jerky

[weavs150]

whats your favorit jerky recipe i use soy sauce werchester sauce salt black peper crushed red peper and a scoop of brown sugar

[Raquettedacker]

That sounds like a great marinate, but how do you cook/dry it?    I just bought some LEMS jerky mix and I'm gonna try the oven method...

[upstatehunter]

A friend of mine bought a dehydrator, but does it in the oven still. Does a better job once you get the right temp and air flow.
My brother uses his convection/microwave combo. It moves more air. His comes out good, going to send him the recipe for the marinate though. He uses some commercial brand, not bad but could be better...

[Issiah]

AHH Man   I make pounds of Jerkey and have tried many different methods.  WEAVS150  you sound old school, bet you make some fine jerkey!!   I use those HI Mountain seasoning packets, use the salt very lightly and bombard the meat with the seasoning,, It's expensive yes....   I use ground burger in a jerkey gun & a good quality dehydrator,, oh god is it good.  I have tried the oven, & even a smoker.  Both work very well,, but over time I grew most found of the methods I described

[bogmanjr]

I also use the Hi mountain like Issiah. I do 15 pound's at a time, I hang it from tooth pic's on the rack's of the oven and can get it all in there in one batch usually. I have a convection oven that has a Drying setting and the door is proped open. Can't keep the stuff around that's for sure.

[stka]

The best drying I've got was from the box fan with furnace filters bungee corded to it. I've been using a dehydrator now, simply because of the easy clean up, but there's a very short window to get it the right texture. I cut all my strips by hand and make my own brine/marinade. Here's the recipe I started with, pretty much use it the same way, but I double the hot sauce for my girlfriend using two table spoons of halbanaro sauce.

Ingredients

    * 2 pounds red meat (although you can use elk, bear, venison, wild boar or just about any other critter you can hunt. I stick with beef such as top round steak, flank steak or brisket)
    *

Brine:

    * 2/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
    * 2/3 cup soy sauce
    * 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
    * 2 teaspoons onion powder
    * 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
    * 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
    * 1 tablespoon honey

Directions

Place the meat in the freezer for 1 hour, so that it will be easier to cut.

Slice the meat with the grain as thin as humanly possible.

Mix brine ingredients right in a resealable plastic bag (placing the bag inside a large plastic container will make this easier.)

Place meat strips in brine. Move the meat around so the marinade is evenly distributed around it. Seal bag, working out as much air as humanly possible.

Lay bag flat in the plastic container and refrigerate for 3 to 6 hours.

Remove meat from the brine and drain on cooling racks. Discard the brine.

When the meat is dry place it inside Blo-hard 3000 and set fan to medium. Leave overnight or for at least 12 hours.

If you don't find yourself in possession of a Blo-hard 3000, place strips directly on oven racks.

Heat oven to lowest setting and use a blob of foil as a wedge to hold door ajar.

Oven-dry overnight or until meat reaches a consistency of your liking.

Store in zip-top bag or jar in a cool dark place for 30 or 40 years or until fuzzy stuff starts to grow on it.

[stka]

The same marinade works great for venison sandwiches, just cook in a pan with peppers and onions instead of drying. Great for ice fishing  .

[Issiah]

Ever try the burger in th jerkey gun stka,,  I use to cut strips until I tried the gun  so much more tender and easier...  I gotta give your recipe a try,,  sounds great,,  would be a heck of alot cheaper then buying the commercial seasonings too...

[stka]

It is a lot cheaper, and you can adjust to your liking. I buy my worcestershire and soy at BJ's in bulk, it doesn't go bad. I haven't bought a jerky gun yet but plan to as some point.

[Corporal Punishment]

I like this seasoning!!!!!Tried the rest and this is the best..............

http://www.nesco.com/category_12e291b19e72/subcategory_c6e6784e3ae2/product_5ad97e3028b5/session_76983d7b806b/

[halfrack33]

The best drying I've got was from the box fan with furnace filters bungee corded to it.

Okay Alton Brown  haha

[stka]

Okay Alton Brown  haha

Yup, he's my go to guy for recipes. Hasn't disappointed me yet.