Know I am late to the game but yes, I’ve done this a time or two as well when the day gets out of hand for me. Also, looks great!

              Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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              • JonathonJ Jonathon

                samspade Know I am late to the game but yes, I’ve done this a time or two as well when the day gets out of hand for me. Also, looks great!

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                samspade
                Team Orange Masterbuilt Sous Vide Team Blue Power User
                wrote on last edited by samspade
                #38

                Jonathon thank you sir. I posted on FB and got the usual trolls. “To much shrinkage” “never sous vide or water pan” etc. NOT HERE. Everyone was kind and comments were helpful not hurtful. Thanks for running a top notch site.
                Oh by the way… everyone at my job site love em so I’ll keep learning from here.

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                • samspadeS samspade

                  Jonathon thank you sir. I posted on FB and got the usual trolls. “To much shrinkage” “never sous vide or water pan” etc. NOT HERE. Everyone was kind and comments were helpful not hurtful. Thanks for running a top notch site.
                  Oh by the way… everyone at my job site love em so I’ll keep learning from here.

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                  kyle
                  Regular Contributors Veteran Canning Team Blue Power User Sous Vide
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #39

                  samspade FB is another “F” word just like the word forum IMO

                  hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                    Jonathon
                    Team Blue Admin Walton's Employee Power User
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #40

                    samspade FB and sadly now Instagram as well are basically useless for conversations (Twitter has been useless for years) because the algorithm has driven people to only want to disagree or point out when they think someone is wrong! I was chatting with a Meatgistics user the other day and I said that ironically Social Media is driving us apart when it should have been a tool to bring us together. I think Meatgistics is an example of what happens when you let people choose what they see. Just unread posts or surf random. No algorithm trying to drive increased engagement and therefore rewarding negative behavior and what do we get? 95%+ (or more?) positive interactions.

                    Anyway, just pointing out that a decent amount of society’s problems could be cured by shutting off the algorithms for social media.

                    Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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                    • JonathonJ Jonathon

                      samspade FB and sadly now Instagram as well are basically useless for conversations (Twitter has been useless for years) because the algorithm has driven people to only want to disagree or point out when they think someone is wrong! I was chatting with a Meatgistics user the other day and I said that ironically Social Media is driving us apart when it should have been a tool to bring us together. I think Meatgistics is an example of what happens when you let people choose what they see. Just unread posts or surf random. No algorithm trying to drive increased engagement and therefore rewarding negative behavior and what do we get? 95%+ (or more?) positive interactions.

                      Anyway, just pointing out that a decent amount of society’s problems could be cured by shutting off the algorithms for social media.

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                      bleathery
                      Team Orange
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                      Jonathon You couldn’t have said that any better!

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                      • JonathonJ Jonathon

                        samspade FB and sadly now Instagram as well are basically useless for conversations (Twitter has been useless for years) because the algorithm has driven people to only want to disagree or point out when they think someone is wrong! I was chatting with a Meatgistics user the other day and I said that ironically Social Media is driving us apart when it should have been a tool to bring us together. I think Meatgistics is an example of what happens when you let people choose what they see. Just unread posts or surf random. No algorithm trying to drive increased engagement and therefore rewarding negative behavior and what do we get? 95%+ (or more?) positive interactions.

                        Anyway, just pointing out that a decent amount of society’s problems could be cured by shutting off the algorithms for social media.

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                        kyle
                        Regular Contributors Veteran Canning Team Blue Power User Sous Vide
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #42

                        Jonathon I think what helps Meatgistics also is we are a community talking about a specific topic and when members cross the line into a topic that will cause arguments, other members normally tell them to take it to another site. I have said it before and I think others feel the same way, I would leave if this place turned into a FB or whatever the other garbage sites are.

