Is Beef Jerky a SCAM? PRICES Analysis, MARKET & How to Make Your PERFECT Beef Jerky!
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2021
- Did you ever pay attention on what you get in a bag of beef jerky compared to the price? Is beef jerky a scam? Why it so expensive? Can it be made cheaper and better? This and more questions about beef jerky are answered in this video and I will teach you how to make beef jerky at home and customize it to your taste!
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Beef jerky Ingredients List:
3/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
3/4 cup soy sauce
2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 rounded tablespoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 generous tablespoon honey
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Subscribed and hit the bell my friend!
3 dislikes from Jack's Links employees, 1 like from me and hundreds of other jerky lovers. TOPSIDE is my favourite meat for jerky.
DONE!
It's true! I haven't seen any of your vids in quite a long time!
“Is beef jerky a scam”? Short answer is yes. Long answer is also yes.
@@MrTrdsmi Or you could just make the beef jerky yourself. You could enjoy the process, save money and keep yourself healthy as well, if you don't decide to eat all of it at once. You don't even need to hurry up on eating all of it because even homemade beef jerky lasts for a couple months if it's stored correctly.
@@MrTrdsmi Oh, okay. But I don't really get it why you decided to post your comment as a response to Twunny Bux's comment, since it has really nothing to do with what he said in the first place.
How is it a scam when they are telling you the price and the exact amount you are getting. Maybe a little overpriced , but tastes way better than the crap you can make it home.
@@lcarnage7724 You aren't born obese, you are raised obese.
@shredded m'fucker pretty sure you shouldn't be trying to get your protein out of beef jerky. If you want shitty tasting jerky, make it yourself. If you want good jerky, pay the price...... overpriced and scam are two different things.
You're not paying for the beef, you're paying for that fancy plastic bag
Dude I finished oyasumi yesterday and I'm still empty, how are you?
Nah is the Brand
Doesn't help he bought it from a gas station....where prices are the highest. You can get a 1lb bag at sams club for $15
@@kevinwallace1499 Maybe if you live in Texas! Not where I live.
He paid for the air inside
Came for the jerky, stayed for the character and charisma
same
Yup, he's very good! :)
Won my subscribe over that, they're both amazing!
Me too, subscribed.
@@evanbarnes2484 same i also subscribed because of his aura
Note, he says he has 3 lbs of jerky at the end. I think he means he bought 3 lbs of meat, dried it surely weighs much less.
He says it like he doesn't know the difference, but I'm sure he does. But think about it: He paid $4 a pound; that's $12 dollars. Then he put in the work to make it, along with a little cost for the flavors. Remember also how thin his meat was sliced. So, yeah; he saved some money, and even I could see myself doing this, but it's not all "DAANG" like they make it out to be.
@@cubicinfinity Beef is 75% water. So, yeah. Dried, he may only have 12 ounces of dried meat. Still, a dollar an ounce is a lot less than jerky, which clocks in at near $3-5 per ounce. Spices are expensive. If we throw in maybe a bottle of vinegar, some honey/molasses, and the spice, maybe your talking another $6 of ingredients?
So, he is at about $1.50 per ounce in materials, whereas purchased it is about $3 per ounce. But if you get a big bag, say a one pounder from Jack Links, it is $1 per ounce.
I still find this idea of home made jerky interesting and fun, though.
@@furtim1 $3 per ounce? Where are you shopping? Walmart brand jerky is $1.14 an ounce for a 6 ounce bag, less than $1 per ounce if you get the 10 ounce bag. Jack Links is a bit more expensive, maybe $1.34 per ounce for the 10 ounce bag, but that's not too surprising.
@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 The guy said "gas stations", not "Wal-mart". However, if we stick to wal mart, look for "no man's land beef jerky". It is $5.39 per ounce. (It is also great jerky). I know that seems crazy expensive (it is) but the jerky so dry that almost all the weight is meat and it is a long chew jerky. A lot of the other brands you can eat like bacon. Most are so soft, and you go through a bag in like 10 minutes. No man's land takes a lot longer to get through.
@@furtim1 The other ingredients he added are like $.50 total, $1.00 at most.
“Deliches” I like this guy’s accent
🤣👊🏻🤟🏻
Beef yerky.
I like your spell
I like the bideo
Das de bes
"One Teaspoon"
*Eyeballs it and shakes the container.*
Ahh, just like my mother when cooking and explaining recipes.
