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    Building a jerky business from scratch?!?

    Hey all,  It's been quite a while sinceI have been on here to post or comment. After playing around with jerky for years I am taking it to the streets. I am taking my love for jerky and building a jerky company! Very slowly but surely we will get up and running, start processing jerky. Just...
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    A Quick Jerky Lessons Learned.

    Hey no problem! Yeah ur not getting enough airflow. I used 5-6 trays for 5 lbs cut at 1/4 inch thick. So definitely a couple more trays to help that airflow and cut down on drying times along with making a more uniform jerky
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    Sweet n Spicy Venison Jerky: Smoker Sunday

    Thats a nice looking recipe and some damn good looking jerky!! Nice work. Thats how i like my jerky and how we have made it for a billion years. Jerky doesnt have to be drier than a popcorn fart for it to be done and safe! I am drooling right now lol, thanks.
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    A Quick Jerky Lessons Learned.

    Yeah it is probably your dryer giving you hell. What sort of a dehydrator are you using. I can honestly say, I had used a nesco dehydrator for years and put 5 lbs in which was kind of pushing it as far as space goes, and the drying time is always the same no matter how much weight is in the...
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    Printed Beef Jerky Bags

    That is true most jerky nowadays is basically vacuum sealed with an oxygen absorber inserted and a printed label placed on. A lot are still going old school with a basic 4 milliliter food bag and a printed label stuck on it much like what I see local here in vermont with Rosies beef jerky for...
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    What is on my jerky I made?

    white specs is bacteria that will turn to mold very quickly.
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    Jerky....anybody use their smoker to make this?

    absolutely it can be done and is done all the time. I use a combination of smoke and heat. I like just a little smoke flavor so I would let it smoke for the first 1 1/2 and then turn on the heat and let it dry without the smoke the remainder of the drying time. Which was usually about 3 hours as...
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    What is on my jerky I made?

    Yeah I think the above replies are correct. We used to see this back in the day a few times when I worked for a jerky company many years ago, I do believe it was because it dried too hot. Its all good. As long as its not white specks all over then you are good. 
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    Bourbon and Black Pepper ground beef jerky.

    My mouth is watering!! Looks awesome, hoping it tastes awesome!  Reminds me of the bourbon and black pepper jerky i saw today at the gas station. It was Dukes brand? Have you tried that? Ps . I would rather eat yours though :-)
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    NEW HERE! REAL JERKY FREAK!

    Thank you all for the kind welcomes. Mike W - Wasabi jerky? Interesting. How did you make this? Did you use wasabi powder or wasabi paste? I would maybe try something like this to experiment with of course lol 2 lbs beef 2/3 cup soy sauce  1/4 cup worchestershire 1 tablespoon wasabi paste...
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    Forget jerky - make yourself some biltong :-)

    I think Biltong is the only form of jerky that I havent tried yet! I have been wanting to try it for ages now. I think I need to do some digging and find a good biltong recipe and try it out. If anyone knows of a good biltong recipe, let me know. I will trade recipes lol I want to make some to...
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    1st beef Jerky HELP!!!!

    Your three questions are answered correctly by yourself haha. I would only try smoking the jerky for about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours. keep the temp about 160, thats cooker temp not internal temp of meat. At 160 you can take the jerky out at 4.5 hours and it will be good! Take it out and place it in...
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    Sunday Jerky Run

    Damn that looks good. I do enjoy the Hi Mountain jerky seasonings, I recommend them all the time. Love the Nesco dehydrator, that is my personal choice as far as best bang for the buck. Make sure you rotate them trays, top to bottom, bottom to top about halfway through cooking time. Hope it...
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    A Quick Jerky Lessons Learned.

    Cut that drying time down in half. I have always tried and true for the last 15 years dried my jerky for at most 4.5 hours. Start peeking and or rotate trays about halfway through cooking time for me around 2.5-3 hours. Even when I worked in a large jerky manufacturing company, we dried the...
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    NEW HERE! REAL JERKY FREAK!

    Thank you all. 
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