The Complete Guide to Making Beef Jerky at Home

I spent most of the past 10 years learning as much as I could about making beef jerky. It’s the hobby that sparked my interest in cooking and the goal of this video is to hopefully inspire others to make great beef jerky at home. I’ll do my best to answer as many jerky related questions in the comments as possible!

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00:00 Making Jerky Out of The Zoo
02:17 What is Jerky?
03:56 Buying Meat
04:48 Slicing Meat
06:32 Making a Marinade
10:24 Cooking Your Meat
12:56 Question Speed Round
16:06 Taste Test

[MaxtheMeatGuy]

***Correction: if using pink curing salt use 1 teaspoon per 5lbs of meat (not 1lb). Thanks @mikesmicroshop4385 for pointing this out!

[rogue.akatsuki]

I really appreciate how honest and transparent he tries to be

[thorbrigade]

Going broke buying all these beef jerkies. Recently added dried meat into my lifestyle for a better eating, real food healthy eating lifestyle. Was thinking about learning to make my own jerkies and boy was i glad i clicked on this video. I thought it was going to be a long sophisticated, constant monitoring type of process but you definitely made it easy to follow and explained it step by step so thoroughly. Thank you my guy! Will definitely support purchasing some jerkies from you as well until i get the ball rolling. Much love.

[MarauderLegend]

Max is the best, he explains things so that you actually understand. He is the best.

[teebee]

Was just telling my girlfriend I wanted to try making my own beef jerky. Could have easily followed any other type of video like this: but then you dropped this video and man, I’m thankful you did! I’ll definitely try out the oven method first before buying a dehydrator

[VitalArms]

I’ve been making jerky for about 15 years and learned something new. I could never put my finger on how the store bought jerky always had that extra moisture to it. Now I know they have a high humidity drying process. I also hate that style😂 I literally can’t eat any other jerky than my own because I’m obsessed with how mine comes out. I felt the nostalgia when he pulled out his first ever dehydrator. Mines been going strong for 15 years.

[mystryx]

Best vid ever. I was surprised he has a company yet tells how to make it at home. Shows confidence in his product.
Is it worth your time or better to buy without saying it.
answered all my questions. Looked at dozens of vids in past..none compare. Thanks.

[werieawesome]

So glad biltong is here for our SA viewers but you should try all our SA varieties😂🇿🇦

We have:
Game biltong
Beef biltong
Geelvet biltong (which is beef with a side of fat)
Chilli bites (beef or game)
Biltong sticks (beef or game)
Droëwors (beef or game)

[carlynscolorfulcreations]

Its really nice to see such a large creator being so active with his community in the comments. Some people have less than one third the subs and dont give superlikes or reply to any comments.

[HeisenbergFam]

Max tasting meat at the end is truly a beautiful sight to behold

[Figs]

Sophia is my favorite character on this show. Simply from that joke.

[CRUSADEROFTHELORD]

My recepe for jerky (any jerky):
Use whatever mid-grade meat your butcher has on hand(it's normally cheaper and faster to get it non-pre cut). Take the jerky and slice it into 1/7th-In, now let it get to room temperature. For a marinade I use 2shots JackDaniel's, .5shot of 80Prof Vodka, and 3Cups of beer per .5lbs of jerky you're making. Now let it rest over night. Now, in the morning, after letting it sit, take it out and prepare to boil it (1min/.5Lbs of meat). For the boil use 1cup of Viniger, 1table-spoon of whatever salt of your liking, 2Litres of water, 1shot Molasses, and 2table-spoons of whatever sugar of your liking. Use this mix and double it per every 1lbs of meat. After boiling smoke it high and fast for half an hour, after let it cool 1min/1lbs of meat, after go low and slow for 1hour. After smoking dry it out. Now enjoy.

[azn]

Now that I've seen this, I'm curious to experiment with the humidity aspect of making jerky more tender. I'm thinking maybe laying the jerky on the top rack of my smoker and filling a sheet pan with an experimental amount of water and putting it on the bottom rack. The amount of water would be the delta. My thinking is that while the water evaporates, it will create a humid environment in the smoker but then at some point the water will completely evaporate and then I can let the jerky finish to a nice dry but tender texture. Unless you make a video doing this experiment, I will report back with my findings

[ThatOnsimp]

I never thought I would be interested in meat until Max poped on my yt shorts

[yobnoc]

I typically smoke my Jerky for a few hours until the surface is dry, then finish in my dehydrator. It makes the cleanup MUCH easier since you don’t have marinade baked onto the Excalibur mesh sheets. Very interesting on the moist dehydrating at the factory - I may have to try spraying my jerky while it smokes with apple cider or something along those lines for a similar effect!

[dierksfan]

I just made jerky for the 1st time today using left over tri tip. Smoked it at 200 for 7.5hrs thank you Max! It was delicious

[jaredklein]

Jerky is so easy to make, everyone should try it. It’s the getting it the way you want it part that can be tough. It’s fun to experiment with different things to see what works.

[CLFS]

My homemade jerky is a 3 day process day one slice and marinade day two dry outside in the sun with a big screen to keep away the critters and day three smoke all day with a cold smoker will last months and months even a year in a paper bag left in the fridge

[WileyN]

I completely forgot about the experimental taste test at the end 😂, almost went to watch another video. Very educational, and I almost forgot about the bit of fun thrown in. Gotta give it to Max to always make his video's interesting, The meat side of youtube is always the best 💯

[Snom]

i live somewhere i cant get max jerky but i really wanted to try it. Thank you for this. Really appreciated.