Made us some snack sticks this weekend.
Started with 3.5 lb beef fat, trimmed from my last brisket.
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With 8.5 lb deer.
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Mixed them together.
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Added the seasonings, cure and grind again then in the stuffer, ready to rock.
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Shot out in 2 long links then cut to lenght then spaced out and ready for the smoker.
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All done and sitting at room temp wile the smoker comes to temp.
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Smoked with Jim Beam pucks for 4 hr and pulled when the IT hit 152 F rotating the racks front to back top to bottom every hr.
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You nailed them Puppies!
Those look great!
Was that venison ground and frozen and ground again and again?
Quote from: classicrockgriller on January 17, 2011, 12:29:56 PM
Was that venison ground and frozen and ground again and again?
Yep.
After were done boneing and trimming grind through the course plate as fast as you can into the bags.
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5, 2 and 1 lb bags.
Freeze and stack like wood in the freezer. ;D
Those are picture perfect. So nice and neat. If they taste any thing like they look then you have a million dollar winner.
Quote from: Sailor on January 17, 2011, 12:45:54 PM
Those are picture perfect. So nice and neat. If they taste any thing like they look then you have a million dollar winner.
Thanks
I try to keep a clean ship. ;D
Now thats what i'm talking about ;D
NICE
VERY NICE JOB just wondering how big is your smoker that was alot of racks
Looks like you stuffed them perfect... I'll grab a 6-pack and be right over. Hmmm, my smoker is not very big and I have that many racks...
John
Quote from: SL2010 on January 17, 2011, 02:21:42 PM
VERY NICE JOB just wondering how big is your smoker that was alot of racks
I have the BDS.
It was a 6 rack but its now 18.
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This picture was right after the mod, there aint no shiny things in there now. :D
Oh ya there was 91 of them sticks. ;D
Hey John that DST and the stuffer work great togeather, now. ;)
Thats a cool mod are screwed in or riveted in
Quote from: SL2010 on January 17, 2011, 02:50:10 PM
Thats a cool mod are screwed in or riveted in
Screwed. :o
That's quite a setup you got there OU812 and the first double barrel stuffer I've seen. I would guess knocking 91 sticks out is a job but made a bit easer with great setup! ;D
Quote from: TestRocket on January 17, 2011, 03:01:19 PM
That's quite a setup you got there OU812 and the first double barrel stuffer I've seen. I would guess knocking 91 sticks out is a job but made a bit easer with great setup! ;D
If I had one more hand it would be a walk in the park. ;D
Great looking sticks!
Last couple times I made sticks, I hung them. Maybe I need to look into adding racks.
I like the PID bracket too. Mine sits on edge on the smoke generator which I don't like.
When the icebox lets go in a couple months maybe I'll see if I can do something similar.
And I need to get a couple of BigJohnT's stuffer tubes also, but I gotta let the credit card bill stabilize first.
get smokin
drano
Heck Yeah...Great looking sticks!
GOOD job I need to try these
seemore
OU812, are you willing to share that invention of the PID holder with the Bradley Forum family ? is that held on with magnets?
Quote from: Shasta bob on January 17, 2011, 04:41:28 PM
OU812, are you willing to share that invention of the PID holder with the Bradley Forum family ? is that held on with magnets?
Yep.
Its a peace of stainless steel we had laying around, put it in the press and made a 90 then glued on 4 STRONG magnets then painted the magnets with liquid tape so they wouldnt scratch my smoker.
Walla, PID holder upper.
All my thermometer sending units have magnets glued on em too, note the one above the PID. ;D
Does the magnet on your thermometer interfere with the signal at all?
Quote from: watchdog56 on January 17, 2011, 06:56:53 PM
Does the magnet on your thermometer interfere with the signal at all?
Not as much as the metal shed its in. :D
Before I put my smoker in the smokin shed I didnt have any problems with the signal.
Now I cant get more than 10' away.
Heck my cell phone dont even work when I'm in the shed, kinda like it that way. 8)
Been thinkin how i could get a longer wire on the probe, without payin out the a$$, and put the transmitter outside the shed.
But right now it aint know big deal, got everything I need in the shed.
Fridge, couch, all my cookin stuff and even heat ifin I need it. ;D
Do the hamburger bags you use have any small holes in them. Some of them do. They are there to aid in the grinding into the bags and getting rid of the air. The only problem that I have seen is it allows the burger to freezer burn if stored for very long. I had a person bring me about 30 pounds that he said was from the previous season and they were so freezer burned that I could only get about 12 pounds of usable meat out of them. Watch for bags with holes in them.
Kirby
No holes in these bags, just hold a little loose on the horn to let the air out as you stuff the bag.
After the a day in the fridge to air out.
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Put them in a tub with a loose fitting lid till I package them.
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Most are going to the land owner that I harvest all my deer from.
I use the same kind for my game meat.
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Quote from: NePaSmoKer on January 18, 2011, 07:13:22 AM
I use the same kind for my game meat.
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Gotta love it, cuts packaging time in half, got the tape thingy too, but mines blue. :D
If my tape machine was blue my wife would prob want it :D :D
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on January 18, 2011, 07:36:57 AM
If my tape machine was blue my wife would prob want it :D :D
Get her a blue one and she can bring her toys and help you. ;D