This is the way
This is the way
"One shot of vodka"
@@okaytyler2774 Pours out an entire bottle
@@okaytyler2774 "one pound of violence"
This is exactly why I bought a dehydrator and just buy some top rounds, marinate them, and make my own beef jerky!
do ya thin slice them yourself?
@@JustAnotherJarhead Yeah, personally I like long thin pieces so I cut it vertically, thought you could probably do it horizontally if you wanted wide thin pieces instead.
Do u cook or smoke the meat? Or just dehydrate raw meat?
@@JustAnotherJarhead Most grocery stores will slice a roast up for you for free, just tell them how thick you wont it, like 3/16".
@@alphapimp dehydrate raw, it gets cooks during the process
None of those "teaspoons" were even close to being a teaspoon. But I approve!
men can have different sizes
@@iuliancalin22 Nah, we just don't like dirtying more dishes.
It’s called flavor 😎 (joke)
'Two shots of vodka"
5ml isn’t that much spread over a big mix bowl
The cost of Jerky is the sole reason why I bought a dehydrator.
Me as well. I need to learn how to make pep sticks now.
A dehydrator is a must. (Too bad most people don't know how EASY it is to make yogurt.)
Well worth it in the long run.
I was thinking if it is possible to use a dehydrator for this. So this kind of answered it.
where can i buy something like that and how much does it cost?
"When was the last time you ate and enjoyed this cut?"
me: beef jerky
thx tidus
Hello fellow Tidus
@@anthg4563 no, what you meant to say is Hello there cultured fellow. Hello to you as well.
@@flippero4918 I’m you, but from 1000 years ago.
@@anthg4563 haha imagine being a dream oh wait
Iv actually made a couple batches of my own jerky and can’t stress enough on just how much better it is than store bought jerky and honestly I might just go buy me a couple pounds of beef to make another batch it’s so good and the aroma it leaves in your house if you use a dehydrator is just heaven
saves money on candles by using dehydrated jerky smell🤣
5:50 Now that is what I call some serious beef curtins... jokes aside though it looks delicious.
I'm telling you, it's the "how to make beef jerky" that made me click on the video; but it's the accent and enthusiasm that made me stay. Good show primo.
you said it guey
The enthusiasm and pure expression and passion is what makes you stay to the end on most good videos.
Shit, I'm not a farmer but I watch a couple videos on how this one guy fixes hoof problems because he REALLY likes helping cows
When someone has such a strong accent and such enthusiasm you know the food is going to be good.
Hahahah agreed
came for beef jerky, stayed for the over whelming positivity you two exude. Yall seem lovely, thanks for the video!
for real, i love these two
Which two?
@@ctkeunig7143 Beef and Jerky.
No, the man and his wife, dude. Who else
They just keep raising the prices, used to be $4 a bag, now where I live they’re $8 a bag
Best deals on Jerky are at the grocery section of Menards hardware. They don't mark it up much.
Here in Germany it's even more ridiculus.
@@KLondike5 As someone who works at menards I agree, our beef jerky is still like 3.98 a bag where I live and work
Local place of mine used to sell 8ox for $8.99. Eventually went up to $9.99. Was still worth it because it was REALLY good. Original owners sold the place due to age, within first year, same bag was then $19.99. No thanks
@@mattbrown9631 $20?! That's crazy
There is a guy in my town who started selling his beef jerky out of a little store front and he had a few dehydrators. His jerky looks a lot like yours but even thinner and crispier. It’s so insanely good. You don’t have to chew it because it melts in your mouth. He kept getting bigger and bigger and now he’s in all our grocery stores too.
“Just one tea spoon of onion powder”
Proceeds to pour half the bottle
Doesn’t the company have monopoly
@@OHOE1 There us no onion powder monopoly
To be fair... Most people already do when they see onion powder in a recipe... I mean... I definitely would.
I mean it is a powder, takes a fair amount to be of considerable weight/mass
@@FiishGaming that’s what they want you to think!
It has come to the point that even Jesus himself agrees that beef jerky is a scam.
Lol
MoistCr1tical reference if someone's confused about what he's saying
I got this reference right away 😂😂
@@snoyuu046 pretty much lol :)
@@lilnateyy206 lmao :)
I love your energy, man! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I absolutely love your videos, thank you so much for making them. I hope all is well with you and Mrs. Ninja.
No matter how people want to break down the cost. Price of Spice's, the time to marinade the meat and loss of weight do to the dehydration process. And the drive to the store. It tastes better, it is healthier for you, you can customize the flavor to your personal tastes. And not to mention the fact that you are not throwing away all of the plastic bags it comes in. Plus that small bag is one of the cheaper brands that you can buy. P.s. the two of you are a beautiful couple.
