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    Venison Jerky In a Smoker

    I tried with unsoaked chips and I was able to get it to produce smoke but at the lowest heat setting it was sitting around 200 degrees. I'm going to try to play around with the air intake to see if I can get the temperature lower.
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    Venison Jerky In a Smoker

    The only thing I did to the chips before putting them in the smoker was soak them in water for twenty minutes. I was under the impression that I wanted the chips to smolder, but I'm brand new to smoking meats so I don't know.
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    Venison Jerky In a Smoker

    The lowest I have recorded is 175. I was thinking if I close the air vents to the flame a little more I might be able to get it closer to 160. I am just unsure if the chips are smoking or not. I let the chips soak in water for roughly 20 minutes before I started the smoker. Should I try using...
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    Venison Jerky In a Smoker

    I'm waiting on a digital probe thermometer to come in the mail so right now I am using an oven thermometer that hangs inside the smoker.
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    Venison Jerky In a Smoker

    Hello, I am looking to make venison jerky in my smoker (using the meat eater recipe). I recently had a smoker handed down to me. It is a master forge propane smoker. I have gotten the smoker to the proper temperature (160-175) however after at least a half hour it doesn't seem like any smoke is...
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