Looking for jerky racks that fit 30" MES

[blue2noise]

Hey guys,

I wanted to try and take a shot at making some beef jerky over the Labor Day weekend but I cannot seem to find and jerky racks that will fit inside the 30" MES

My inside measurements look like I will only be able to fit a maximum of 14" wide by 12" deep. Any ideas?

Thanks so much.

Rob

 

[smokedcaveman]

wooden bamboo skewers. slide the piece up vertically between your regular racks, and push the skewer in about 1" from the top. you can do about a dozen pieces (per skewer) that way. I've done it that way for a long while. it lets smoke and air circulate as well.

also 100 skewers for like.. 2$, so affordable. (more $ for jerky materials?)

 

[tropics]

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/174140/sausage-rack-mes40-w-step-by-step

Richie

 

[blue2noise]

wooden bamboo skewers. slide the piece up vertically between your regular racks, and push the skewer in about 1" from the top. you can do about a dozen pieces that way. I've done it that way for a long while. it lets smoke and air circulate as well.

also 100 skewers for like.. 2$, so affordable. (more $ for jerky materials?)

Ahhh this is brilliant! Thank you

 

[smokedcaveman]

yeah dunno where I came across that thought first, but it's always worked well, and the racks help keep the space even, and lets me hang way more than I'd think I'd be able to

 

[parrot-head]

Skewers is the only way I will do jerky in the future.  I have found it finishes quicker than laying on the racks for some reason also.

 

[smokedcaveman]

probably because a flat rack of meat is mechanically almost like a solid shelf, where the dangling pieces are all surrounded by air, so you get good flow around them. when I first started doing jerky, I did it flat on racks, and the bottom layer always got done faster and wound up with way more smoke than the upper ones.. then everything changed when the fire nation attacked... er... no wait.. when I swapped to skewers. I didn't have weird spots where one layer'd be almost bone dry, and another'd still be moist.