Ground/Formed Venison Jerky
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PapaSop how much of the cracked pepper and garlic. Seasoning do you guys use per pound of meat? I really want to try this. Sounds amazing. Amd same thing in a traeger at the smoke level or 180? And not by meat temp but by pliability? Sorry so many questions guys. I’ve tried a few different techniques and I wouldn’t say they’ve been failures but I can’t say they’ve been a success lol. Thanks
mattboccabella With the batch I made this weekend, I took Jonathon 's advice and folded over a piece of jerky and took temperature readings to determine doneness. I pulled at 160 and they came out perfect.
I’ve never had luck running my Traeger on the smoke setting. It always wanted to burn itself out and throw a LER code. I did recently upgrade to a unit with supersmoke and the new D2 controller. It seems to run much better @165. I ran at this temp for the first couple hours of the smoke. Pictures are below.
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MCURRAN Looks good, I do whole muscle jerky. but I may have to try this.
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mattboccabella With the batch I made this weekend, I took Jonathon 's advice and folded over a piece of jerky and took temperature readings to determine doneness. I pulled at 160 and they came out perfect.
I’ve never had luck running my Traeger on the smoke setting. It always wanted to burn itself out and throw a LER code. I did recently upgrade to a unit with supersmoke and the new D2 controller. It seems to run much better @165. I ran at this temp for the first couple hours of the smoke. Pictures are below.
MCURRAN looks awesome. Thanks! How much of the pepper garlic seasoning do you use per pound with this?
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Jonathon if I were to use Willies to make reconstructed jerky would I have to change anything? I wouldn’t use sure gel but I would probably use smoked meat stabilizer so I could smoke it the same day.
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Jonathon if I were to use Willies to make reconstructed jerky would I have to change anything? I wouldn’t use sure gel but I would probably use smoked meat stabilizer so I could smoke it the same day.
ND Mike said in Ground/Formed Venison Jerky:
Jonathon if I were to use Willies to make reconstructed jerky would I have to change anything? I wouldn’t use sure gel but I would probably use smoked meat stabilizer so I could smoke it the same day.
Some jerky seasonings recipes will call for a larger amount of seasoning per lb of ground meat than for whole muscle jerky.
Not sure about Excalibur though?
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Jonathon if I were to use Willies to make reconstructed jerky would I have to change anything? I wouldn’t use sure gel but I would probably use smoked meat stabilizer so I could smoke it the same day.
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processhead If you use willies to make restructured there are no changes that are needed. Restructured is similar enough to the cured sausage that a 1-1 ratio will be fine. Test batch might not be the worst idea though. Now, if you are using a jerky seasoning, like |Walton-s-Bold-Jerky-Seasoning then you might use 5-10% more seasoning as we are going to loose less product by % of weight.
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processhead If you use willies to make restructured there are no changes that are needed. Restructured is similar enough to the cured sausage that a 1-1 ratio will be fine. Test batch might not be the worst idea though. Now, if you are using a jerky seasoning, like |Walton-s-Bold-Jerky-Seasoning then you might use 5-10% more seasoning as we are going to loose less product by % of weight.
Jonathon said in Ground/Formed Venison Jerky:
processhead If you use willies to make restructured there are no changes that are needed. Restructured is similar enough to the cured sausage that a 1-1 ratio will be fine. Test batch might not be the worst idea though. Now, if you are using a jerky seasoning, like |Walton-s-Bold-Jerky-Seasoning then you might use 5-10% more seasoning as we are going to loose less product by % of weight.
I never really understood why the different seasoning amounts used between whole muscle and ground jerky styles.
I would appreciate an explanation from someone who understands the reason behind this?
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processhead If you use willies to make restructured there are no changes that are needed. Restructured is similar enough to the cured sausage that a 1-1 ratio will be fine. Test batch might not be the worst idea though. Now, if you are using a jerky seasoning, like |Walton-s-Bold-Jerky-Seasoning then you might use 5-10% more seasoning as we are going to loose less product by % of weight.
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MCURRAN That is good looking jerky.
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MCURRAN thats a good days work right there!
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MCURRAN wow that looks great!!!
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MCURRAN
Very nice. What did you space the racks with? -
MCURRAN that jerky looks awesome.
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Great job!
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Might have to try ground formed jerky, I have always made whole muscle. My Dad and younger Brother have made ground meat jerky.
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Might have to try ground formed jerky, I have always made whole muscle. My Dad and younger Brother have made ground meat jerky.
bocephus said in Ground/Formed Venison Jerky:
Might have to try ground formed jerky, I have always made whole muscle. My Dad and younger Brother have made ground meat jerky.
I’ve tried it with limited success. This makes me want to revisit it. This looks awesome. MCURRAN
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