I am marinating some eye of round that I cut up last night (~ .75 to 1" bits) in a wet marinade, soy sauce, Worcestershire, garlic, onion, cure, brown sugar. Was planning on smoking it for 1:40 and then drying it.
Approx how long should the smoke and dry process take. I know its done when its done but, 6 hours, 10...what kind of ballpark?
I also have oven jerky racks from cabelas that I could use to finish it off.
Right now my plan is (ad libbed from several posts here), 1 hour at 140F to dry, then smoke for 1:40 at 150F then dry till done..
Does that sound reasonable?
Thanks
James
I did mine for about 7 hours @150F in my dehydrator - both smokers were full!
Your on the right track but you might want to bump the IT to 165-170*