Sus
people are lazy so they'll keep just buying the same stuff. shrugs people honestly don't care. they weren't taught to care.
I agree with you. Similar thing with Blue Bell Icecream. I can make icecream but it dosen't taste the same and it requires labor, ice, salty , ingredients etcetera,,,
Why go thru the hustle when I can drive down to the store.
Fair amount for a few bucks.
Beef jerky is one thing dont purchase anymore and have replaced it with 'Cesina' , Mexican dry meat' . It's a bit expensive but taste,quality and larger amount makes up for it. I guess what I'm tryn to say is yes!
Beef jerky is kinda on the expensive side
@@jetstreamdefalpha5411 I made my own ice cream. Holy carp is it time consuming, especially when you use a metal bowl and have to constantly freeze it and churn by hand. But it was the best damn tasting ice cream I ever made.
This is the same man's that would open his mouth and let Jeff bezoz take a fat thick shit In his mouth thinking it's ice cream.
Never in my life and I’m over 40 years old; did I ever thing of how beef jerky was made. I just bought the stuff from the store and snack on it. To think I always smoke briskets and I never knew. Time to experiment...great video!
Glad you like it DF! Make it happen 👊🏻
@@SaltyTales
Tried it with beef liver and it worked out great!
I basically don't buy beef jerky from the store anymore. I just make my own now. Yes its a process, but 1. its satisfying making your own. 2. its way cheaper and you get more. and 3. TBH yeah I think it taste better and you get WAAAAAY bigger pieces. I think I make around 40-50 'sticks' of beef jerky every time I make it for like...$25. If you don't have a smoker; although it is better, the oven with baking sheets at 170-180 degrees for 8 hours works just as good or a dehydrator. Salty tales recipe is basically the same that I do but the prep is a little different sense I use the oven. Let me know if you want some tips for prep or what meat I use. Cheers on your jerky adventure.
@@LordBungeekrum I don't have a smoker but I've wanted to make my own jerky for a while and wasn't aware I could I do it in my oven, if you could give me your recipe/process I would appreciate that a ton!
@@easysteezy58 Sure thing. So the meat that I usually get is Skirt steak. It has good marbling. You'll have to cut it into about 2 inch long pieces and half an inch wide(or wider if you like). Alternatively if your store has pre-cut fajita strips those work really good if you want equally proportional pieces. After cutting put it all into a 1 gallon zip lock bag. For seasoning I use Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce(I usually use the whole bottle of both 20z) garlic powder, onion powder, Cajun powder, just a touch of salt, red pepper flakes, and peppercorn with the grinder. It will all go into the 1 gallon bag. Salty Tales says a tablespoon of each, but you can just eyeball it; it wont hurt. So. Now everything is in the bag. If it isn't completely covering your meat; Add a little bit of water. Give the bag a good shake and mix everything together. Then let it sit overnight. Feel free to shake the bag around again to remix everything after a couple hours if you want. let it sit for 14-24 hours in the fridge. I've done both and they've turned out the same. So now we're onto the next day. Should have a baking sheet ready or 2. Take your bag out. You are going to want a decent work surface and a towel that you really don't care about. Lay the towel out and start putting the jerky onto. I use one half of the towel to lay the jerky out and the other half to fold over them and press into them to get moisture out. Now you have a jerky towel :D. After that I just preheat my oven to 170. Lay the jerky on your cooking sheets(make sure you have just a little bit of space between each one) and put them in the oven. You do have to turn them over every couple of hours or so and dampen up the moisture that you see coming out, but yeah that's it. Sorry it was a long reply haha. Hopefully that will give you some good tasting jerky that not only tastes good, but is that rough jerky that melts in your mouth but also stays chewy before you actually finish the bite. EDIT: the cook time should take around 8-9 hours EDIT:EDIT: Also don't dump that marinade in the bag out. That is some of the best shit to use for chicken/pork/steak. Let your ribeye sit in that for an hour or two before you cook it on the grill *sploosh*
I’m so glad I just bought a large smoking cabinet recently. Going to absolutely start doing this more often at home! Great video and thank you for the step by step!
love this guys enthusiasm, he has great character and overall he seems like a genuine dude. also his accent lol
He got passion about what he's doing and it shows
Just tried this in the oven (70°C / ~158 Fahrenheit for 3,5 hours) added some liquid smoke as suggested and the jerky turned out amazing, so impressed with how great the marinade turned out.
