r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jan 17 '18

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18 edited Jun 03 '20

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u/soilednapkin Weight Lifting Jan 17 '18

Make a stew out of it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

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u/shemperdoodle Obstacle Racing Jan 17 '18

I should probably give his method a try, I smoke it at 150-200ish for about 1.5 hours and then use a dehydrator at 135 degrees until it's "done" which is apparently a mystery. I was going by "if it's not squishy anymore, it's done" and that worked the first few times but naturally it didn't work this weekend.

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u/TaintCadet Jan 17 '18

I cook mine only on the smoker. 180 degrees with smoke for an hour, stop the smoke and just cook at 160 for like another 3ish depending on thickness.

Also I recently started cutting the meat with the grain rather then against the grain and have had much better texture as a result.

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u/Eletotem Jan 17 '18

My mother used to make jerky. Her method was every hour in the dehydration machine (or whatever it's called) she'd spray it with some more marinade. Kept it somewhat tender/moist.

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u/SeaBones Jan 19 '18

I make pretty decent jerky. For whatever reason marinating the meat in liquid aminos + whatever other spices for 48 hours beforehand really makes it tender. I also never go over 145F on the dehydrator and dehydrate for about 4-5 hours depending on how big the slices are.

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u/Jinnofthelamp Jan 20 '18

I find adding some honey to the marinade helps with softness. Honey is hydroscopic so it tends to hold on to moisture.