any directions for cooking jerky on the Egg ( temp and approx times)

BeantownEgger

can't find any detailed descriptions. There is quite a discrepancy between timeframes. some say 20 min some say 12 hours. WTF thanks for any help you can provide.

wrobs

BeantownEgger,
I have cooked jerky a few times on a LBGE and I shoot for a temp. of 160-170 deg. I started with 2-1/2 lbs of meat (London broil)and it cooked for about 10 hours. I used a raised grid as high up in the dome as I could get with some fire bricks and I hung the pieces from a 14" cooking grid using toothpicks. Good stuff... didn't last long with my 14 y/o son around.
Good luck.
wrobs

AZRP

<p />BeantownEgger,[p][p]
I do it indrectly over a plate setter and raise the grid up with some bolts. If you have a Guru, you can fool it to hold 160. -RP

Borders

BeantownEgger,
I'm using this to smoke anything @ low temps. Take a 2 or 3 pound coffee can and cut the top and bottom out. Clean out the egg. Set the can on top of the grid where the ashes fall through. Fill the can about 1/2 way with used lump. Light the lump and let it get going. Open the bottom vent all the way. This will keep your fire from going out! Close the daisy wheel nearly completely, but enough to breathe.(I use Mickey T's #1 temp ring, but that's probably not critical) Add chunks, then a cool plate setter and food to be smoked. When you close the Egg, your temps should be very low and will creep up slowly if you keep it shut. If temps get too hot, move your jerky to a dehydrator to finish, or open up the egg, and let it cool and start again. You may have to add lump if you go a long time, but adding lump lets the egg cool down while it is open. I love this method, and learned it from forum member HolySmokes. [p]I recently did chipotles this way. My egg smelled so unbelievably good after a day of cold smoking that I hated to cook on it.[p]Time are going to vary greatly due to thickness of your jerky and realtive humidity. I always finish jerky in a dehydrator to make sure it's dry. [p]As for meat, eye of round works great.


Have fun, Scott
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AZRP,[p]How do you fool the Guru to maintain 160 degrees?[p]Howard

AZRP

Howard,
Set the meat temp for 160, clip the meat probe and pit sensor together. and start it in the ramp mode. The Guru thinks it is holding the meat at 160. The proceedure is in the Guru's owners manual. -RP