Smoking Venison Sticks & Jerky Help

[moehuntn]

I am new to smoking and would like to try smoking some venison sticks and jerky, but getting confused on cooking temps and times. Everything I have been reading seems to be giving partial information. I have a Bradley electric smoker and looking for drying, smoking and cooking temperatures and times for venison jerky and venison sticks. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

[watchdog56]

For sticks you want to preheat your smoker to 150 then down to 130 for 1 hour,140 for 2 hours of smoke,1 hour at 150 1 hour at 160 then up to 170 until internal temp of sticks hits 152-155. Hopefully you have a PID to help control your temps because the temps of the Bradley can swing +/- 20 degrees vs +/- 2 degrees using a PID. You do not want your temp to get over 180 because that will cause a fat out and your sausage will be dry.


As far as jerky I just marinade it then put in smoker at 180 and then keeping checking jerky until it is right texture.