<![CDATA[Vertical Pellet Smoker]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/4937/vertical-pellet-smokerRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 21:36:42 GMTSun, 23 Jan 2022 17:53:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:01:16 GMT]]>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…

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66455https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66455Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:07:46 GMT]]>twilliams said in Vertical Pellet Smoker:

tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

They look like collagen to me.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66204https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66204Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:07:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:34:11 GMT]]>tomhancock Thank you so much, that helps a
lot.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66201https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66201Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:34:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:11:13 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66198https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66198Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:11:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:16:20 GMT]]>tomhancock Looks like you have the process down.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66157https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66157Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:16:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:13:42 GMT]]>twilliams collagen.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66156https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66156Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:13:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:52:42 GMT]]>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!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66134https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66134Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:52:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:34:04 GMT]]>tomhancock those natural casing or collagen?

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66128https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66128Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:34:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:03:22 GMT]]>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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]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66123https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66123Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:41:19 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66120https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66120Sun, 23 Jan 2022 20:41:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:33:13 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66108https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66108Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:22:05 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66103https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66103Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:22:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:47:29 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66096https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/66096Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:47:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Vertical Pellet Smoker on Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:27:30 GMT]]>the only one ive seen is the pro smoker 100 but it is expensive.

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