I recently won a contest on SMF with the prize sponsored/provided by Owens BBQ. It was very nice of Owens BBQ to sponsor a SMF contest. Because of this, I thought I should review one of the Owens BBQ prizes I received.
I make a lot of jerky and have been doing so for over 20 years. My go-to home-made garlic-chipotle marinade recipe is Kikkoman soy sauce based so trying Owens BBQ pre-packaged cure and seasoning mixes was a step into the unknown for me. The 3 flavors of jerky seasonings that I received were
I had 5.2 pounds of wild turkey breast vacuum packaged in the deep freeze from a bird that walked in front of my shot-gun barrel this spring turkey season. I cut the breast into thin strips, mixed the cure and the seasoning packet with 1-cup of warm water, and put all into a 1-gallon Ziploc.
After a 24-hour +/- soak in the seasoning/cure marinade, I placed all of the marinated turkey breast on 4 trays of my trusty Open Country dehydrator and ran it on high for 2 hours and then dropped the temp to 135F. This was a big load for 4 trays but it still fit, but was cozy.
NOTE: Turkey takes a little longer to dehydrate than beef or venison.
The finished product was very tasty! So much so, that I plan to make more this coming weekend.
BTW - that full 5.2 pounds of raw turkey breast in that full 1-gallon Ziploc bag made 1.7 pounds of finished jerky that easily fit into 4 sandwich bags.
For convenience, flavor, and safety (because of the Owen BBQ cure) – I rate Owens BBQ Cracked Black Pepper & Garlic jerky seasoning 5 star out of 5 star. Good job Owens BBQ!
Cost of most of their jerky seasoning packets (cure included) are $3.99. A couple of them are $4.99. The cost of making my regular Kikkoman soy sauce based Garlic-Chipotle marinade is a little less, but close to the same. For sheer convenience, Owens BBQ wins hand-down.
NOTE: I have never used “cure” before because my Kikkoman soy sauce based marinade is definitely salt cured… I did taste the Owens BBQ jerky-cure prior to using it. But the cure, as best as I can tell, imparted very little if any flavor to the marinade.
I make a lot of jerky and have been doing so for over 20 years. My go-to home-made garlic-chipotle marinade recipe is Kikkoman soy sauce based so trying Owens BBQ pre-packaged cure and seasoning mixes was a step into the unknown for me. The 3 flavors of jerky seasonings that I received were
- Maple Jalapeno,
- Cracked Black Pepper & Garlic, and
- Original
I had 5.2 pounds of wild turkey breast vacuum packaged in the deep freeze from a bird that walked in front of my shot-gun barrel this spring turkey season. I cut the breast into thin strips, mixed the cure and the seasoning packet with 1-cup of warm water, and put all into a 1-gallon Ziploc.
After a 24-hour +/- soak in the seasoning/cure marinade, I placed all of the marinated turkey breast on 4 trays of my trusty Open Country dehydrator and ran it on high for 2 hours and then dropped the temp to 135F. This was a big load for 4 trays but it still fit, but was cozy.
NOTE: Turkey takes a little longer to dehydrate than beef or venison.
The finished product was very tasty! So much so, that I plan to make more this coming weekend.
BTW - that full 5.2 pounds of raw turkey breast in that full 1-gallon Ziploc bag made 1.7 pounds of finished jerky that easily fit into 4 sandwich bags.
For convenience, flavor, and safety (because of the Owen BBQ cure) – I rate Owens BBQ Cracked Black Pepper & Garlic jerky seasoning 5 star out of 5 star. Good job Owens BBQ!
Cost of most of their jerky seasoning packets (cure included) are $3.99. A couple of them are $4.99. The cost of making my regular Kikkoman soy sauce based Garlic-Chipotle marinade is a little less, but close to the same. For sheer convenience, Owens BBQ wins hand-down.
NOTE: I have never used “cure” before because my Kikkoman soy sauce based marinade is definitely salt cured… I did taste the Owens BBQ jerky-cure prior to using it. But the cure, as best as I can tell, imparted very little if any flavor to the marinade.
