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

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

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.

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?