Hi Guys: Does anybody know the approximate yield or shrinkage loss due to the smoking process. For example if you had 50 lbs of meat to start what (approximately) would you have after it's processed?
From my very bestest venison cookbook (The Complete Venison Cookbook) the author states that from a 10 lb. hindquarter with bones that around 5 lbs. of lean meat can be expected, and from that 5lbs. one can expect about 2 lbs. of dried jerkey.