first jerky in the MES tomorrow

[meskc]

I am doing my first attempt at jerky in my 30" MES tomorrow. I am trying the Cabela's jerky cure 5 lbs of hot and sweet and 5 lbs of teriyaki. Got a coupon for $10 off any purchase in the mail I was able to get both cures enough for 30 lbs for less then $8

. I plan smoking with apple/cherry mix. I will use a a torch to start the chips since the low temps, did this with a cheese smoke and it worked well. Wish me luck.


Update:

Here is the jerky just placed in the MES.


after the first hours starting to smoke.



finished product. I will say so far the best Jeky I have made.

 

[fatback joe]

Good luck.......and remember.....no pics, never happened.

 

[meskc]

There will be pics. Wife thinks I am crazy for taking them.

 

[fatback joe]

It is my son that give me crap......my wife gave up a long time ago. LOL Good luck

 

[meskc]

I must stop eating this stuff. The wife is going to be mad since I am full and don't want any dinner.

 

[zeeker]

Great looking jerky MESKC.

 

[ronp]

Nice Jerky you have there.

 

[sqwib]

Awesome Pics, Did you use water in the pan?
And do you have any tips on getting the wood to smoke at low temps

 

[ryanhoelzer]

Hey MESKC, could you give us more info on thickness of cuts you did and how long it took?

 

[sqwib]

Ryan heres a few threads on my test batches, hope this helps,

Jerky Test Batch#1
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...853#post395853

Jerky Test Batch #2
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ght=test+batch

Just be careful if you are using tenderquick, thanks to Richtee my next batch should be dead on.

 

[meskc]

The meat was sliced a 1/4" thick. I found that it was easier to leave the meat in large sheets and cutting them after. That way I did not have to mess with all the little strips. I set the smoker @150. I put the meat on the first hour without smoke just to dry it out a little. After that I added the smoke for 1 hour. I used a torch to get the chips going. You may need to pull the chip loaded out every so often to get good air flow to keep the chips going. I did hav eto relight once (before I started pulling the loader out). After the smoke I let it go another hour. Since I had to break the batch into two. After the third hour I pulled them and put them in the oven on the racks @ 150 until they were done. It took around 5 hour. After hour four I checked them about every 20 minutes as some got done faster then others. I hope this helps.