What cut of meat for Jerky?????

[chevyman]

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????????

[Mr Walleye]

Eye of round is what I always use.

Mike

[sherlock]

I use top sirloin & cut with the grain.

[HCT]

Hey Mike, don't you find that the eye round is a dry cut of meat?

[Mr Walleye]

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

[Tiny Tim]

Isn't Jerky supposed to be kinda dry anyway?  Not sawdust dry, but dry.

[Gizmo]

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.

[West Coast Kansan]

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

[chevyman]

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!!!

[Lefty_Smoker]

I use top round, bottom round, or eye of round for my jerky, whichever happens to be cheapest at the time.

[levonen]

Cheapest 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.

[sherlock]

With eye round, do you slice it with or against the grain?

[Mr Walleye]

I always slice mine with the grain. I like my jerky the traditional way... tough.  :D

Mike

[West Coast Kansan]

Mike, also slows down the kids ability to eat it by a few minutes.  ;D

[Wildcat]

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!!!

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