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Recipe Discussions => Meat => Topic started by: chevyman on December 06, 2007, 09:28:18 PM

Title: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: chevyman on December 06, 2007, 09:28:18 PM
What is your fav cut of meat for makinn jerky??? I have to go with London Broil cut from 1/8 to 1/4 in strips across grain... how about everyone else????????
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Mr Walleye on December 07, 2007, 04:49:54 AM
Eye of round is what I always use.

Mike
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: sherlock on December 07, 2007, 05:44:19 AM
I use top sirloin & cut with the grain.
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: HCT on December 07, 2007, 10:06:17 AM
Hey Mike, don't you find that the eye round is a dry cut of meat?
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Mr Walleye on December 07, 2007, 10:21:07 AM
I'm not sure I understand your term "dry cut".

It is very lean and therefore makes great jerky. I'm sure any round roasts would work well, I know a number of members use it.

Mike
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Tiny Tim on December 07, 2007, 11:32:22 AM
Isn't Jerky supposed to be kinda dry anyway?  Not sawdust dry, but dry.
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Gizmo on December 07, 2007, 08:34:34 PM
Cheapest leanest round I can get.  Use to always get top round that never had a bit of fat on it so I never needed to trim.  The market raised their price so the last few times I got eye of round.  I have used London Broil in the past but the amount of work to cut away the fat is not worth the effort for a cheaper price.  Fat and Jerky do not go together as the fat will get rancid and I just don't like biting into it either.  So for me, the leaner the better as it translates to less work.
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: West Coast Kansan on December 07, 2007, 08:47:23 PM
Eye of the Round.  Nice pretty, uniform, jerky cookies.  Also easy to slice on slicer when very cold but not quite frozen (If your going to make a lot.  I have found if it does not look commercially processed my wife does not eat it...

The eye is easy to get real uniform results and near zero trim time.  ;D
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: chevyman on December 07, 2007, 09:19:24 PM
That is what is so great about this site... everyone is so helpfull. as the saying goes there is more than one way to skin a cat but i always like to try new ways to a better end result. thanks to everyone for your imput and happy smoking!!!
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Lefty_Smoker on December 08, 2007, 05:50:54 AM
I use top round, bottom round, or eye of round for my jerky, whichever happens to be cheapest at the time.

Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: levonen on December 08, 2007, 10:39:15 AM
QuoteCheapest leanest round I can get

Indeed. Cheaper cuts works much better than the more expensive ones. Eye of the round is ok. Top sirloin will produce inferior jerky.
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: sherlock on December 08, 2007, 01:12:37 PM
With eye round, do you slice it with or against the grain?
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Mr Walleye on December 08, 2007, 04:32:44 PM
I always slice mine with the grain. I like my jerky the traditional way... tough.  :D

Mike
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: West Coast Kansan on December 08, 2007, 09:36:05 PM
Mike, also slows down the kids ability to eat it by a few minutes.  ;D
Title: Re: What cut of meat for Jerky?????
Post by: Wildcat on December 09, 2007, 08:45:52 AM
Quote from: chevyman on December 07, 2007, 09:19:24 PM
That is what is so great about this site... everyone is so helpfull. as the saying goes there is more than one way to skin a cat but i always like to try new ways to a better end result. thanks to everyone for your imput and happy smoking!!!

:o

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