New guy here. I live in Pennsylvania Southern York County. I am not an expert but not a novice I am a weekend smoker. I want to thank each and every one who posts on this list you have helped me without ever knowing it. I have been reading your posts since last year and just finally signed up. With your help, I have been able to make my snack sticks come out right. I had many failures. I wanted to give up but since I found out that I wasn’t the only one having issues and no one was giving up, pushed me to go on. I started with a small propane smoker from Lowes then graduated to a PitBoss 700 Series Copperhead upright pellet smoker. I look forward to learning more from the masters on this list. Stay safe.

Thank you to all for the warm welcome.

johnsbrewhouse Thank you sir.

Russell Rogers
Before I came across this list I was and am still using Freebind from Lem. Once my stock depletes I intend to try the Walton’s version. I can’t say if there is any difference because I have always used the Freebind. I can say it does work.

wdaly Thank you sir.

Dave in AZ I was leaning that way but I needed someone to tell me I was right. Thank you sir.

I have used smoked collagen casings for my snack sticks. I don’t hang them, I lay them on the grates in my smoker. Which casing should I use to achieve an as little to no snap when biting into the finished product? I read the collagen casings are the least amount of snap but not all casings are the same that they vary in the degree of toughness. Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of any collagen casings that have no or almost no snap to them?

Thank you to all for the warm welcome.

calvin Thank you sir

glen I will

johnsbrewhouse Thank you sir.

New guy here. I live in Pennsylvania Southern York County. I am not an expert but not a novice I am a weekend smoker. I want to thank each and every one who posts on this list you have helped me without ever knowing it. I have been reading your posts since last year and just finally signed up. With your help, I have been able to make my snack sticks come out right. I had many failures. I wanted to give up but since I found out that I wasn’t the only one having issues and no one was giving up, pushed me to go on. I started with a small propane smoker from Lowes then graduated to a PitBoss 700 Series Copperhead upright pellet smoker. I look forward to learning more from the masters on this list. Stay safe.