Jerky today

[rons]

Trying suggestions I got on here,
2 lbs of eye of round, butcher sliced.
24 hours cure
20 hours marinated in beef broth w/ touch of Worcester.
Seasoned with high mountain
Smoker warming up

 

[rons]

First pics

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• Aug 16, 2015

 

[rons]

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• Aug 16, 2015

 

[rons]

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• Aug 16, 2015

 

[twoalpha]

Trying suggestions I got on here,
2 lbs of eye of round, butcher sliced.
24 hours cure
20 hours marinated in beef broth w/ touch of Worcester.
Seasoned with high mountain
Smoker warming up

Ron S

Can't tell from the pics, but how thick are the slices?

I'm in 

 

[rons]

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• rons
• Aug 16, 2015

A bit less than a 1/4, about 3/16ths.

Here they are on, note bottom grill below meat covered in foil to block direct heat :)

 

[crankybuzzard]

I'm ready to hear how the experiment worked out! :drool

 

[rons]

Oh I forgot about saving a piece for the experiment, I'll go steal one off the smoker to try that

 

[twoalpha]

Now you are in the fun part. Sample and evaluate, wait some, sample and evaluate.

This will be gone in just a short time.

Keep smokin.

 

[rons]

Jerky came out good :) Total time ended up about 9 hours.

The experiment: OK, the slice I precooked, oddly got too dry after only 1.5 hours in the smoker. Freaky! I thought it would be slower since it cooked in flavored broth, thought it would be all wet, but it got done super fast from precooking. It looks torn cause I ripped a hunk off to taste. 

Even though it was dryer than I like, it was super tender and had a great flavor, I'm going to explore this method more.

Here are some pics, the yellow arrow points to the precooked piece that was on for 1.5 hours, the rest of the jerky had been on for like 6 hours at that point.

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• rons
• Aug 17, 2015

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• Aug 17, 2015

 

[crankybuzzard]

Looks good from my PC!

I too was hoping for a break through with the "experiment", but you can always try it again!

It looks like the butcher sliced the meat with the grain, how are you going to process (slice) it from here?  Tear and chew or slice across the grain into strips?

 

[rons]

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I do kinda think it's kind of a break through. The only issue was, I estimated wrong on the drying time. So far, looks like

Edit - I just got that piece out of the fridge and tried it again, something cool happened overnight, it's perfect now, SUPER tender and good.

1) cure strips

2) Put in flavored liquid either in oven in sealed pot or slow cooker for 3-4 hours

3) Put in smoker at 150 for 1-1.5 hours at 150

But, what I found was, the jerky is really tender that way. It's kinda like the tenderness of pulled meat but tastes and looks like jerky.

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Yes, I had him slice it that way, I kinda like that feeling of being a dinosaur and ripping through the meat haha.

Man, I hadn't thought of cutting it down further, I was just going to grab those giant slices and eat that way :) But now that you mention it, it might be easier to eat with it cut down a bit.....

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I just have to find a little better flavor, the jerky kit seasoning just isn't my favorite. I tried the soy sauce Worcestershire recipe, didn't like that, gotta hunt for a more meaty type flavor rather than the pepper spice type flavor

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Oh man, just noticed your signature pics, ouch! I've been grabbing mine with tongs, that must have hurt!