Hens, Chicken and Jerky Weekend

[sandyut]

Made jerky Saturday - best yet.

then Sunday was one full size chicken that I shredded for pulled chicken sami's. and 4 Cornish hens. turned out pretty good all over.
Brined the full size bird for 6 hours, hens for 4 in the Slaughterhouse brine.
Rubbed the big bird with Jeff's original, 2 hens with a Greek rub and 2 with an Asian.

and Mojitos

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

That all looks incredible. Great job!

 

[gmc2003]

looks like a successful, productive, and busy weekend.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Looks great! Love spatched chickens for pulled sandwiches. What you sipping on in that glass?

 

[sandyut]

What you sipping on in that glass?

Many thanks! Mojitos

 

[crazymoon]

S-yut, Nice full smoker, great looking goodies !

 

[Winterrider]

Everything looks real good. Did you do the jerky completely in the rec Tec or finish in oven?

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

Everything looks real good. Did you do the jerky completely in the rec Tec or finish in oven?

I'd like to know this as well. Care to share your recipe cause that jerky looks incredible!

 

[xray]

Looks like a productive weekend. Everything looks great!

 

[sandyut]

Everything looks real good. Did you do the jerky completely in the rec Tec or finish in oven?

All on Rec Tec. I run it 180 for 1.5 hours and then 225 till dry enough.

 

[sandyut]

I'd like to know this as well. Care to share your recipe cause that jerky looks incredible!

Ah full recipe:
Marinade

• 1 bottle of Dale's reduced sodium
• 1 can of local porter beer
• 3 tsp red pepper
• 3 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp garlic pow
• 2 tsp onion pow
• ~4 lbs of eye of the round cut roughly 1/4" thick. I cut it lengthwise then then slice to make it more strip like.
• Marinate overnight.
• 180 (smoke mode) for 1.5 hours then
• 225 till almost done. (this is almost impossible to describe: dry by not too dry, still a little "soft")
• cool on cooling racks for a couple hours at least till dry and ready and then bag what has not been eaten.

I have been working on jerky for a while and this seems to get it quite close to my goal. My butcher makes the best jerky ever - but they charge $30 a lb!!