meat yields in making pepperettes and jerky

[Doug the Slug]

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?

Thanks,

Doug

[bob1961]

i'd say bout 30 to 35 lbs left from 50....i made jerky for a friend from 10lbs he gave me and he got back 6 lbs............bob

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[dutchhunter]

most guys figger on getting half back when adding pork to the meat to smoke the dryer u smoke it the more you lose DUTCH

[Brainiac]

I've tried this way and like it...

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[sipsey]

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.