Snack stick day lol

[beekeeper84]

I did 30 lbs of snack sticks today with the boys and I’m tired lol.

[twilliams]

beekeeper84 your photo file size is too large, wont finish uploading

[beekeeper84]

Yeah working on it.

[twilliams]

beekeeper84 i see it now

[Jonathon]

beekeeper84 Those look great! Teaching the boys is important!

[lamurscrappy]

beekeeper84 i feel your struggle!

[beekeeper84]

lamurscrappy lol how many pounds is that?

[lamurscrappy]

I think that batch was 80ish

[Cabelas90]

lamurscrappy Do you not hang you Sticks to smoke? Just curious as it looks like you a cutting to lay on racks?

[lamurscrappy]

Cabelas90 no i hang them. In that picture i was just cutting them to the proper size for my smoker.

[Cabelas90]

lamurscrappy Ok, We always hang the whole rope and cut the bottoms with a pair of scissors.

[lamurscrappy]

Cabelas90 yea i need to try that again. The few times ive done that ive had the ropes touching each other in spots causing some discoloration so i just went to cutting them to lengths before the smoke.

[Cabelas90]

lamurscrappy That’s interesting Ive never notice that to be an issue!

[akdave]

I have been cutting my snack strands double the length I can hang in my smoker with out the ends being too close to the heat source and always keeping the length divisible by 4" or 5". When finished smoking I then cut them in either 4" or 5" length then my Dear Wife vacuum seals them in pint size Pre-cut VACMASTER vacuum sealer bags in our home sealer as we do not have a commercial sealer. She has had tremendous luck with these bags and gets almost 100% seals that last. With a home sealer we have never had much luck going over a Quart bag for dependable seals regardless of the brand of bags. Can’t wait till I can get a commercial sealer. I also love using scissors for trimming my smoked products