Description
Our Natural Hog Casings Home Pack are small, more manageable casings. Ideal for small batches of meat (few pounds at a time). These casings vary in size and lengths, some pieces may be as short as 2-3 feet in length. Perfect for home use and all levels of sausage making. Home Packs are more inconsistent when it comes to length when compared to our butcher-packs of casings.
Natural hog sausage casings, Home Packs, are sourced from North American Hogs Only.
Natural hog casings are ideal for making Italian sausage, Polish sausage, bratwurst, jumbo hot dogs, and country-style pork sausage.
Product Details:
- Edible
- Grade A quality, minimum pin holes. better durability and tensile strength.
- Ideal for making Italian sausage, Polish sausage, bratwurst, jumbo hot dogs, and country pork sausage.
- Size: 32-38mm (1 ¼ – 1 ½)
- Makes between 20 – 30 lbs. sausage (depending on links/rope size)*
- Includes 1 pack per order
Preparing Natural Casings
- Remove the approximate amount you will need.
- Place casings in a clean food-safe bowl.
- Rinse casings of salt under cool running water.
- Flush the insides of casings to assist in smooth casing application.
- For small casings (<42mm): place bowl in cool water to soak for about 2 hours in the refrigerator prior to use.
- For larger casings (>42mm): place a bowl of the beef bung, middles, and/or rounds in the refrigerator to soak overnight before use.
- Optional for smell control – add 1/2 tsp baking soda per cup of water.
- Optional for tenderizing – squeeze a lemon or add a tablespoon of white vinegar to soaking water to refresh casings.
Refrigeration
The natural casings should be kept refrigerated until ready for use. Un-refrigerated, these salted casings may give off a strong odor. This is Normal. Simply put the casings back into the refrigerator and the odor will subside. Natural casings should never be frozen. It affects their integrity after thawing and will cause more blowouts.
Shipping Information
Natural casings cannot be shipped outside the United States. All natural casings are non-refundable and non-returnable.
Natural Casings 101
Click here for more information on what type of natural casing to use. Click here for additional sizes and types of natural casings.
*Casing capacity depends on meat/fill density, size/lengths of links or loops and how tightly casings being filled.
Darby Bunnell (verified owner) –
Ronald Quilliam (verified owner) –
good lengths and held up perfect during stuffing
Rossana D’Alogna (verified owner) –
Romeo wong (verified owner) –
I will buy again.
Robert Erickson (verified owner) –
Package Came here perfect shape
Have Not Used Yet
But I have Every Reason To Believe It will Be Perfect
If Not they will stand behind it 100%
richard greco (verified owner) –
Ordered the small pack of casings for a project on an upcoming road trip. It was the right product delivered to the right place at the right time
kenneth sullivan (verified owner) –
Casings Or delivered on time and work well!
robert roscoe (verified owner) –
very pleased with the casing and will order again
Edward Haka (verified owner) –
Product was as advertised. Shipping was a little slow.
Vince (verified owner) –
Easy for this first timer to use.
erik skov (verified owner) –
All as ordered
Dennis Ghylin (verified owner) –
Terry Cleland (verified owner) –
Worked great . Will definitely order again
Lyle Trulsen (verified owner) –
PS (verified owner) –
I was very pleased with the quality, price and delivery of several hog casings I ordered. The Sausage Maker is my go to place. Thank you!