Cunningham, Ks resident. I was in the Wichita New Market Square store today. Bought a quart of liquid smoke. The nice guy behind the counter said that this stuff is way more concentrated than what you buy in grocery stores. I forgot to ask what the approximate ratio is. I have a recipe for a jerky marinade that calls for 1/3 cup liquid smoke. Anybody know how that would translate to the more concentrated stuff I got today? Half that? Less than half that?

I am making jerky from strips of whole meat, not ground meat. The recipe is for 3 lbs of sliced meat, and I usually make a double batch. (That’s about all I can handle with my oven drying rack.). The marinade calls for 1/3 cup liquid smoke, which I double, also, of course. The smoke flavor is just right for me. I have used Colgin brand that I buy at Dillon’s grocery stores. I have a quart of the more concentrated liquid smoke that I just bought from Walton’s, so I won’t be changing to powdered smoke flavoring until I use what I have now. I think I’ll use half the amount and hope for about the same smokiness.