@ndmike
Hi great post. Thank you for your public service. I worked as an aircraft mechanic, then building maintenance mechanic for 40 plus years, now retired.

Hi Waltons sells the meater single probe unit. Not sure if they sell the meater block (the 4 probe unit) yet. I also use the ThermoWorks brand. Initially had a bad probe but their customer service sent me a new probe right away. Since then it works good. Bought the meater to get additional temperature monitoring. Also meater works well with rotisserie.

Hi. I used the Excaliber Chicago Brat Seasoning that Waltons sells. Have not eaten one yet but they smell very good. Brats tommorrow for sure if I don’t freeze running my smoker in Minnesota.

Allenp. Hi I ordered 17mm from Amazon they were the LEM brand. To be honest I had a lot of trouble with that order bursting during stuffing and it was very frustrating. This is why I ordered the 19mm Waltons product. They have good reviews so hopefully will work great.

Hi I made 10 lbs of snack sticks today with my new 11 lb Waltons stuffer. I used the 12mm tube with 19mm collagen casings I also put the suction cup feet on the bottom. Worked out fantastic.

The link was removed. Description from Amazon hstech French fry suction cup feet.

They work great although moving the stuffer when stuck to the table getting all the suction cups to release can be a fun challenge

Hi last time I used 19mm casings I used a #12 stuffing tube.

Hi I cook them in a smoker for about two hours when the brats are fresh. What I don’t use I freeze on a tray and then vacuum seal. Just heat back up however you normally heat up frozen foods. They taste like that just came off the smoker. Yum