Crazy
Genius
I agree, we should all boycott the beef jerky companies...
Go to Costco
Meh. Same for Snyders Honey-Moustard Pretzel Bits.
@@psychologytoday1521 lets not get political under a video about beef jerky
@@Rabijeel soooo goooood, and the buffalo chicken ones
Boycotting is not buying their products. It's called free-market capitalism. The beef jerky is worth as much as customers are willing to pay for it. So the price is set like that. If they couldn't sell it for that much, they would lower the price. And guess what? If you started a beef jerky company, you TOO would want to earn the most money people are willing to pay. What are you, a price fixing communist?
This guys enthusiasm and charisma is infectious! I feel happier just from listening to him talk about jerky.
I don't know why I clicked this video, but I am sure glad to learn from a man with such a passion for beef jerky, and his accent makes it all the better! Thanks Salty Tales!
Thanks you so much Jay! Great to see you here and welcome 👊🏻
We used to get those small bags of Jack Link's beef jerky on my Afghanistan deployments. They sucked. Used to get homemade real stuff in the mail.
Free is free and I loved it.
Jack Links is maybe the worst beef jerky I've ever tasted.
@@deucepickle2091 the bites are the only good ones. The rest are ass.
Totally agree! It's so sweet (to mask the thrash quality meat taste i presume) it might as well be called a candy. Who the hell made this and was like - Yeah! That's what jerky should taste like
Need to check out American Butchers JERKi - They send a bunch overseas to guys while I was overseas.
when i went on a keto diet i relied heavily on beef jerky and realized this after i bought 1 bag.
i also just started making my own and even after the meat lost 2/3 of its weight from dehydration i came out with somewhere like 10 $ per lb for ingredients. i didn't factor in time and equipment. so you can save about 20$ a lb and cut out a lot of the preservatives and chemicals by making it at home.
I substituted cheap processed chemicalized beef jerky with Hard boiled eggs
@@dustinwillis3261 fartzzzz
@@hashmaker haha. I have my own chickens and haven't bought eggs at the store in some time. Hard boiled eggs are a staple of my diet and I never get gas from them.
Good stuff, hard boiled eggs from home raised chickens... You literally can't go wrong. Don't even have to buy a smoker! 😂
Keto diet 😂
Nicely done, lots of enthusiasm. Thank you for your time!
Your very welcome!🤟🏻
I learned how to make beef jerky, and you two made me smile.
That's why I buy from local meat shops that give you a massive bag filled to the brim for like 2 bucks. Most of its left over meat from hunters that work there but it's honestly better than the store stuff with all the preservatives.
where the hell do you live?
Still has the preservatives most likely, they tend to soak it in the nitrite salt before dehydrating regardless of operation size.
In my town, they give it out half price after hunting season is over. It's great
@@sk8er332211 Any place with hunting spots has shops that will give good deals
@@sk8er332211 Skyrim
haven't bought beef jerky in years bc the prices are insane.
i pay 1$ per foot for jerky links at my local market, thicker than a slim jim
@@gregoryeverson741 slim Jim's ain't beef jerky.
thats dehydrated sausage and its tasty but also a different thing entirely in terms of taste and quality
@@furrtakuXD he ain't say its a slim jim man. Read the comment
@@furrtakuXD "thicker than a slim jim" would imply it's not a slim jim. read
This is the best tasting recipe I have come across so far!
It is so flipping good! Perfectly sweet, spicy, and salty! All of my family, friends, and coworkers were amazed! I'm keeping this in my book
Try with sticky rice
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and your energy throughout brother, keep smokin'!
I never thought about how expensive jerky was. That's not even including the days worth of chilling out in front of the smoker, beer and cigars lol
best smoker is the size of an outhouse, make it out of wood it can last for ever
@Billy Burr it is called "the first world countrys" for a reason, basicly NA and UN.
this guy is single handedly costing jack links millions of bucks
No he isn't, most people are too lazy to do this even if it would save them a lot of money.
If only 18% of the people who watched this do it even once, that $1million lost. Thats at $5 a bag. I see them for $15 a bag so 6%.
I'm going to do this from now on, since I am on the road alot and get jerky alot, so thats revenue lost here.
@@RinnzuRosendale 18% is an extremely high percent. maybe 1-2% of the viewers have any interest in actually doing any of this. also your calculation was gross not net.
@@DieselRamcharger Way more than 2% of people will do this once. Maybe 2% of people will do this more than once. And gross is the accurate measurement for sales, not net.
