I’ve never seen that either, they just get smashed down with the vacuum hits especially in the chamber vacs.

@bill-k Yes, for a 5 lb batch you would use .075 of a pound which is 1.2 oz or 34 grams. We have conversion charts for Seasonings and Cures, looks like we need to do one on additives as well! I will get started on that fairly shortly here, I think it would add some value for our users. I had a package of it here so I decided to weigh it out and 1.2oz or 34 grams of Excalibur Sure Gel would be 3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon.

@bill-k Yes, that would be correct. Typically we recommend 1 or 2 quarts of water per 25 lb of meat for snack sticks. Thus, 6.4 to 12.8 ounces of water for a 5 lb batch would be perfect!