How to Smoke PINEAPPLE TERIYAKI BEEF JERKY | Smoked Beef Jerky

what’s up guys it’s me Mike – Mike and Ilove me we’re far enough smoker cookingsome pineapple teriyaki jerky that’s[Music]I’ve got four pounds of top around herethat’s all I’m going with today to makemy beef jerky you can use any lean cutof meat I have Brown’s another goodchoice I’m going with top round you wantto make sure there’s not a lot of excessfat on your cuts there’s gonna be somemarbling obviously there’s nothing youcan really do about that that’s okay butthe fat will spoil the meat so you wantto make sure you get off as much back aspossible I just took these out of thefreezer after about a half hour or 45minutes to firm them up a little bitbefore I start cutting these into slicessmall slices the thinner you slice theless time it’s going to take to smokeyour jerky that’s a pretty good sizeright there I like that you can keepthat consistent your jury’s gonna turnout there all right one down one to goall rightthat’s a nice pile of meat you got ourmeat cut up it’s time for a pineappleteriyaki marinade that’s what I’m goingwith for this beef jerky today we’regonna start with vs. sure sure sure suresure sure sauce and soy sauce some brownsugar crushed red pepper flakes with alittle bit of cayenne pepper a littlemixture of pepper and salt and garlicpowder and onion powder and I’m goingwith Lori’s teriyaki with pineapplejuice already in it it’s one of myfavorite teriyaki marinade so I’m gonnadump this whole bottle in Maggi Lackeyand then I got a little can of pineapplechunks of pineapple juice dump it all in[Applause]just take all of our cut beef jerky mixit up in this bowl right here probablyshould wear gloves so I have my bowl ofteriyaki marinade mixed up with the meatI left a few the thicker cuts of meatson the side because I’m not gonna cookthis ball of feature few so I’ll usethat for something else now just baggieand put it up in the fridgeRegus hit your pineapple chunks – youdon’t want to leave those behind thendon’t pull the extra marinade right ontop all right so we’re gonna put this inthe fridge and let it marinate overnightfor sure to move it around a little bitreally make sure that marinade coversall parts of the beef jerkey we’re gonnacome back tomorrow lay it out on thegrain then pop it in the smoker we justpulled our beef jerky out of the fridgeit’s been marinating overnight for ournext step we’re gonna like take out allthe slices paddleball try to the papertowel we want to get it as dry aspossible before we put it in the smokerafter we dry out all of our jerky we’regonna place them on our grill gratesspace them out as much as possible wedon’t want too much overlapping becausewe want all of the beef jerky to get anice even cook okay so we got all of ourjerky padding nice and dry lay it out onthe grades I got some hanging out withskewers for a little bit more space nowwe’re ready to go pop these in thesmoker we have all of our jerky loadedup in the smokerlow and slow to cook beef jerky about170 degrees 4 to 6 hours depending onthe thickness of your cuts of meat I’vegot hickory wood rolling right now inthe smoker we’re gonna come back out inabout 4 hours and see how we’re doing tospend 4 hours and see our beef jerky islooking looking pretty good at the fourhour mark little flimsy I think we’vegot another two hours though to firm itup a bit we should be able to pull theseout of the smoker so we just pulled ourpineapple teriyaki beef jerky out ofsmoker just shy of six hours it’sexactly where we want it to be I lovewhen beef jerky is chewy getting thistype of rip it apart hmmthe game-changer here there’s that addedpineapple juice and add cayenne pepperbalances out the sweetness and aspiciness and that teriyaki flavor thatis perfect with this beef jerkythis plate in front of me isn’t gonnalast the end of the night appreciate youwatching on make this pineapple teriyakibeef jerky be suretune in to the next video[Music]you