Snack sticks?

[LBrandt]

I want to make some beef snack sticks, What kind of ground beef would you use? 93% 85% or 81%.

 

[KDM]

If it twere me, I'd look at buying some cheap beef roasts and doing muscle jerky. WAY easier, less mess, and stores better IMO. If you want to go that way, buy the roasts and come on over. I have a deli slicer and smoker racks for jerky. Give it some thought. If you are set on ground beef, I would go with the middle of the road lean. Too lean and you get crumbles along with some difficulty stuffing. Too fatty and you end up with wrinkled up sticks and LOTS of grease in the bottom of whatever you use to cook it with. Good Luck!!!

 

[Migrator Man]

I want to make some beef snack sticks, What kind of ground beef would you use? 93% 85% or 81%.

All depends on how much fat you want to eat. We make sticks with 100% deer and they turn out great and those are probably more lean than 93%.

 

[ItemB]

I've had good luck with the 80/20 ground beef tubes you can get at Sam's club. What recipe or seasoning you plan on using?

 

[LBrandt]

I've had good luck with the 80/20 ground beef tubes you can get at Sam's club. What recipe or seasoning you plan on using?

Got some from Mossy Moe last year but didn't get a chance to do it then.

 

[sierra1995]

i use 95% lean beef for mine. a little more expensive but doesn't drip as much in the smoker.

 

[Whisky]

I always thought that if you're rendering the fat out (dripping fat), you're cooking too hot. End result is a drier product..Is that not the case with sticks?

 

[sierra1995]

I always thought that if you're rendering the fat out (dripping fat), you're cooking too hot. End result is a drier product..Is that not the case with sticks?

We do sticks at 140-150 for 4 hours. still get some drips even with 95% lean. one year we used the stuff from sams club that was $2.99lb.. 85% maybe? those were too greasy and a mess.