DSB502 Make sure you factor in the amount of water that was injected into the chicken before it got to you. As shoprat53 says, using sure gel will probably give you more of a bind than carrot fiber, now, if you want them just as regular fresh brats it is not as important.
Meat for Snacks Sticks
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Hello everyone, I am new to this. I am trying to figure out what is the cheapest meat to use for snack sticks, to keep the cost down.
I plan on reselling.
Can i use beef trimmings? If so do I still need to add fat to it? If I can’t use beef trimmings, what is the cheapest way to go with.
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Sdickey1960 keep in mind cost vs. quality. My recommendation is lean beef trim say 90/10 with pork trim of 70/30 @ a few pounds of pork fat to bring your finished product of 70/30 or maybe even 60/40. Which is cheaper, beef or pork? So for me i would run 15lbs beef trim, 7.5lbs pork trim and 2.5lbs pork fat for a 25lb meat block
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what @ twilliams says is correct and keep in mind that you want to sell a quality product to have return business and the quality of what you put in plays a big part of that.it is a cost that you pass along to the consumer
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twilliams Thank you so much, so where is your best source for beef trim and pork trim?
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Sdickey1960 beef trim is from a local meat butcher. I dont use much beef, typically use venison. The pork i buy is whole hogs from a local raiser and have it cut into 80/20 trim so i can use it for fresh brats as well. Packaged in 12.5 lb bags to make it easy as i typically make sticks and sausage at 50/50 venison/pork mix. Hogs are Berkshire
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twilliams live stream
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craigrice wish i could watch the live streams, when they changed it to 2:30pm i miss it due to work. Cant do it for everyone as we all have different schedules so they have to pick the best times to hit the majority. I understand completely. Did they touch on this subject?
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not that I remember
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Sdickey1960 The main person you need to talk to is your inspector. You want to hear what people say here but make 100% sure your inspector is okay with your plan before you do ANYTHING. Different inspectors have different levels of rules. We had one in Texas that wouldn’t let a customer use our safe handling bags because it either was missing a comma, or it had a comma where he didn’t think there should be one. So, before you make any investments talk to them.
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