It's Muebe fault!

[TMB]

After seeing the meat sticks muebe made I had to go and get me a new toy to play with.
I also bugged the heck out of Nepa's for info  :)  Thanks Rick!
It's not the best made but for a starter kit it's not bad  39.00 at Gander Mtn

Here are the beef (Gunpowder) sticks

Here is a try at pork sticks with my rub but waiting on a different seasoning to come in so these are for practice


I have to cook them in the oven cause my racks are to large for the Bradley and I don't have time to cut them down today  :'(
but will do the next batch in the Bradley

[TMB]

Well I fixed the racks so they would fit.   If you look close you can see where I bent the racks to fit.  Here are the 2 racks of meat in the Bradley

They went in at 2 o'clock not sure how long it will take?

[SiFumar]

Not bad looking at all!

[Keymaster]

can't wait to see the final cut!!!

[OldHickory]

Looks good Tommy,------ tinker, tinker, fun, fun, fun.

[TMB]

Well here they are.  Not bad for a first try, even Kimmie likes them.

Here are the pork meat sticks

Now I can't wait to get the real seasoning I want to use and try them!!!

[ghost9mm]

Tommy they look delicious, and there are all kinds of flavors to play with...well done..

[muebe]

Well done Tommy..... nice job!

[Tenpoint5]

He's getting closer!! The next thing you know he will be trying sausage stuffing because his daddy used to do it. Then BANG hes hooked

Looks Really good Tommy

[SiFumar]

"Well here they are.  Not bad for a first try, even Kimmie likes them."

Looks like a winner to me!  And if Kimmie likes them that's a plus!

[Sailor]

Looks great!

[TMB]

Well took it to work this morning and 100% loved the beef (gunpowder) sticks  :)   the pork sticks were not as big of a hit.  :-\

My boss is sending me 4 lbs of venison to make deer sticks out of, question is how much fat o I need to add if any per pound of venison?  Do I even need to add fat?

[Sam3]

When I grind up my Venison, I usually add 2 lbs of beef chuck roast to 8 lbs of Venison.
The chuck roast has some good marbling and gives it some nice flavor.

[viper125]

On jerky sticks I do a 60/40 or 6 lbs Venison to 4 lbs of pork. Gives it a little more grease like a 80/20 beef. people seem to prefer a little grease in their sticks.