Summer Sausage and Snack Stix

[dogtuk]

Hello Everyone
I did up 20 pounds of snack stix and 25 pounds of cracked pepper and garlic summer sausage with chedder cheese over the weekend it all turned out pretty good
I did 25 pounds of summer sausage using pre mixed seasoning from Hi Mtn Jerky I did a 25 pound batch of cracked pepper and garlic with cheddar cheese I used a 70/30 mix of Elk/Porkbutt smoked using hickory
I also did a 10 pound batch of snack stix using a pre mixed seasoning from PS Seasonings I did a batch of the TexMex snack stix I used a 70-30 mix of Elk/Porkbutt and smoked with hickory
I also did a ten pound batch of Willies snack stix Its a premix from PS Seasoning

[h20hunter]

Looks great. Nicely done.

[sirmissalot]

Dogtuk, that stuff looks great. Do you dunk the snack sticks in icy water after you take them out of the smoke?

[h20hunter]

What does the dunking do?

[sirmissalot]

I read that dunking is what helps it firm up and look shriveled like that. I don't know though

[dogtuk]

Dogtuk, that stuff looks great. Do you dunk the snack sticks in icy water after you take them out of the smoke?

I do not give the Snack stix a cold water bath just remove from the smoker and set out for a couple hours to cool down

[dogtuk]

Dunking them in ice water stops the cooking process and it keeps the casings tight on the sausages I do this with the larger diameter sausages Summer and polish sausages all get a cold water bath snack stix do not

[h20hunter]

Ah...I see. Thanks.

[Kc_Kracker]

Huey, you never cease to amaze me now knock it off i have some smoked oysters waiting for something to put them on!! 

[Blacklab]

Looks great 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

That summer sausage looks real good!!!!!

[Bshiftbc]

That summer sausage with cheese looks super good! That is my next venture. Brand new to the sausage making scene, but the first batch came out awesome!
Haven't done the snack stix yet, but my wife bought me a "kit" to try. How is the degree of difficulty vs the summer sausage?

[billythekidrock]

Sweet meat DT.

[dogtuk]

Depends on your stuffer if your stuffing with a grinder it will be a PIA using a verticle stuffer is the way to go with stix

[billythekidrock]

If you have the high speed auger for the grinder it makes snack sticks a breeze. Otherwise you get nothing but mush.