Anybody here make their own Jerky?

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My skin is peeling from my new tattoo, I doubt anyone else can make their own jerky better than that.

 

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Originally posted by: ZOXXO
Was going to try the Alton Brown method until I priced filters. No thanks.

A few months back I was walking to work from my bus stop and he was right next to me at the stop light. I only recognized him because my wife likes his shows.

 

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Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Nik
Friend of mine has an old upright freezer in his backyard that he's emptied and converted to a smoker. He'll smoke 50lbs of meat at a time :shocked: It is sooooooOOOOooOOoOOoOoOoOOOOOOoooOOOOo gooooood mmmmm

How hard of a project was it to convert a freezer into a smoker? I just hauled a freezer out of my basement (still runs good, as far as I know; I just don't need 2 extra freezers.) It'd be more fun to do something useful with it, rather than take it to the dump.


Oh, and I make my own jerky; venison jerky. I used to cut the meat into strips, but found that if I grind it & use a jerky shooter (extruder with choice of a couple sizes of round (think slim jims, or thicker slim jims), or narrow strips. It gives me a hell of a lot more control over the dehydrating process and more consistent results.

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