Jerky nuggets questions

[steve-o]

Was possibly gonna try nuggets this weekend or next and wanted to do a bit of mental preperation. I've done strips of jerky a few times now but liked the ease of cutting into to nuggets rather than fighting to get uniform strips.  I was going through older posts on the topic and it looks like a good and somewhat easy thing to experiment with....I am gonna marinade for 48 hrs give or take, and probably use an eye roast.

Question 1 - can the whole process be done in Bradley, I dont have a dehydrator?

Question 2 - is it the same basically as doing strip jerky, except probably longer? (temps and smoke time)

Question 3 - any other pointers you can think of?


Thanks all, Steve-o

[smokeNcanuck]

steve-o,

1-I have not done the nuggets in the Bradley, but see know reason why you could not.

2-I have done them in a dehydrator and just followed the same procedure as I would with normal strip jerky.
  You would be correct in the fact that it will take longer to dry as you have denser pieces of meat

3- Let us know how it turns out and post a few pics.

I like the nuggets, as it is easier to prepare the meat,  but still usually make the strips.


Good Luck,
sNc

[JF7FSU]

I've done nuggets in the Bradley with Big John's Ginger Soy jerky recipe.  No big difference except they take a little longer and need frequent rotation.

[FLBentRider]

I'm not sure how big you cut your nuggets, the cure I use states 24 hours of cure time per 1/4 inch of thickness.

I usually leave mine curing in the fridge at least three days. Sometimes longer if I forget or get busy.

I haven't done them in the bradley, just the dehydrator, mine take about 12 hours @150F