<![CDATA[Snack Stick Collagen Casings question...]]>Made my first batch of venison snack sticks, the collagen casings don’t snap like I thought they would… they tear and pull away from the meat. I used 21 mm casings, my IT temp was 165 degrees F. 80/20 mix of venison/pork meat. I did not give them an ice bath… would that have helped with the “snap”?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/3057/snack-stick-collagen-casings-questionRSS for NodeFri, 11 Sep 2026 01:04:52 GMTFri, 11 Dec 2020 01:30:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:36:19 GMT]]>Elsos I am the leader of team blue and Austin is the leader of some other team…cant remember what! It all stems fro when we bought some new hats and I liked the blue one better and he liked orange, people got into it and we decided to create some teams. It is a fun distraction!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28182https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28182Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:36:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:11:26 GMT]]>Elsos a friendly rivalry between Austin, Team Orange undefined and Jonathon Team Boohoo Blue undefined . You can select Team Orange under your settings. It provides some good banter among the community members. Go Team Orange undefined

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28079https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28079Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:11:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:13:34 GMT]]>AdamCA
I have to agree that smoke flavor probably doesn’t wash off. But these casing tribulations are killing me. 😄 I’ve ordered some from Walton’s now and I’ll be able to compare for sure. Looking forward to more attempts, and being able still to eat my mistakes.

And I really appreciate the responsiveness of folks on this site, pretty nice to have a conversation about these things instead of me just reading everything I might stumble across!

So what are the Team orange or blue?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28063https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28063Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:13:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:07:58 GMT]]>Elsos I’ve never had the smoke flavor “wash off” during the ice bath. Most likely it’s the casings that aren’t in the best of shape.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28050https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28050Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:07:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:40:07 GMT]]>I’ll get some Meatgistics a go, thanks for the idea!
I also realized there was pretty much zero smoke flavor on those sticks, maybe some washed off with the bath, but it seems like nothing could penetrate the casing.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28032https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28032Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:40:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:35:28 GMT]]>I think they are from LEM. Durable for sure.
Someone recommended sheep casings which I’ve never tried, but I was hoping to get a Duke’s style of meat sticks, but better 🙂

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28031https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28031Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:11:49 GMT]]>Elsos
Where are your casings from? Had the same issue with casings that come from a kit. Won’t mention the name’s here but since getting casings from Walton’s the problem went away. You’re process looks fine. A little longer ice bath maybe but thinking those casings are not up to par.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28001https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/28001Thu, 07 Jan 2021 22:11:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:35:42 GMT]]>Elsos Your ice bath should be at 15-20 minutes, that should help.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/27966https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/27966Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:48:20 GMT]]>I’m new to snack sticks and want to get good at them.
I too have been having the same"non snap" or just plain chewy casings. Using 19mm collagen smoked casings, cook in the smoker at 140 for an hour, then 150 for a hour then 165 or so, then do a ice bath for 5 mins. Let them dry for a couple hours and still, no snapping. Chewy casings are kind of a bummer 🙂

I’ll take anyone’s advise, I’ve been doing three pounds at a time so I can tinker and try to figure it out.
Thanks! Eric

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/27957https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/27957Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:48:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:52:11 GMT]]>beldend Part of what the ice bath does is “set” the casings to the meat so yes that would’ve helped.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/26276https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/26276Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:52:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Snack Stick Collagen Casings question... on Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:14:15 GMT]]>when you ice bath them you stop the cooking process this might help

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