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Where your meat comes from will determine what the most important piece of equipment is for you. Because they are working with larger whole muscle cuts, hunters will need to purchase a meat grinder. For people who buy meat at the store that already comes ground, then a stuffer would be a better fit for you. Having both a stuffer and grinder, instead of using the stuffer option on the grinder, are ideal for making cured sausage because of the need for protein extraction. The meat will have a s …

For making Whole Muscle Jerky use cuts with low content of intramuscular fat. In other words, look for cuts without a high level of fat inside the muscle of the meat. This is the opposite of looking for a good steak. When selecting a cut for a steak fat marbling is ideal. This is not the case when it comes to selecting a cut for jerky. If the cut includes a large fat cap, then cut it off.    This is not as much of a concern if you are making Restructured Jerky. It is still necessary …

Additives are ingredients added to your meat product that do more than just taste enhancement. Some reasons you would want to use additives are for moisture retention, yield enhancement, cure acceleration, and meat binding. Additives are ingredients added to your meat product that do more than just taste enhancement. Some reasons you would want to use additives are for moisture retention, yield enhancement, cure acceleration, and meat binding. window.SHOGUN_IMAGE_ELEMENTS = window.SH …

Walton's 2022 BratFest is August 20th! Walton's BratFest is almost here! Saturday, August 20th at our Wichita Kansas location Walton's will have our annual event to support the   All proceeds from this event will go to support them and their athletes. So, what will we have? Walton's Bratfest will be August 20th, at Wichita Kansas, come enjy fun, sun, drinks, bratwurst, games, buy sausage from our commercial customer. And much, much, much, much more! Walton's Bratfest will be August …

Which Vacuum Sealer is best for me? When it comes to choosing the best vacuum sealer to meet your needs a few questions must be asked. 1st is, how often will you be vacuum sealing? How often the seaer will be used is a key factor in choosing which sealer you will be best served by. 2nd question is how long will the food be stored for? If you are trying to store something for use years in the future then the quality of the vacuum and the seal will play large factors. The 3rd question is, what …