maybe a dumb question about jerky

FanOfFanboys · April 2019

I like making beef jerky and always use my dehydrator. I've read about those on here that have done it on their egg but the dehydrator is just so easy.

But I was thinking one way to get a nice smokey flavor to the jerky when using the dehydrator might be to smoke the ingredients prior? Has anyone tried smoking the soy sauce and worcestershire and all the other ingredients? If so, did it add any smokey flavor to the jerky?

SonVolt · April 2019

You could always use both methods. If I wanted a smokey flavor I would try smoking the jerky on the BGE for an hour or so until it starts to dry out, then move it to the dehydrator to finish the process.

Photo Egg · April 2019

I think it would be easier to smoke the meat on the Egg for an hour or two then into the dehydrator. But I would probably just add liquid smoke to the marinade.

fishlessman · April 2019

i cook jerkey on the egg, but the jerky texture needs a dehydrator and yes it works using the egg for a few hours then the dehydrator. you dont eed to spread it out, you can just pile it up and rotate the pile every so often, then spread it out during the dehydrater stage. several hours on the egg below 175 if you can hold those temps first

HendersonTRKing · April 2019

I've tried cold smoking cured meat for jerky using my mailbox cold smoker but have found there's just too much moisture to make it work. Rather than finish it off in the box, I now instead pull it out after an hour or so and finish inside the house using our new oven's dehydrator setting. Works like a charm.

Canugghead · April 2019

I used to start in egg and finish in a decent 9-tray Excalibur. Not any more, doing it in my pellet pooper PRO 34 is way easier, just needed 1 or 2 flips, no constant tray switching and rotation.

littlerascal56 · April 2019

My jerky recipe uses liquid smoke, and a dehydrator. Have also done it on Traeger at 160 for 3-4 hours. Either way it’s plenty smoky from the liquid smoke.

lkapigian · April 2019

If I want smoke, I dehydrate first then into my Smoke House BRIEFLY

ChokeOnSmoke · April 2019

Do the whole process on the egg. Tons of people do it and it turns out great. If you're going to make the effort to set the egg up, I don't know why you then move it to a dehydrator?

maybe a dumb question about jerky

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