Sausage Sticks

[Gafala]

Our first attempt at pepperoni sausage sticks, we used Hi Mountain Seasonings but 19mm casings. Two 5lb setups.



Ready to refrigerate over night.


I'm using the jerky racks this time.


In the smoker.


Out of the smoker.


10 packs of 6ea with O2 air dryers added

[Tenpoint5]

End product looks good. You need to stuff them a little tighter and not pack them so tight on the racks. Still a great effort for your first time.

[Gafala]

Learning curve.

[classicrockgriller]

Yes sir! Very good 1st time run.

Also sometimes fridging snack sticks overnite will make the casings

loose.

[lumpy]

As 10.5 suggests, do not let the sticks or anything else touch each other in the smoker.

Looks good!

[mikecorn.1]

Looks good. as mentioned above, you want some space in the smoker between sticks for better heat circulation.



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[OU812]

Sticks look great!

Next time try taking your other 4 racks and invert them

Put half the sticks on the jerky racks, the other on the inverted racks, slide the jerky racks in the smoker then slide the inverted racks on top the jerky racks

You now have a 8 rack smoker  ;D

[NePaSmoKer]

Everyone learns when 1st going for sticks.

How much of the HM cure are you using?

If your going to use the racks make sticks to the rack length, have some space between each stick. Snip the casings close to the meat end and toss out that meat probe, no need for it.

Tip
Place sticks in a brown paper bag in the fridge for a couple days to firm up and dry a tad.
Vac sealing is good but no need for 2 moisture absorbs in each bag.

[OU812]

Cut to length and load the racks some thing like this


Then load the racks in the smoker some thing like this



When you have a full smoker you will have to rotate the racks top to bottom and front to back

[Sailor]

Nice job on the sticks......eat them up and make more  ;D

[drano]

OU,
How many pounds of sticks does 12 racks like that add up to?
I hung my last batch, and 4 wood rods got me about 6 pounds in the OBS. 
I'd like to get more in there without them touching--I enjoy making sausage, but don't like running the smoker twice for bigger batches.

[OU812]

OU,
How many pounds of sticks does 12 racks like that add up to?
I hung my last batch, and 4 wood rods got me about 6 pounds in the OBS. 
I'd like to get more in there without them touching--I enjoy making sausage, but don't like running the smoker twice for bigger batches.

Some weres around 15

[Sailor]

OU,
How many pounds of sticks does 12 racks like that add up to?
I hung my last batch, and 4 wood rods got me about 6 pounds in the OBS. 
I'd like to get more in there without them touching--I enjoy making sausage, but don't like running the smoker twice for bigger batches.

If you use the metal bell hangers you can get 5 pounds per hanger.  I have done 10 pounds using my 2 hangers and they don't touch.

[viper125]

My 4 rack with double racks (8) held about 18 lbs. but i didnt space them that far. Even 1/8 of an inch between sticks seems fine. As long as smoke and heat don't get trapped in the bottom. Even with my fan and 1000 watts i have to turn trays 180 degrees and move them from bottom to top. Which  I do about every hour of cooking time. Also being sure to rotate the sticks so it gets on both sides.

[SiFumar]

Looks real good! How was the taste?