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    Clasko2
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    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!

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      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!

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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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      Clasko2 Yes they will be fine. They may have a drier texture because of the high heat they may have rendered some fat out.

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

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        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!

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        Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power User
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        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.

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          Clasko2
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          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!!

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            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

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              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!

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              bocephus
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              Clasko2 They should be fine, some people use a jerky shooter to make caseless snack sticks.

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              • Dr_PainD Dr_Pain

                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

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                Clasko2
                Yearling
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                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.

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