RUclips has been telling me to watch this since last month, and I finally took the dive. Thank you very much.
Great enthusiasm. You obviously love what you do and you're sharing a great life hack that's not going to break anyone's bank or cause them a lot of grief to do. A+++
2:24 if its dehydrated the weight you paid for isn't the weight you end up with...so unless you know what the end result of $5 worth of beef is dehydrated it doesn't matter.
I got you point but still... It is expensive! 😂😂
dehydrating beef is on max 40% of weight. in germany you pay around 4€ for 40grams. eye round is 12€ per kilo. so around 100g for the "40g"-pack is 1,20€. and they get their beef and everything even more expensive than consumers do. so the price is ultra expensive.
We loose about 0.8 in the process… not too bad… that is without counting the weight of the marinade
@@htothearris wo bekommst du denn eyeround in Deutschland?
On average, 3lbs beef results in about 16-18 ounces of finished jerky for me, using a proper dehydrator.
When you did the math for the whole pound, that's when I realized I can get an 18 ounce USDA choice sirloin steak for less at a restaurant.
Here's an idea. Buy an 18 ounce sirloin steak, then take all the water out in a dehydrator, then weigh it again and let us know how much you paid per oz.
You can get a pound of prime ribeye for the price of a shitty steak at a restaurant
@@gorkyd7912 Beef is around 60% water.....let's do the math then......16OZ of Sirloin, dried, so lets do a 16x.6- that should bring us to....9.6. So let's go ahead and remove that 9.6.....What does that leave us with? Ohhh, wait....6.4......so he stilllllll paid less than what they're charging for the beef jerky in the store.....and everywhere else....
@@corystewart4081 You're making no sense. Of course he paid less than beef jerky in the store if all you're counting is the cost of the $5/lb beef that's $0.78/oz after drying, that's what I said already. But now factor in the cost of the seasonings, the $100s in kitchen and grilling equipment, and the labor spent to prepare it. The honey and Worchestershire sauce alone add $0.16/oz and that looks like a $400 grill not counting the cost of the pellets to keep it running for 5 hours. You can still save some pennies if you're frugal but remember that if you had to comply with FDA regulations at home it would cost FAR MORE than $1.10/oz.
@@gorkyd7912 just build a fire and use sticks ezlol
Very cool. Glad I stumbled on your video. Keep it up!
I love your approach to measuring spices.
I was shocked to see comprehensible pseudocode for the cost of jerky, then I remembered Ninja is a programmer!
Lol once a coder always a coder! 🤣🤣
That's so weird that you would notice that. I saw it and didn't think anything at all. But I'm a programmer, so it looked perfectly normal and readable to me, so it didn't look out of place at all. But now that you mention it, yeah, that looks odd in a vid about jerky. haha
But Ninja forgot a semicolon. lol (If this is javascript, they are not strictly required, though).
You think that’s bad check out the U.K. prices for the stuff
How long can you keep the jerky and do you have to refrigerate it? I’m sure it won’t last long because it looks delicious.
I used to work for Tillamook country smoker and I actually worked in several different departments I have seen the entire process of how everything from regular jerky , slab, pepperoni, etc is made and I can say that he is 100% correct about the quality of meat they use also that's not even mentioning the fillers they use such as TVP which is short for textured vegetable protein it looks and smells like Cheerios if I were to describe it but they use that even so they can stretch the product they do have and make even more profit
Thanks for not keeping quiet. That's honestly good to know. Take care, man.
I swear man if they could make a profit by literally sharting all over the meat and get away with it, they would do it without hesitation.
Just like adding corn flakes to ground beef for meatloaf. Adds bulk, helps bind.
You know what works better as a binder than Korn flakes is eggs which is more protein and heartier also tvp isn't corn flakes it's textured vegetable protein so it's not the same buddy
@@stormyparker8465 but with egg you have to label each product as dairy in the ingredients and have caused a massive liability to that company for a product that sits on the shelf and needs to be shelf stable. You added an element that would produce bacteria count, salmonella from egg in a non cooked product, causing people to get sick and sue but more importantly you could kill someone. also egg in shelf stable product will not pass fda unless pasteurized or pickled. Dried soy is a safe protein that has the best water holding capacity and no flavor, taking on what you mix it with without safety issues. Its fun to speculate but you have no idea what you are talking about so try asking people that do and that know how to make a safe product for consumption.
Great video I liked the enthusiasm most of all. I’m gonna try it now and save some money.
