So you prefer whole meat jerky, I prefer ground and using a jerky gun. I think whole meat is to tough.
Yeah Trav, I like whole meat style. I will say, I only use ham and loin for jerky, which does help with the toughness. The batch I sent a picture of, was all backstrap.
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