                        hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                        • kyleK kyle

                          samspade FB is another “F” word just like the word forum IMO

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                          Dr_Pain
                          Sous Vide Dry Cured Sausage Traeger Team Blue
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                          kyle said in Grind and hold.:

                          samspade FB is another “F” word just like the word forum IMO

                          No truer words were ever spoken!! Troll City

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                          • JonathonJ Jonathon

                            samspade FB and sadly now Instagram as well are basically useless for conversations (Twitter has been useless for years) because the algorithm has driven people to only want to disagree or point out when they think someone is wrong! I was chatting with a Meatgistics user the other day and I said that ironically Social Media is driving us apart when it should have been a tool to bring us together. I think Meatgistics is an example of what happens when you let people choose what they see. Just unread posts or surf random. No algorithm trying to drive increased engagement and therefore rewarding negative behavior and what do we get? 95%+ (or more?) positive interactions.

                            Anyway, just pointing out that a decent amount of society’s problems could be cured by shutting off the algorithms for social media.

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                            mrobisr
                            Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #44

                            Jonathon Amen preach on, you nailed it!

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                            • JonathonJ Jonathon

                              samspade FB and sadly now Instagram as well are basically useless for conversations (Twitter has been useless for years) because the algorithm has driven people to only want to disagree or point out when they think someone is wrong! I was chatting with a Meatgistics user the other day and I said that ironically Social Media is driving us apart when it should have been a tool to bring us together. I think Meatgistics is an example of what happens when you let people choose what they see. Just unread posts or surf random. No algorithm trying to drive increased engagement and therefore rewarding negative behavior and what do we get? 95%+ (or more?) positive interactions.

                              Anyway, just pointing out that a decent amount of society’s problems could be cured by shutting off the algorithms for social media.

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                              bocephus
                              Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Veteran
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                              #45

                              Jonathon I am a member of a few FB sights, and it still amazes me that a person can actually ask a question and people are either sarcastic or go in a completely different direction in their answer. Of course, in this community we do sometimes get a little off track, but it is usually after many members have tried to help and it is always in good fun.

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                                Team Orange Power User Veteran
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                                This topic is a perfect example how everyone jumps in with their experience and suggestions. Once the initial topic has been satisfied, we tend to jump off a bit. This is great! Most things tend to go to somewhere else as we think about it. That said, if a question comes in regarding the topic, everyone is back on point. Luv it.

                                As far as FB, I still have an account but… I only see posts from immediate family, some close friends and a couple co-workers. Ok, three local butcher shops as well. 😉 Get into your settings and start shutting that shi# off.

                                Was talking with one of my co-workers today. He’s thinking about starting to do some home processing. Told him about Walton’s and Meatgistics. His first question, does this have anything to do with FB? No, this is a good place. He left FB a couple years ago.

                                Ok, I’m done now. Need a drink. 🙂

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                                  samspade
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                                  wrote on last edited by samspade
                                  #47

                                  I would agree in whole with you except for one tiny detail. While on FB a year and a half ago, I stumbled across a post talking about preparing and cooking sausage.
                                  Even a blind squirrel…
                                  Thanks waltons for having the FB, Twit, and IG accounts. We all got here some how.

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                                  • samspadeS samspade

                                    I would agree in whole with you except for one tiny detail. While on FB a year and a half ago, I stumbled across a post talking about preparing and cooking sausage.
                                    Even a blind squirrel…
                                    Thanks waltons for having the FB, Twit, and IG accounts. We all got here some how.

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                                    PapaSop
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                                    samspade
                                    Yep, got here by doing a search on a sausage stuffing question. The rest is history. LOL

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                                      Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User
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                                      I found my way here through a local slaughter house. I asked him where to find a good boning knife. I found that and a whole lot more. It was a great day ☺️

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                                        kyle
                                        Regular Contributors Veteran Canning Team Blue Power User Sous Vide
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                                        my story is I was buying Excalibur seasoning from a local store, but they didn’t keep too much in stock, so I searched for it on the web and found Waltons, rest is history.

                                        hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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                                          mrobisr
                                          Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributors
                                          wrote on last edited by
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                                          I was using a competitor and their order fulfillment speed is slow at best and I decided to look around and Walton’s prices were better, so I figured lets try it and see. I tried a small order and their fulfillment and shipping speed was amazing and still has not failed me. Then I found meatgistics and wow what a fun place that has the absolute best people on the web.

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