Hickory Slim Jims

[NePaSmoKer]

After yesterdays error  :D  :D

I got some hickory smokehouse style slim jims going. Stuffed into natural sheep casings which are close to 17-19mm in size.




With the small diameter of the casings i had to add another hanger to the 6 rack.



Have my PID working from start 140* to finish at 175*....................NO FAT-OUT DAY  :D  :D

[Sailor]

Yummy. 

[Tenpoint5]

Looking good. Just stay away from the neighbors house today!!

[NePaSmoKer]

Looking better than yesterday. Forgot to mention i used 1 T of Trehalose in the mix.

[NePaSmoKer]

3.5 hours into the smoke. PID at 165* now doing the 2 round of smoke (3 pucks) IT of sticks 127.6 close to stall  :-\

[NePaSmoKer]

A good sausage smoking day is not having a fat-out  ;D

These came out pretty good. Blooming now for 2 hours then fridge and cut up tomorrow. The ones on the dowl got done faster and are already starting to darken.

[pensrock]

OK, I'll ask. What is Trehalose?
Those sticks look great!  :)

[Habanero Smoker]

Pens;

Here is a link the the Sausage Ingredient I did some time ago. The links within the page do not work, since the upgrade. You will need to scroll down until you come to the section Trehalose. You can purchase Trehalose from LEM.

Sausage Ingredients

I just saw the other post that NePas answered your question. You should check out the link anyway. Trehalose is a very interesting ingredient.

[pensrock]

Thanks Habs, that is very interesting.

[NePaSmoKer]

Got the slim jimmys cut up.




Ran out of foodsaver vac bags so i had to use the back up system  :D




Pens did you read up on the Trehalose.

[pensrock]

Pens did you read up on the Trehalose.

Yes, it sounds interesting. have you used it before? How did it turn out?