I am currently making venison jerky. We used Hey Girl Hey’s recipe, https://heygrillhey.com/dr-pepper-jalapeno-beef-jerky/. The smoker we are using is a Masterbuilt electric smoker we got on sale. I chose to use this smoker because the few other times we have used it, I have had a hard time getting the smoker temp above 160˚ F and about 160˚ is where you want to smoke the meat at to make jerky. So far today, I am having a hard time getting the temp above 125˚ F and am not sure why. This smoker seems to have issues and am not as happy with it. We will see if I end up using the dual fuel one to finish the jerky. I will fire the other smoker up before to long anyways since I will be smoking chicken thighs in it. I am hoping this jerky turns out well. I will update this post once the jerky is done to let you know how it turns out.
Update is that it is a little spicy but good. I am not sure it’s as tender as I will like it but we will see over the next couple days if it lasts that long.
Smoking Meats and Recipies 