This is the first 5 lbs of 15 i'm doing between today and tomorrow. The other 10 will be of 2 different flavors.
Teriyaki mix ready.
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Store bought 80/20 GB
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Got the casing on with the new stuffer base ready.
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This is 5 lbs
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Its pretty freakin cold today, 21* so these sticks are getting racked and not hung.
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The stuffer base worked pretty good too.
Looks good so far.
I love teriyaki seasoning!
Mrs
Well i would of had photos of the teriyaki sticks but when they were done blooming at cut my neighbor came over and took em away :D Oh well.
Anyways here is anothe 5lbs of pepper sticks.
My daughter is a manager at Wallyworld and she got me this little mixer doohicky.
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Add the stick mix.
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Put the top on turn 1/4 turn and flip the lever thingy to make the paddle mix. Kinda cool ;D
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Got the stick mix all mixed with the meat and now adding 1 1/2 T of ECA. Mix this in by hand and stuff away.
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All stuffed in home smoked collagen casings now overnight in the K K K K KOOOOOLA ;D :D
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I wish i could smoke em as fast as i can stuff em, 17.5 minutes to stuff 5 lbs
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Nice looking sticks. I also like that mixer. The next time I go to Wallyworld I'll pick one up. Have you tried it with mixing dry spice mixes? What is the maximum liquid capacity? I'm just thinking, may you can do a write up for Tenpoint.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on February 09, 2010, 01:38:48 AM
Nice looking sticks. I also like that mixer. The next time I go to Wallyworld I'll pick one up. Have you tried it with mixing dry spice mixes? What is the maximum liquid capacity? I'm just thinking, may you can do a write up for Tenpoint.
Was thinking the same thing Habs. It does look like a handy little contraption. It's from Walmart so it should be affordable.
She said it was like $8 and some change. The measuring lines are split into increments cups 1/4 -2 and oz 1-16. The mixing paddle comes off too. I will take some better pics and send to Chris.
That's a decent price. I'm looking forward to the report.
Quote from: Habanero Smoker on February 09, 2010, 01:43:10 PM
That's a decent price. I'm looking forward to the report.
I sent Chris the pics.
Stuffed 5 lb in 18mm casings in 17.5 min.
U DA MAN.
Are they done yet. ;D
Quote from: OU812 on February 09, 2010, 03:01:38 PM
Stuffed 5 lb in 18mm casings in 17.5 min.
U DA MAN.
Are they done yet. ;D
The sticks were for my neighbor and he took em away before i could get pics of em....Whats up with that :D
That base i made works pretty good for a cranker stuffer. One these days i need to get motorized like yours ;D
My neighbor was looking at the flat spot on my crank gear shaft. He said why dont you get a pully to fit that and put a motor and belt on it with some sort of speed controller. Hmmmmmm
Thats goin to have to be one hell of a big pulley on the stuffer to slow down a motor so you can keep up and one tiny pulley on the motor to get enough torque to do the job.
Big time reduction ;D
At work when we re due pumps (these are 110 volt small motors) we sometimes will get motors that are below 1000 rpm a minute. If you got a 110 volt fan control it might slow the motor down enough. We have these on all the big ceiling fans. http://electrical.hardwarestore.com/13-37-fan-control-switches/rotary-fan-control-switch-239053.aspx. Here is a link to a similar one we use.
Yeah thats what i figured. I have a few of those fan controls.
It should work i am not an electrician but i think it would be worth a try.
Thats the same switch I have runnin my vent hood in the smokin shed.
What is ECA? Is it just the GB that is in these? Thanks.
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on February 08, 2010, 05:30:07 PM
Got the stick mix all mixed with the meat and now adding 1 1/2 T of ECA. Mix this in by hand and stuff away.
ECA is Encapsulated Citric Acid (http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=674#ECA)
This may be a dumb question and is something I have never thought of before, but are all electric motors variable speed or do they need different winding on the stator? Can you just hook a dimmer control to any motor and vary it's speed? I don't know why I don't know this but it has never crossed my mind before.