Long time jerky recipe of mine is to cool the venison until its firm, slice thin, or a little thicker if you prefer it that way.
Mix:
1 cup soy sauce,
1 cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup lea and Perrin worchester sauce
Marinate for 2 hours, arrange on the dehydrator racks. Then sprinkle the wet strips with black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
If you like a little heat, sprinkle with cayenne powder as well.
Keeps for months in the fridge.

Parksider

I have the cool pack on my carnivore grinder. The purpose is to keep the neck super cool and allow the meat/fat to flow through it easily. I’ve used it on and then taken it off. What I noticed is the fat will cling to the walls with it off. If I start with a cold neck and cold meat, it runs much cleaner.
I like it well enough that I bought a spare to cycle them and keep frozen. P

Joe Hell

We spend about 1/2 the year traveling this great country of ours in our RV and the Blackstone grill is incredible. We have the two burner tabletop model, and we can cook for a lot more folks than us two. Hint: the Blackstone has an H shaped burner, the cheaper ones have an I shaped burner. The cheap models will have hot and cold spots.The Blackstone pretty much has even heat unless it’s windy. There is a gap between the grill and the burners so one has to keep that in consideration when cooking. I built some aluminum z bar wind deflectors to help with the wind but keep in mind the bottom is open so a lot of heat goes down. Don’t cook on a plastic table. Don’t ask me how I know this… That being said, getting the griddle seasoned seems to be a challenge for some, but is really easy. It takes awhile when first buying one, but it lasts a lifetime as long as you don’t try to run it in the dishwasher. Fry some bacon, or use some veggi oil and let it sit on the griddle. It will smoke like crazy. Let it smoke until it quits. Put another layer of oil on it and let it smoke until done. Repeat all afternoon until the griddle is a dark black, and your done! We have a factory cloth top for ours and sometimes forget to leave it on when cooling and then get a rain during the night. No rust, and just fire up the griddle and let it steam the water off. There is a little tray and opening in the back to scrape off excess oil, water, bits of cooked stuff, etc. I also recommend buying the Blackstone griddle set of tools including the 12" dome. Break three/four extra large eggs next to each other, let them set for a minute, then squirt some water from the bottles and put the dome on top. Instant perfect eggs with a hard white and a runny yoke. I can’t heap enough praise on the Blackstone Griddle.

Soup in the deer stand for dinner today, although breakfast was elk, jalapeño, cheese and garlic sausage with Walton seasoning in natural casings. Smoked on the Traeger.
Sadly, no pics.

If you have family members that just can’t get past that the meat is wild game, consider grinding and mixing pork butt with a 50-50 ratio. Butts are cheap, and if a picky family member just can’t take venison, this will change their attitudes.

Is the meat in this “chili cook off” required to be domestic beef or can the chili be made of a more natural meat like chili was originally made from? Talking Elk here.

Put down a layer of bacon, then baby spinach leaves, spices and wrapped this pork tenderloin.
Been on the traeger since 2pm at 225.
Just kicked the heat up to 325 to start the bacon browning.

Soup in the deer stand for dinner today, although breakfast was elk, jalapeño, cheese and garlic sausage with Walton seasoning in natural casings. Smoked on the Traeger.
Sadly, no pics.

deweymeats said in Calibrating thermometers:

dennishoddy

What about barometric press. I’m thinking that has an effect too. Just be aware, a few degrees either way is ok as long as you’re consistent and love the final product. Cheers

Barometric pressure certainly has an effect, but it’s small compared to altitude.

chippewa be sure to adjust your temps for your altitude. Water boils at different temps at different altitudes.

Parksider

I have the cool pack on my carnivore grinder. The purpose is to keep the neck super cool and allow the meat/fat to flow through it easily. I’ve used it on and then taken it off. What I noticed is the fat will cling to the walls with it off. If I start with a cold neck and cold meat, it runs much cleaner.
I like it well enough that I bought a spare to cycle them and keep frozen. P

Joe Hell

We spend about 1/2 the year traveling this great country of ours in our RV and the Blackstone grill is incredible. We have the two burner tabletop model, and we can cook for a lot more folks than us two. Hint: the Blackstone has an H shaped burner, the cheaper ones have an I shaped burner. The cheap models will have hot and cold spots.The Blackstone pretty much has even heat unless it’s windy. There is a gap between the grill and the burners so one has to keep that in consideration when cooking. I built some aluminum z bar wind deflectors to help with the wind but keep in mind the bottom is open so a lot of heat goes down. Don’t cook on a plastic table. Don’t ask me how I know this… That being said, getting the griddle seasoned seems to be a challenge for some, but is really easy. It takes awhile when first buying one, but it lasts a lifetime as long as you don’t try to run it in the dishwasher. Fry some bacon, or use some veggi oil and let it sit on the griddle. It will smoke like crazy. Let it smoke until it quits. Put another layer of oil on it and let it smoke until done. Repeat all afternoon until the griddle is a dark black, and your done! We have a factory cloth top for ours and sometimes forget to leave it on when cooling and then get a rain during the night. No rust, and just fire up the griddle and let it steam the water off. There is a little tray and opening in the back to scrape off excess oil, water, bits of cooked stuff, etc. I also recommend buying the Blackstone griddle set of tools including the 12" dome. Break three/four extra large eggs next to each other, let them set for a minute, then squirt some water from the bottles and put the dome on top. Instant perfect eggs with a hard white and a runny yoke. I can’t heap enough praise on the Blackstone Griddle.

Long time jerky recipe of mine is to cool the venison until its firm, slice thin, or a little thicker if you prefer it that way.
Mix:
1 cup soy sauce,
1 cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup lea and Perrin worchester sauce
Marinate for 2 hours, arrange on the dehydrator racks. Then sprinkle the wet strips with black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
If you like a little heat, sprinkle with cayenne powder as well.
Keeps for months in the fridge.

twigg267
Crushed red pepper works well to add some heat. The same stuff you put on pizza.

Sous Vide is the only way we do steaks now.
4 hours is the max as after that it just gets too tender. As meatgistisc said, it turns into a roads that has been overcooked.
We use our slow cooker with a temp controller for a cheap version of the commercial model.
https://www.[link removed]/Inkbird-Itc-308-Temperature-Controller-Thermostat/dp/B011296704/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1523250745&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=inkbird+temperature+controller&psc=1
This unit is under $40. Its very accurate for keeping the water temps within 1 degree.
Its also capable of being calibrated if your don’t trust it. We have one and love it.