Breakfast Sausage and Jerky

[Mesa_John]

I love breakfast sausage and Spicy Jimmy Dean's makes me happy.  But in my effort to continue to eat cleaner, I am always looking for opportunity.  Opportunity showed itself three days ago when I found Boston Butts for a smoking sale and purchased three of them.  On this President's Day, I used the day off to make 21 lbs.  I also thinly sliced some beef, brined in Salt and Powdered Garlic and it is on the smoker at 150 degrees for the rest of the day.

 

 

Edited Monday at 07:52 PM by Mesa_John

[Outdoorstom]

That looks amazing!

[Geezy]

Good job John. That’s being resourceful and smart. Those commercial sausages alway have a bunch of junk in them. I was shocked when I started reading food labels.


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[Mesa_John]

Just pulled the jerky off the smoker.  7 hours between 140-170 degrees.

My yield is right at 3lbs or 48oz.  Good use of time and meat when grocery store jerky is about $8 for 4oz.  Yeah, great jerky is $30-$40 a lb in the stores.

 

Edited Tuesday at 02:24 AM by Mesa_John

[Geezy]

1 hour ago, Mesa_John said:

Good use of time and meat when grocery store jerky is about $8 for 4oz

Not only that but probably better for you. I won’t eat the store bought because I font like the ingredients soy and sugar. I’ve been making biltong lately and I think I like it better. 
I need to make some jerky but without soy sauce and see how it comes out.