Loved the energy. To anyone making this, I'd recommend refrigerating your beef jerky as it won't have any preservatives like the store bought stuff. Healthier anyway.
Bruh the worst part is where I use to live, one bag of beef jerky will cost you $7 to $8 per bag if you wanted Jack Links. If you got the more generic kind it would be around $5 or $6 per bag.
In Sweden the price for jerky is about 5-6 dollars an ounce. (not exact since both the weight and currency is converted)
Damn that's cheap for me it's around $15 to $18 for the size of bag in the video
F for all the soldiers who get taxed for beef jerky I get 1lb bag for 10$ no tax because my dad gets it from a navy exchange store because he works at the hospital
Damn that sucks (also your pfp reminds me of happi day)
A bag of Jack Links is about $3.50 in Australia
Thank you for the heads up on the local butcher! Right up the road from me, and great video
Videos are getting even better! Keep it up!
I had no idea Ninja had a channel! Just got blessed with this video in my recommendations page
Welcone to the family! 👊🏻
“The beef industry hates him“
That looks so dang good and this man's smile is contagious. Wholesome
I'm going to try this asap! thanks for the recipe!
Lol I thought I was the only one who thought jerky was wayyyy overpriced!
Thanks for this Ninja, I'll definitely be trying my own jerky!!
Lol man! That thing is too expensive! 🤣🤣🤣
i can get about 30 lbs of it for 50 cents
I could play devil's advocate , it's always cheaper to make yourself, but just try and figure out how to pay one months rent with it, everything becomes clearer, lol but yea make it yourself, not only does the producer have his cost but each element in the supply chain right to the road stop that hikes the price because he's the only place for the next whatever distance.
"The meat is cheap" Ah, to be back in May.
@Xavier's Foof Corner And billions will die.
@Xavier's Foof Corner thank the ccp virus
Price of meat in Australia has about doubled since this chinese virus.
First video I've seen, quality set up, high quality production as well. Two thumbs up man!
Thank you so much Tyler!!! 😀😀
Loved the energy man! Subscribed!
This guy sounds like that character from Atlantis: the lost Empire that's obsessed with explosives.
....and one day, BOOM!, no more chinese laundry. it was like a sign from god. i found myself that boom.
Hey, look! I made a jerky. It only took me like 10 seconds, 11 tops.
.....holy fuck. I watched this whole video and did NOT notice that but I know I can't unhear it!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good movie too!
now that is a throwback.
lmao fact!
Oh wow, this just looks so good. And so much easier than I imagined.... Might have to try this. Thanks!
i love your recipe idea, gonna try it for sure
i love you guys! always great content, thanks mr and mrs ninja 😍
Thin cut round is perfect for fajitas, tacos, nachos and anything else you need for chopped beef. Each cut has their perks. Not every one is good as steak.
Naaaaaaaah nah nah just get beef from the store you're extra
Really good for stir fries too. Beef and brocolli is eye round, it's just been marinaded with baking soda for about 20-30 min to get that silky texture.
I'm trying to figure out how you started with 3 pounds of meat and ended with 3 pounds of meat.
mby he added more :D
I agree his math way off or I smoke the wrong meat. 16 oz cooks down to like 9 oz of jerky for me but i like mine very crisp
He also compared a couple ounces of jerky to a pound of fresh meat.
@@deejeh9494 are they incomparable ? He did so to show the price difference vs quality of meat . He showed what the jerky cut would come out to per pound. So I don't see what you're saying here.
@@g.6991 all the water that evaportated.. it wont weigh the same
Not even a big fan of beef jerky, but I love this guy's energy!!
Awesome Jerry! You both made me smile with your personalities.
15 seconds in and I already love this guy’s personality. Subbed.
Finally, someones asking the real questions.
And delivering the real answers!
not saying the videos bad however when he talks about price per ounce in the beginning it doesn't work because he's comparing dried steak to wet steak and if you were to dry a pound of wet steak it'll be much lighter.
it does work, because market price is set on wet steak regardless of the processing after.... when you go to a steakhouse restaurant and you see the 12oz steak on the menu.. it was 12oz BEFORE they cooked it.
@@fuckthedumbsh1t yeah that’s what I’m saying but he weighs the dry steak which is after is lost that weight...
@@cateatingcorn7276 if you're referring to the store bought jerky he refers to the weight on the package. Can't say I remember him weighing it.
Not sure why I watched this at 3 in the morning but now I want to try to make it. Thanks man.
