@pignout I’m going to guess that your smokehouse has no humidity. Do you add a water pan to try and help keep the humidity up? With a low humidity in the smokehouse, the casings may be drying out too much. And, coupled with what I might guess could be a slightly inadequate meat bind, the meat is not sticking and binding to the casing properly. So lastly, what is your mixing cycle like, hand mix or meat mixer, and how long do you mix?