boneless beef and pork are the selected meat used in the einers.ture of hormel wieners.aw materials are kept under constant cold temperatures. the meat is dumped into this huge grinder, which is capable of handling loads up to 1000 pounds. freshly-ground meat arrives from the grinder. the operator handles the grinding, scaling, and conveying of meat to the blender. blending is now taking place. the hormel batch master sets the standard formula on the dial. these ingredients are weighed on this scale belt en route. spices, formulated in our own flavoring department, are bagged for each particular batch. the blended ingredients are now vacuum-mixed. it is next transported to the emulsifier hopper. the ingredients are completely emulsified, and the meat moves to the hopper of the stuffing machines. these ingenious machines stuff automatically stuff and link the 84-foot strands of weiners. artificial casings give them shape and form. transferred to a conveyorized chain, the weiners travel and twoa machine wash smokehouse units, a steam cooking and water shower, and then unde