Quick question about snack sticks

[Clasko2]

Hey there! After my first attempt at snack stick, which came out pretty amazing and was a happy accident mostly, I decided to do another batch of snack sticks.

Pretty much identical process as I did before, except this time I used the Honey BBQ flavor.

During water bather in my turkey roaster, i noticed they were taking some time to get to 150* IT so I bumped the water temp a bit, as per Murphy’s law, I got a phone call.

Upon checking them after the phone call I noticed the water had creeped to 190*. When I looked at the sticks, most of the 19mm smoked collagen casings had split and come off the snack sticks. Doh!!!

I ice bathed them and cut them to length. While not visually appealing the taste is still great, just no casings. Hahaha. I plan on still air drying them overnight in the fridge.

I guess my question is are they still ok?

Thanks for any insight!

[Lance]

Clasko2 Yes they will be fine. They may have a drier texture because of the high heat they may have rendered some fat out.

[YooperDog]

Clasko2 as Lance has said they are good, just not something you may not want to share. You reached well past 160° and probably had some fat out.

[Clasko2]

Great! Thanks for the input. There was a bit more fat out than my first batch, but not too bad. I’ll keep them for home consumption!!

[Dr_Pain]

I agree with the community on this. They should be just fine to eat but may have rendered some of the fat out. You never know, you may have developed a new way of cooking snack sticks. Be sure to let us know what comes of it

[bocephus]

Clasko2 They should be fine, some people use a jerky shooter to make caseless snack sticks.

[Clasko2]

Dr_Pain I kept the not so visually appealing ones for my family. Still taste great. Like you all have said with the fat rendering out, the ones without casing seem to have a drier texture, which I actually don’t mind at all! Taste is spot on.