Jerky Buffet

[Caribou]

I decided to make some jerky this week and tried 3 recipes that turned out great.  The recipes originally came from "Just Jerky" but I did slight modifications on some of them.
All these recipes are for 2 pounds of meat strips.  I used beef but I'm sure deer or elk would work just fine.
Let the marinade sit for at least 20mins before adding the meat.
I marinaded them all over night, in the fridge for approximately 10 hours.  I hit them with 3 hours of Special Blend.

Teriyaki Jerky
1 cup Yoshida's cooking sauce
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground blk pepper

Grandpa's Jerky
1 1/2 cup soy sauce
2 TB brown sugar
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tsp freshly ground blk pepper

Spicy Jerky
1 cup soy sauce
2 tsp hot pepper flakes
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 cloves of minced garlic
2 tsp minced fresh garlic
3 TB real maple syrup

I used two arm roast and a funky shaped rump roast.  All Angus beef.

Sliced while still mostly frozen at 1/4" thick.

Saved and froze the fat trimmings for future venison snack sticks.

Three bags of marinading meat slices.

Into the preheated Bradley, started smoke when the heat recovered back to 150F and maintained a temp between 165-170F until the jerky was dry but flexible.
Kept the vent open all the way and ran it with no water in the bowl.

The three types of jerky were ready for tasting, they were all worth doing again but the Spicy was the favorite in this household.  :D

[OU812]

Thats some good looking jerky, a little of each please  ;D

Going to have to try some in the smoker some time. I do mine in the dehydrator

[HawkeyeSmokes]

Please send samples of each. Would be happy to help evaluate as they all look great!  ;D

[mikeradio]

That looks great Caribou, great job on the jerky.  I will have to try those recipes

Mike

[pensrock]

Looks great Carolyn.  :)

[squirtthecat]

Nice!!

I'll have to try that...  No curing or anything else required?

[Tenpoint5]

Looks Awesome Carolyn!!

[NePaSmoKer]

NICE

Good looking jerky there Carolyn.

Or i should say the Jerky Queen  ;D

nepas

[Caribou]

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Nepas,
If I wanted to add cure to a home jerky recipe how much should I add?
Would it be based on the volume of marinade or the weight of the meat?

If I'm a Jerky Queen then you are a Jerky God!  :D
So there!
Carolyn

[Hopefull Romantic]

Nice Job Carolyn.

My son loves jerky and he's been asking me to make some for him. I think I'm gonna try one of your recipes and see.

PS. I agree with Nepas.

HR

[deb415611]

Looks great Carolyn!