Walton's Blog
Top 5 Meat Hacks for Sausages
Get your meat cold before you start your grinder. We recommend low 30's. Cut the meat small enough to fit down your grinder throat, then throw them in the freezer. You will want your meat to be hard enough on the outside, that when you push, it won't move. Grind your meat first through a 3/8 plate that has been well oiled. Then you can put the meat back into your freezer for 20 minutes to make the 2nd grind even faster. Get your meat cold before you start your grinder. We recommend low 30's.
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26th Oct 2023
Health Benefits of Processing your Meat
It is well-known that eating meat products can provide many health benefits and nutrients in our diets. However, we often shop at the grocery store and do not stop and look at what is in a meat product, what the fat ratio is, or what the proportions are. We simply grab an item off the shelf and go on our way. Making homemade sausage, jerky, snack sticks, summer sausage, hams, bacon, and so many other meat products can be done easily at home in a healthier process without sacrificing taste or
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18th Oct 2023
Best Deer Seasonings for Jerky
Hunting season is almost here and this year, we want all our hunters to make the best jerky possible. One of the issues hunters and home processors face is, what seasoning should be used? Well, we polled the Meatgistics Community for their favorite Jerky Seasoning, and here are their answers to help you pick the "best" seasoning! The voted best Jerky Seasoning is Walton's Bold Jerky Seasoning. It is formulated from our most popular selling snack stick seasoning and has the perfect blend of
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16th Oct 2023
Best Flavor In Iowa
The Iowa breaded pork tenderloin sandwich competition is an annual event that brings together some of the finest restaurants in the state. Each year, these companies compete to earn the title of the best sandwich. Flavor Chips "Chicken on the Run" Breading was used by Cliff's Place, who placed 1st of 744 contestants. Cliff and Vicki Waterbury opened the restaurant in February of 1977 in Manning, Iowa, the winner of this years contest. The business now expects to sell 5-10 times the regu
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16th Oct 2023
Flusher Eggs & Jerky
A new Walton's Inc. employee told us that they had 1.5 lb of already ground Deer meat that they did not know what to do with or how to cook and asked if we would help show them what to do it to ensure that it did not go to waste. Well, we have a new Dehydrator coming in shortly and we figured that this would be a good opportunity to make a small batch of Jerky in it! Jalapeno Jerky works well with Venison as it has a decent kick to it without being overpowering as the seasoning is more about
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5th Oct 2023