eye round for jerky?

[guvna]

i'm going to do some beef jerky on thursday and i figured eye of round might be a good cut to use. it's long and lean... what do you think? probably going to cure in teryaki. my instacure #1 just arrived today. BTW, the package of instacure says to smoke jerky at 200. any thoughts on that?
thanks,
guv

 

[smok'n steve]

I usually use topround--get it on sale at 1.99/lb. I start my smoke around 200 then drop off a bit. If i remember right, I give it 3 to 4 hours of smoke in the pit, then I switch to gas and ramp to 160 or so for a total cook of around 8 hours or till the jerky bends and cracks but doesn't break:-)

sms

 

[smoke freak]

200 is cookin, not jerkin...

 

[smok'n steve]

Updated after looking at my notes

I don't cure my jerky but I turn out some pretty fine stuff. I Smoke at 160 degrees for 1 ½ hours, then fade from wood to propane for fuel to prevent over smoking, Cook at 180 to 200 for another 3 ½ hours or till the jerky slightly cracks(remember it will dry some more after cooling. Let smoker cool with jerky in it. Total rack time 5 to 6 hours, sometimes longer. I usually do 12 pounds of topround at a time which yields me 40 plus food saver bags at 2.2 ounces each dry.