I am new to the beef jerky world, i recently got a traeger and wanted to make some snack sticks but dont want to invest a lot of money into it since i am just starting out. I plan to use a 80/20 or 90/10 ground beef and ad some waltons seasoning to it. Anything i need to know or ad to the beef to get it to taste good and last for longer? Thanks for the help!!!

Jonathon so in order to get pork fat in the sticks, what is the best way to go about that? I don’t have a meat grinder I was just gonna but the meat from the store.

Jonathon ok great so if I use fatty ground pork with 80/20 beef do I still need a binder if I let it chill all night and use a meat gun to make the forms? Also can I cook it entirely on my smoker or do I need to use an oven also?