🤣🤣.....Thanks Austin and make it happen! Welcome 👊🏻
new favorite channel i love the hype behind what he does. and his personality
Thank you so much TTV! Really appreciate it 👊🏻
I feel like he should have talked about how dehydration decreases the weight of the meat by about 66% so the 3 pounds at the start probably turned into around 1 pound of beef jerky
I thought the same
That's why he didn't calculate the cost of his own jerky in the end. Not to forget about 3-5$ in spices and sauces und the fuel for running his smoker for a few hours. And the man hours of preparing the jerky (in my experience about 2 hours minimum) and the usage on his smoker... If you seriously calculate the cost, his jerky most likely was more expensive than the store bought stuff.
@@timhuester7721 maybe, but when they make Jerky on the scale they do it, store bought it should really not cost $5 per pack of a few slivers of jerky. i mean i can buy wine for better value
@@985476246845 Absolutely, they idea that they cant do better than those prices is absurd. Cant wait for 3d printed meat or lab grown meat to make meat cheaper.
@@timhuester7721 Calculating the labor costs of making your own food is ridiculous. It assumes you can translate your labor into hard cash 24/7 whenever you want and that the only time you aren't working is because you choose not to. Unless you own your own business that is supply limited but are too stupid or cheap to hire additional workers that simply isn't a logical option for 99.999% of the population.
The real choice is sit on your ass and watch youtube/tv/video game/other inane shit or cook some delicious long storage food like beef jerky. You're prepping during down time for the future which allows you to save money when you are able to turn your labor into hard cash.
Trying it today. You guys are awesome!
You can't compare the weight of raw meat vs beef jerky, like 90% of the weight is water which is removed from the beef jerky. Try weighing it after dehydration
Yeah don't pull numbers out of dark places. The Japanese fish that becomes hard as wood and shaves into paper thin slices still maintains 20% of original weight. For normal beef jerky you get around half back.
It's actually closer to 75%, as it takes roughly 4 pounds of beef to make 1 pound of jerky, but your point is very valid. This guy's math is off by quite a bit.
@@brancebjones7205 Can I get a source for that 75% weight loss figure? Even jerky sellers (such as people's choice beef jerky) are claiming 40% yield so I'm almost positive it's higher than that.
Apologies if I'm mistaken but you seem to be shilling harder than companies that have an actual financial stack in justifying the price of their jerky.
He weighed it at the end. He said he has 3 pounds of beef jerky.
@@GG-ow3ke at 2:56 he said he bought 3lbs of top round at $4.99 per pound. there is no way he weighed it at the end and still had 3lbs of meat. he didnt weigh it at the end.
Now that’s the easiest way I’ve seen to make jerky. I felt I needed a dehydrator some special tools marinades it took three days it’s crazy. But the way you showed it ninja I’m definitely gonna try that out for sure. Really good videos lately I like the informative videos as well as cooking videos combination of both if you’re going to inform us cook it so we can see you doing it. Thanks again for a great video say hello to the family stay healthy wealthy and wise.
Thank you so much John! I really appreciate your support brother! 😀
Smoking and dehydrating have different results. Both are commonly used. In fact, specialty jerky stores in my area typically have a smoked jerky section and a dehydrated jerky section.
It's a matter of preference. I personally prefer dehydrated jerky. It's tougher and an absolute pain to chew after a couple of minutes. I believe most people prefer smoked, but that is based on my personal observations and no data so I really don't know.
I thought the same. I do not have a smoker but just for fun I will try this in my oven and maybe add an hour.
“They smell like crazyyy” love this dude haha
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Nice video! I've been doing this for over a decade now. I typically pay $3-$4 per pound of way better jerky than the pre-packaged stuff. One tip: after smoking the jerky leave it sealed in a Ziploc bag for a day or so. It really amplifies the smokiness.
Thanks for your input Acid and welcome! 🤟🏻
Thanks for the awesome video! It looks like you guys really know your stuff! I’m all in! You just got yourself a subscriber! You might want to start thinking about selling that beautiful beef jerky you just cooked!
Just saw your channel for the first time, wish I knew earlier. I think you pleased the algorithm with this video Ninja.
Your about to blow up!
Welcome to the family! 😀😀😀 Let’s see!
Nice video! Only issue was you comparing the price of regular beef to dehydrated beef and not accounting for the weight of the water. Not quite as much of a scam as you showed initially, but still waaay more expensive than making your own.
Thanks for the quality video!
Just stumbled into this chandler on accident and by the time I finished watching the video I just had to subscribe ASAP
$5?!? Man up here in Canada if you buy Jack Links at a gas station you're paying like $12+! That was my entire reason behind buying my own dehydrator.
