Roy Nohl Making sure you are store them properly if they are from a previous batch is also important, back in the salt or salt solution but Departing Contestant and hunters stick both identified the major change you can make to help avoid it. Jesser Yes, the more humidity you cook them with the less they will dry out and become tough or chewey.
Jamieson22 Huh, I am an idiot, I thought we were talking about which ones you liked the best! Glad they came out well, they look delicious
Denny O May I point you to this article Smoked vs dehydrated jerky I honestly prefer jerky done in a smoker over a dehydrator.
WiscoHunter1995 Granted its a little different for me but when I go natural I use tubed all the time. You don’t have to untangle or flush the inside of them as they have been preflushed and are on the sleeves already. Plus in general only the best “runs” are selected for being loaded onto the tubes, so you get a little better casing too.
Now, for the controversial part…I like 30/32 Tubed Hog Casings for Brats as they fit a little better in a bun in my opinion. However, 32/35mm is absolutely the standard for brats.
Hunter-Steve I am also really curious about the flavor of the finished product, I have been talking a lot about feral hogs and now that they are in KS I might be able to “do my part” and shoot some of them! Is that fat from a farm-raised hog, or do they actually have more fat on them than I have always thought?
It was the “impressively” from one of his friends that I was thrown off by…Like I wouldn’t say that I was impressed by the action of an animal that killed a friend!
Also, if anyone is looking for a REALLY inexpensive Infared device I bought https://www.taklite.com/products/avp-infrared-monocular this weekend and it seems to work pretty well for the cost. I was playing with it last night and was able to see the houses across my pond with no issue at all https://www.taklite.com/products/avp-infrared-monocular It’s a little grainy but for $45 what would you expect?
Just an update, our hunting trip got canceled this Thursday do to some issues with one of the dogs that required special attention. Sad, but the most important thing is it seems like the dog is going to be okay after a disturbing initial diagnosis. Good news is it looks like Brett and I have a turkey hunt lined up in El Dorado this year! I have gone turkey hunting once in Texas but never shot at anything. We will be hunting with out crossbows, so, I put another 100 or so bolts through mine on the 2 days I was off last week to stay sharp. The good news is that I don’t seem to have lost anything!
Very occasionally, and this is not fishing for compliments, I wonder if I am even needed anymore! gus4416 processhead twilliams and I am sure a bunch of others provided awesome information here! Also, TimC 0 nailed it right above, evaporation rate from inside the stick to the surface matching the evaporation rate off of the surface is a key to this
hunters stick for at home users, if wrinkles are the goal then understuffing slightly is your best tool in my opinion
I remember twilliams being a fan of this and he might have been the 1st to alert us that something was happening with the seasoning. If I remember correctly he let us know that a bag had expanded, like it was full of air. We told Excalibur, they pulled it eventually and reformulated it. Well, it is back and we have ordered some, so we should have it in a few weeks!