GFW's & Old Dave's Stack & Pile Jerky Method

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This is a good way to do jerky but it is some work during the cook. I use up to 7-1/2 pounds of meat on a layer and used to do several layers at a time. I have a jerky smoker now!![p][p]This is a 10 pound cook about ready to go on the cooker.[p][p]This cook was 15 pounds and as you can see, it's stacked higher.[p][p]What it looks like on the cooker very early into the cook.[p][p]This is my setup for a turning session. I use 6 plates for this and it takes about 6 minutes to turn a load. I do this about every hour after the first 3 hours. Later in the cook, I sometimes let it go for 90 minutes before turning. [p]All the meat on the top grid is cycled to the lower grid. Each grid is broke down to what I call the top, the middle, and the bottom meat. The meat coming off the middle now goes to the botttom of the pile..the meat that was on top now goes to the middle of the pile...and the meat from the bottom goes to the top of the pile.[p]I usually start getting meat off the cooker around the 3rd or 4th turn. [p][p]The meat later into the cook and about done. It looks like I am down to about half of what I started with for this picture.[p]Dave[p]

fishlessman

Old Dave,
i looked everywhere yesterday for gfw's origional writeup, the one in the recipe section doesnt show the method he used. i think it was in wiseones origional cookbook which i cant find either, that was a good starter book for eggers. the stack and pile method is much more forgiving if you arent good at holding really low temps, and gfw's recipe is a great base for experimenting with flavors.

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Old Dave,
Just a suggestion... you could use a couple of pizza screens.
Put some meat on each screen and one screen per grid level.
When it's time to rotate, just grab a screen and move it to
the desired level. That would cut down on time with the
smoker open and your wife wouldn't have extra dishes to wash
Pizza screens are only a few bucks a pop and come in handy
for other things like wings, bacon, veggies, etc.