<![CDATA[Quick question about snack sticks]]>Hey there! After my first attempt at snack stick, which came out pretty amazing and was a happy accident mostly, I decided to do another batch of snack sticks.

Pretty much identical process as I did before, except this time I used the Honey BBQ flavor.

During water bather in my turkey roaster, i noticed they were taking some time to get to 150* IT so I bumped the water temp a bit, as per Murphy’s law, I got a phone call.

Upon checking them after the phone call I noticed the water had creeped to 190*. When I looked at the sticks, most of the 19mm smoked collagen casings had split and come off the snack sticks. Doh!!!

I ice bathed them and cut them to length. While not visually appealing the taste is still great, just no casings. Hahaha. I plan on still air drying them overnight in the fridge.

I guess my question is are they still ok?

Thanks for any insight!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/topic/4969/quick-question-about-snack-sticksRSS for NodeThu, 10 Sep 2026 19:56:00 GMTSat, 29 Jan 2022 21:36:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:01:35 GMT]]>Dr_Pain I kept the not so visually appealing ones for my family. Still taste great. Like you all have said with the fat rendering out, the ones without casing seem to have a drier texture, which I actually don’t mind at all! Taste is spot on.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67325https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67325Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:00:44 GMT]]>Clasko2 They should be fine, some people use a jerky shooter to make caseless snack sticks.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67317https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67317Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:00:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:54:50 GMT]]>I agree with the community on this. They should be just fine to eat but may have rendered some of the fat out. You never know, you may have developed a new way of cooking snack sticks. Be sure to let us know what comes of it

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67299https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67299Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:54:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:21:03 GMT]]>Great! Thanks for the input. There was a bit more fat out than my first batch, but not too bad. I’ll keep them for home consumption!!

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67095https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67095Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:07:19 GMT]]>Clasko2 as Lance has said they are good, just not something you may not want to share. You reached well past 160° and probably had some fat out.

]]>https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67090https://waltonsdev.nodebb.com/post/67090Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:07:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quick question about snack sticks on Sat, 29 Jan 2022 21:57:37 GMT]]>Clasko2 Yes they will be fine. They may have a drier texture because of the high heat they may have rendered some fat out.

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