Today I'm making five pounds of spicy snack sticks. I had some at work and the guy gave me the recipe. I did make a few changes, I did not feel he had enough cure in it and I played with the spice mixture a little. I'll wait to see how they taste before posting the recipe, cause I may still need to do a little tweeking. They were really good when he made them so I'm expecting good things from these.
Five pounds 85/15 ground beef, 19mm casings. 1 hr-40 min of hickory at 150 F, then 160 F till IT is 152 F. Then I think I'll put some in the dehydrator to see how they come out, I expect spicy jerky sticks.

As always, click the pictures for a larger view:
Stuffed ready for the smoker

Into the smoker, three racks

More to come later.