Meatgistics "Meet Up"

[CandiceK]

My hubby and I would love to drive out for a weekend. Timing is no big deal. Coming from Chicagoland so whenever.

[Parksider]

That sounds like a good time…I’d make every effort to fly in for the weekend!

[Austin]

Jonathon and I will do some exploring and we’ll have to post a questionnaire out here with some more details. We would plan on getting a hotel block to get better rates for everyone, but we want to make it enjoyable for everyone and try to hit the most popular topics for demos (as long as it includes beer drinking…)
We will try to get some details out soon so we can start to gather input and figure out when to do the first “annual” meet-up. If anyone has further requests or input, please let us know!

[Tex_77]

Austin I object to limiting it to “beer drinking,” please rephrase to “drinking” or “drink of choice”.

[Austin]

Tex_77 I can agree to that. The keyword is “drink”… Of any kind!

[westtnbbq]

count me in! If outside activities are planed a time of year when Kansas isn’t 3 inches from the sun!

[Jonathon]

westtnbbq Yes, it has been ungodly hot here recently and for some reason there hasn’t been any wind!

[TexLaw]

I thought I was going to be passing through Wichita to drive our son up to Denver, and I had hoped to stop by (even if only to wave from 6 feet away). He ended up flying, though, so no joy.

With any luck and grace, here’s hoping something like this can come together next year.

[Joe Hell]

Jonathon Oh really…it’s been ‘hot’ there you say. I’m going to have to self quarantine on Thursday for sure. Ouch!

[Chef]

Jonathon Really, ungodly hot. The heat index hasn’t been below 106 in days here I HATE HOT

[johnsbrewhouse]

Joe Hell 94 degrees on the east side, it’s 98 degree’s here at my place here in Roy, west of the mountains right now. 109 degrees for you on Thursday way to hot! We are suppose to get the Ocean air conditioner tonight.

[Joe1]

Here in Arizona

[Joe Hell]

Joe1 that’s oppressive! I’ll stop complaining about 109 now. Lol

[Jonathon]

Joe1 NOOOOO that’s absolutely insane! I wouldn’t ever get out of the pool/AC or I’d be 15 lb lighter from all the sweating!

[PapaSop]

Joe1
Sorry… That’s just wrong. Argh.

[YooperDog]

Yes it’s hot, but it is a dry heat.

Good for making jerky in a solar dehydrator.

[Jonathon]

YooperDog Way to look for asilver lining! Now, in my mind at a certain temp it just doesn’t matter how dry something is, hot is hot, right?

Has anyone here used a solar dehydrator to make anything?

[sidpost]

For timing, I would say something pre-Thanksgiving for those of us wanting to take advantage of hunting season and the holidays to with any new skills we picked up.

For general topics: Seasonings, grind size options and reasons for them, sausage stuffer discussions along with casings, and animal breakdowns (whole hogs, beef primals).

Technique discussions for smoking and grinding are worthy topics as well.

[YooperDog]

Jonathon a loooong time ago when I was in Boy Scouts. I think that the wheel was just invented just a year before. Unfortunately I couldn’t tell you much of how the experiment went, it was something to do at camp.

[Joe1]

Being an Arizona native all my life, I remember helping my dad hang venison jerky on wires strung out 7 ft up in our old storage shed in the early 70’s. Then he would lock the doors and leave it alone for about a month. Best dry jerky I ever had.