Meatgistics "Meet Up"

[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.

[jgabehart84]

Did anything ever come of this potential event? even with COVID?

[Tex_77]

jgabehart84 Right now it is on hold until Covid and everything blows over.

[Chef]

Tex_77 Still looking forward to it. I still say that with the number of people in Texas that are part of the Meatgistics family, we should have it in Houston. I volunteer my back pasture to host it! And we could show everyone just what Barbecue is all about!

[Dave R]

Chef great offer, I worked in Houston for years. Great people.

[Jonathon]

jgabehart84 Yeah pretty much all Walton’s events have been canceled/delayed this year because of Covid-19, we are really hopeful that 2021 ends this trend but we will see!

[Joe Hell]

Tex_77 As much as I’d like to participate I have no desire for travel at this time. I’ve only been out to a bar/restaurant a couple of times since March. I only hang with my co-workers and family. If one employee gets it we are shut down for a couple weeks. It’s just not worth it. I quarantined for a couple of years before it was ‘cool’ to focus on my diet. The pandemic is business as usual. Lol

[Joe Hell]

Chef my vote is for Walton headquarters!

[Tex_77]

Joe Hell you mean Jonathon new island he is buying right?

[Joe Hell]

Tex_77 That’s what I’m talking about!

[jgabehart84]

Jonathon Thanks for the update. I figured as much and hope things straighten out for everyone.

[Gmoran]

Jonathon & Austin any new plans for a “Meat up” event?

[Jonathon]

Gmoran Should have happened in 2021 but with the amount of time we had to spend on the website it never happened. We are HOPING (and praying and crossing all of our fingers) that this one goes much, much better and we can have time to focus on this. We REALLY want this to happen this year and we should have the time to organize it.

[Lance]

I would drive up for something like that if was in the summer.

[Jonathon]

Lance Yeah, we have determined it cannot be hunting/processing season, too many people wouldn’t be able to make it and we don’t have the free time to do then.