Wanna Make Slim Jims?

[ACW3]

DAYUM!!  One more for my list!!  Thanks Rick.  My son will thank you after I make them.

Art

[DWard51]

Same here.  I get the feeling y'all are conspiring to convince me to buy that 10 tray LEM dehydrator that's on sale this weekend.  It might be working!!!!

[RAD]

I've got some going now in my new toy. I am so excited. 

[drholly]

Same here.  I get the feeling y'all are conspiring to convince me to buy that 10 tray LEM dehydrator that's on sale this weekend.  It might be working!!!!

X2!

[DWard51]

Are you guys using any sort of liquid as a carrier to help this disperse in the ground beef?  It seems like it would be sort of dry and most pre-measured kits call for some sort of liquid to be added to the dry ingredients.

Also one more point of clarification.  Pretty much all the instructions for dehydrators and Cure #1 talk about heating the meat to 160* before dehydrating.  Are you doing, this or putting the sticks straight into a dehydrator.  I understand the concept of CYA and a company wanting to avoid liability so they are basically telling us to cook food first.  I just wanted to make sure I was not totally misreading the directions for these sticks as the posts read like it is mix and dehydrate at 145* for 4.5 to 5 hours and check for dryness.

Thanks

Heading out to pick up the dehydrator in a few minutes an this recipe is on my to do list.

[TentHunteR]

Also one more point of clarification.  Pretty much all the instructions for dehydrators and Cure #1 talk about heating the meat to 160* before dehydrating.  Are you doing, this or putting the sticks straight into a dehydrator.  I understand the concept of CYA and a company wanting to avoid liability so they are basically telling us to cook food first.

As far as I know, there is no need to heat the meat to 160° unless you have NOT used cure #1.  Provided it's mixed in thoroughly, Cure #1 reacts so quickly that the meat is ready for smoking/dehydrating as soon as you mix it in.

[DWard51]

That was pretty much the way I thought it worked too.  Otherwise, what is the point of the cure?

[RAD]

They also tell you to mix/stuff and leave in the fridge for at lest 12 hours to let the mix work. I assume another CYA thing.

[DWard51]

The one I love is a post in another forum I ran across on a google search.  The poster said you have to heat the meat with the cure to 158* for "the cure #1 to activate".   Hell, if you are cooking it what's the point of using cure in the first place?

[nepas]

cure starts working right away when you mix it in. I seen that guy on YT who cooked the meat in the wave b4 he stuffed? WTH for.