Over here in NZ a 17 gram bag (0.6oz) is nz$50 (us$35).
Misread the packet (17g of protein!?) 50g bag for $50, so, us$35 for 1.76oz of jerky, a bit more expensive than the $5 for 2oz you get in the states
Yup. $13 - $17 for the same bag depending on where you buy it in Canada
Production quality has gone way up in a short amount of time, amazing stuff bro
This recipe also works in a food dehydrator as well. I'll have to remember to request the meat pre sliced next time I buy it since it usually takes me 30 minutes to slice it all myself...
Instant sub! Love it!
So this is where ninja went lmao, subbed and liked.
Welcome Aventus!🤟🏻
Who ninja from twitch?
@@WHITEWOLVES7171 i hope not...
I haven't made some in quite a while but even the first time I made it, it was much better than store bought.
I made three different mixes to experiment and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch :)
Thank you im from Pompano Beach and i never went to broward and fish company. Will be giving them a try.
Love the enthusiasm :)
The worst thing about most commercial beef jerky is how much sugar they use. I understand for sweet flavors but even default is basically candy nowadays.
bacon, barbeque, and packaged jerky are basically candied meat. That's why I like sausage sticks more.
In South Africa, we make biltong and not beef jerky. The main difference is that biltong is hung and air dried whereas jerky is cooked to dry.
Per 100g, raw, lean beef has around ~23g protein whereas lean, dry biltong has around ~70g protein. Assuming only water is lost, the resultant weight is around 33% of the raw product. So taking the average cost of biltong (~R300/kg), you can reverse calculate back to R100/kg of raw product. Roughly allowing for labour, spices, vinegaring and profit, the raw meat cost is approximately ~R70/kg. You can easily pay ~R100/kg for lean beef here so biltong is in fact, when compared R/g protein, a cheaper form of consumption.
Now, Jack Links is around 38g protein/100g. Comparing to lean, raw meat, that's only ~60% the weight of the raw meat. Comparing to biltong, that makes it around 33/60 ~ half as dense in protein.
You stated that original Jack Links costs $5/2.5oz. That's $2/oz. On their website, a 16oz bag costs $15.99 or ~$1/oz. I think you might be comparing to tiny little packets rather than buying bulk which will always cost you a lot of money.
Regardless. ~$1/oz x 16oz/lbs x 2.20462lbs/kg ~ $35.27/kg. Assuming ~R13.5/US$, that comes to R476.17/kg Jack Links.
So new we have two prices to compare apples to apples: R300/kg biltong (can vary by ~R50) and ~R480/kg Jack Links. But, the hydration level of the meats differ. So let's compare the protein content (which is what most people buy it for):
Biltong: R300/kg @ 70g protein /100g x 10 = R300/ 700g protein. This makes it 2.33g protein /R.
Jerky: R480/kg for @ 38g protein / 100g x 10 = R480 / 380g protein. This makes 0.8g protein /R.
Jack Links is thus 2.33/0.8 ~ 3 times more expensive than biltong when compared in terms of protein. If you assume your $2/oz, then it's SIX times more expensive.... Yeah, I'm sticking to biltong.
PS: Add on the fact that Jerky has a lot more sauces and sugars added and Biltong is more "pure", I'll always take biltong if I have to choose. I do eat Jerky on the occasion as it has its unique qualities. It's just difficult to get a hold here in ZA and super expensive as per the video, especially after export costs are considered.
Bro, are you a professor?
@@jumperxd3465 you can call me professor jerky
looking forward to do this in the future for sure!!
i love the energy here man. nice video.
Thank you Ximkai and welcome! 🤟🏻
I’ve been saying this for years .How does beef jerky cost more per pound than filet mignon
Well you can only make about 5 ounces of beef jerky from a pound of beef
because you are eating some horrible filets
@@danielsonn3046 exactly, I buy London broil or any cheap cuts because to more marbling in the jerky, the quicker it will spoil. I need the leanest cuts.
@@penniewyatt9391 fat is good for flavour and moisture in the meat. It completely ruins jerky because it doesn’t break down.
Because people will pay it.
I started making my own during lockdown with a dehydrator.
It's a lot cheaper and quite fun to experiment. I made a reggae reggae batch a couple of weeks ago that was awesome.
If I may ask, What type of dehydrator did you buy?
took one look at the title and said yep thats a question. was not disappointed
Thanks for the video and info on Jerky.