Doing less than 5#, the Dough hooked has worked for me. But yes there is clean up. But I get better extraction than hand mixing. My opinion only, might not be the best solution.

I bought and planning to try to do some Excalibur Habanero Lime snack sticks.
I noticed that the Excalibur mix has citric acid in the ingredient list (which I’m sure is what gives it the lime taste).
Will I need to take precautions with this mix like you would if you using ECA?
(curing overnight or over mixing?)
I normally don’t use ECA in my sticks and let it cure overnight.
Or should I go straight to the smoker after mixing?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for the response!

Thinking of doing some snack sticks with some wild leeks or ramps(depending on where you live). Plan on using a milder stick mix to bring out the flavor of the leeks, along some ht cheddar. My question is, should I dehydrate the leeks and grind them up or just grind them raw? Anyone out there try this before?