I made some of Nepas soy marinade jerky today. It came out real nice but no more jerky making until I get my auto-magical time/temperature control built.
I took out some all ready sliced jerky meat I had and after weighing it I grabbed a flank steak out of the freezer and proceeded to wack on it with my slicer. That is when I ran into problems. I had the most difficult time trying to get even thickness on the slices. I guess it was too hard or my slicer is too whimpy... dunno which. Anyhow next time I'll let it thaw more before trying to slice it.
3.4 lbs of sliced and trimmed flank steak.
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Measuring the cure to the 1/10 of a grain. I wonder how many know what I normally do with the green thingy???
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/johnplctech/Smokin/Cure.jpg)
Hillbilly Revo in action.
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/johnplctech/Smokin/HillbillyRevo.jpg)
John
Bet you use that green thingy the same as I use my orange one. They come in mighty handy for weighing those small amounts of cure. (And gun powder) :D
Yep ;) that's what I do with it usually.
John
:) :) :) :) gun powder :) :) :) :)
we believe......
triple beam is more accurate...................so i have heard.
your green thingy is exactly the same as my green thingy. :)
Same thing I got, but I never thought of using it like that! ;D
Ole
Did you get any finished pics?
My jerky turned out great today. No pics, I was a little to busy running around trying to get the ribs done, jerky done, corn done, etc. We sure had a great dinner though. Also got in about a 3-1/2 motorcycle ride, man the weather was beautiful today.
SIA
Quote from: Up In Smoke on August 02, 2009, 04:22:01 PM
:) :) :) :) gun powder :) :) :) :)
we believe......
triple beam is more accurate...................so i have heard.
Well... the grain scale measures down to 1/10 of a grain and my triple beam measures down to 1/10 of a gram.
1 gram = 15.432358353 grains
John
Quote from: smokeitall on August 02, 2009, 06:17:02 PM
Did you get any finished pics?
My jerky turned out great today. No pics, I was a little to busy running around trying to get the ribs done, jerky done, corn done, etc. We sure had a great dinner though. Also got in about a 3-1/2 motorcycle ride, man the weather was beautiful today.
SIA
I didn't take a finished pic yet... I did get the dirt and rock out of my hole for the tower base... and put a new tire on the XL200R.
John
work great with gun powder!!!!!!! haha lol
i would do the same.
I made some more of this jerky today and with a little thawing the cutting went like a charm and man oh man it is good... smoker control and fan worked like a charm. I'm lovin it but no McDumps for me...
John
I second that, it was good jerky...I had a couple pieces and I could have eaten 20. Thanks again BigJohnT
I'm making more Sunday... and using my Foodsaver marinade cycle with the marinade container. It will be interesting to see if there is any difference.
John
Well its Monday, how did it turn out? Hope there's some left on Thursday. ;D
Quote from: BigJohnT on August 02, 2009, 03:42:17 PM
Hillbilly Revo in action.
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/johnplctech/Smokin/HillbillyRevo.jpg)
John
Why didn't think of that. I went and order a 9 MINUTE ELECTRIC MARINATOR VACUUM FOOD MEAT TENDERISER from the UK.
HR
HR,
On my last batch I used my Foodsaver marinator. Liked it so much I went and bought another one. One was too small for 3.5lbs of jerky. I know that is way too small of a batch but I'm working up to larger batches as I perfect my technique.
(http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/05/38/91/10/0005389110161_215X215.jpg)
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10660638
John
Does it hold the vacuum and then you put it in the fridge?
Wouldn't it be nice if Foodsaver made one about 3 to 4 times bigger than that ?
Once the marinade cycle was done I left the container under a vacuum but next time I'm not. They make a 6qt canister that has the same type of valve on top. It has to be set on Open/Marinade during the marinade cycle.
John
Quote from: OU812 on September 22, 2009, 06:55:02 AM
Wouldn't it be nice if Foodsaver made one about 3 to 4 times bigger than that ?
I wonder if a fitting couldn't be 'modified' to take that vacuum hose adapter and mount it to, say, a smallish tight lid fitted igloo cooler.. You could marinate a ton of stuff in that.
Quote from: BigJohnT on September 22, 2009, 10:27:08 AM
Once the marinade cycle was done I left the container under a vacuum but next time I'm not. They make a 6qt canister that has the same type of valve on top. It has to be set on Open/Marinade during the marinade cycle.
John
I have not seen that one, going to have to check around again. All I found was the one you posted earlier.
Here it is:
http://www.foodsaver.com/Product.aspx?id=c&cid=89&pid=265
but it is out of stock at the moment.
John