Help steer me in the right direction!

[Quarlow]

Sorry buddy the smoke is rolling tonight. Will be no signals from me tomorrow. :D :D :D

[BigJohnT]

About drying the meat pre-smoking.... I am sometimes seeing this step, sometimes not. After marinating the meat does it need to be laid out to just drip dry or does it need to be laid out (at room temp I assume) until the marinade has actually dried before it is added to the smoker? And can this be done by just laying the meat right onto the smoker trays and then just slipping the trays in once the smoker is pre-heated?

Hoping that next weekend is the 1st run...drooling already. Gotta track down local cure...

I take my jerky right out of the marinade and put it into the smoker. For a killer soy marinade check out my web site JT's Place in the Food Recipes section. The only thing I do different is I use eye of round now for jerky.

John