home-made jerky/biltong

[Yuwipi Woman]

Bouncing this thread:

I am looking to make a homemade biltong drying box and wanted to avoid using a lightbulb, I was looking to use a heat pad instead to circulate the air. Does anyone have any idea where this kind of thing can be bought? I really want a low power heat pad I can keep on for 3-4 days at a time.

Garden supply. They use them to start seeds.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

Cheers, I am looking at reptile heat pad suppliers, home brew suppliers and garden suppliers via google now - the challenge is size, I want a small pad that gives out about 60w and cannot find one at the moment.

 

[Mitre10]

You may like this thread - only short but looks like a good outcome:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=881946&hw=biltong&nmt=My homemade biltong

 

[rhod]

Bump!

Been enjoying making jerky, of late. Made some lovely marinade using Nandos hot sauce, paprika, garlic powder, salt and black pepper.

Gave some to a South African colleague (who had just returned from a fortnight of snaffling biltong and sausages in SA) and he was very impressed. Told me I could sell it!

Got a £40 dehydrator from Amazon with adjustable temperature, but I think it's a false economy getting a cheaper dehydrator with plastic trays. They do get brittle after using for a few times at the sort of temperatures you need for safe meat dehydration, and you have to be *extremely careful* to avoid breaking them when you wash them. I'll probably think about getting one with stainless steel trays in future.