How Do You Make Beef Jerky In A Smoker?
Not As Hard As You May Think, Follow Instructions And You Will Have Jerky In 12 To 72 hours, Good Luck!! Start by cutting a very lean cut of meat. You can use most anything but I recommend a sirloin tip roast because it’s lean and easy to work with. Trim all the fat from the meat. (Fat will increase the drying times) Cut the meat across the grain into 1/4 inch slices. Sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper. (If you prefer you could use a more complicated marinating recipe, you can find many of these on the net) Smoke jerky at a low temperature and little smoke. You should use a temperature just under 160 degrees F. If you are using an electric smoker you can introduce a small amount of smoke, but if you are smoking over a charcoal or hardwood fire you will get plenty of smoke from this. You need to smoke or dry your jerky until it is completely dry. Depending on how you do it and your temperature this can take 12 to 72 hours.
