I Saved $34 Per Pound Making Beef Jerky At Home

6” Boning Knife:

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I am going to show you how I saved a lot of money making beef jerky at home. I made high quality beef jerky at home and saved over $35 per pound. This simple procedure can be done with minimal equipment. Give it a try and enjoy the savings.

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3 Tier Cooling Rack:

Beef Jerky Marinade Recipe:

1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 Tbs brown sugar
1/2 tsp liquid smoke (optional)

[themechanic]

I’ve made jerky in a smoker, an oven, and a dehydrator. I think the dehydrator does the best job on getting it dry - if it’s too moist it will mold, though I imagine keeping it in the fridge would ameliorate that. Dehydrator jerky has lasted 2 months unrefrigerated and was still good. I use London Broils to make jerky myself, stock up when they go on sale, make 5 lbs at a time. So much better than store bought.

[hoofheartedicemelted]

I enjoyed watching this. Butcher Wizard is really good in front of the camera. I'm watching as many jerky videos as I can. This is a good one. Thanks Butcher Wizard.

[soilgrasswaterair]

1:08 Under 40 years old, but I did know what you were talking about😊

One of the perks with growing up with your grandparents, is that you come to a bunch of knowledge you wouldn’t have known otherwise! Lol, my friends always ask me how to remove different stains, because my grandmothers taught me all about that. Gardening stuff, such as how to work the different tools and how to fix mechanical things, my grandfathers taught me. You’re saving a ton of money, when you know how to tend to your stuff- instead of paying someone else to fix it or buying new stuff whenever things break. *The money you save, invest it!* ❤

[lochnessmonster]

One of my old neighbors would make like 50 pounds of spicy pepper deer jerky every deer season. His was shelf stable and he'd store it in huge jars in his cupboard. Everytime we went over to his house, we'd get sick on homemade ice cream and deer jerky. He made it all for pennies on the dollar.

[jamestarrou]

Beef jerky is hands down like, the best snack food.

[jdmderick]

I grew up with home made biltong that was left out in the pantry with no issues at all for months. Biltong needs to be soaked in brown vinegar to stop bacterial growth. The spices added to biltong like coriander will help to keep it shelf stable.

[woanito]

The algo is strong with this one. I was only THINKING about learning how to make jerky yesterday and this pops up today…slightly concerned but thankful at the same time. Great vid 👍🏽

[boones]

Great video. Just wanted to add that several types of deer meat makes for great jerky. Especially if you're lucky and take a big stag - or a moose for that matter. Both are lean and great for jerky.
An alternative for ziplock bags is vacuum sealing if you got such a fancy device. I make snackpacks in vacuum bags with deer-jerky for my hunting trips.

[motherofdoll.]

I found that 3 tiered tray too!! Took FOREVER to find a thing that stacked but man when I saw it was going to work I was over the moon!

[CaseNumber]

I would add a few table spoons on vinegar to the marinade, adds another layer of complexity. Been wanting to get some konbu and bonito fish flakes and make a broth of pure umami and see how that works for jerky. After that, I can use the discarded marinade for some ramen stock.

[bew]

A standard oven uses about 2 - 3000W every hour, so 2-3 kWh. 1 kWh is about $0, 33 in my country. So 3kWh x 4 hours thats 12 kWh. So about $4.00 only for the power, then you need to buy the meat.

[chingusdundlawn]

Love the video! I'll have to give the recipe a try sometime.

Only thing I would add is that the conclusion on how much one could save is perhaps a bit skewed, as one could buy a larger, one pound bag of beef jerky for $20-30 vs spending $43 to get a bunch of smaller bags together. This still comes out to a pretty substantial $11-21 saved per pound, and is more than enough to persuade me to give homemade a try.

[calistin]

Btw for non convect ovens you can just put a wooden spoon in the top of the door to keep it open a crack to let moisture escape the oven and to let air circulate instead of opening the door every hour.

[honestjohn]

I made my own jerky today with a simple recipe from the internet & it turned out better that stuff you can buy. My kids are the hardest ones to please ( 17, 14, 12 yrs ) & they loved it. I sorted my self some pukka meat out ( I’m a butcher ) deffo be making more

[randystevens]

Great Video. I started making Beef Jerky for my dog, No seasoning. I like to give her a treat a couple times a day, I was buying the jerky they sell for dogs, and she got sick one day; I know they put extra stuff in it to make them want more, and it is not cheap either. So I started making my own. I have been precooking cheap roast with Sous Vide ( in a freezer bag in water at a set temperature of about 145 deg) first, then chilling it in the fridge. I keep the broth and freeze it. The roast is very firm and easy to slice, then I put it in my food dehydrator. I believe retain a greater amount of the meat doing it this way, but I will do a test and let you all know. My girl has been asking me to make them Jerkey, So I am looking forward to trying your recipe. Thank You

[JE-itjw]

Thank you for your videos and this one was perfect timing for me. I have eye of round in the oven trying to make my first batch of jerky. I bought some hickory smoked salt off of Amazon, so I’m going to add that to my next batch to see how good that is. I’ve been cutting my own ribeye and New York strip steaks. Thanks again!

[SkillshotsCA]

Loving this channel! One request as a viewer would be to use clear or white bowls so we can see the color and consistency of the marinades. Keep up the good work!

[derred]

good to see how it's done. The tough thing these days is simply the ridiculous cost of even cheap cuts of beef near me. Plus the crazy cost of running my oven for several hours. Not to mention the heat in my no airconditioned apartment sucks. But when prices drop maybe im on it

[billb]

@butcherwizard GREAT video . . . as usual! When finished with the smoking, I would seal the jerky via my food vac to remove 95% - 99% of the air and probably make it even more shelf-stable.

[funstuffonthenet]

Thank you for solving the Jerky Problem. I never buy it myself, and only eat it at the office where they buy it for me. 😂. But I would love to try your recipe and make a large batch at home