Spent the day making jerky

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Following my sausage thread, today was jerky day. I went with a tried and trued mesquite flavor packet from walmart that is actually really good and a new Dr. Pepper jalapeño recipe I got from YouTube. The Dr. J still needs some tweaks, mainly salt and sugar but isn’t terrible. I also got to test out my Walmart clearance dehydrator that I got last year for $20.

Reducing the Dr.Pepper/jalapeño and spice reduction yesterday evening. It needs to cool before marinating.

I slice muscle groups while still partially frozen and start marinating the night before.
The first batch was on at 0700 today.

 

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The round trays are the old dehydrator and the rectangular are the new with the Dr. J.
As usual the mesquite are very good. The Dr.J aren’t as spicy as I thought they would be after making the marinade and suffering through watery eyes, they do need some sweetness.




I called it quits this afternoon with one more batch of the Doc J’s that I added some Japanese bbq to. We will see.