Randyman since this virus nonsense I’ve made quite a bit of my own grind since the store never has what I want these days. Tri-tip whole is usually good price but yes the meat is fairly lean. My husband prefers either 90/10 or 93/7. I mixed about 6 lbs of home ground tri-tip with 3 lbs of store bought 85/15 and it looks great. Myself I prefer 80/20. I also ground about 6 lbs of bottom round last weekend and that was very lean lol. the hubby had to put butter on those burgers lol

Jonathon thanks so much!!! I like my homemade bacon although it’s a tad salty, so I may also try your injection cure method. We are all carnivores here #meatheals and we love our meats! so glad I found your website!

Qusetion- I cure my own bacon but do not have a cold smoker. Could one hot smoke the bacon as a slab (instead of oven baking) and then slice and dehydrate? I’m just thinking smoked with a rub would make great jerky.