Jerkey time...

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Follow that link I sent... spend $15 on a cheap box fan and another $3 on a/c filters (try and get the NON fiberglass kind) and you're set for a long time... personal preference, I like to use a cheap cut of meat and cut WITH the grain. It's a little chewier that way... if you like, though, cut cross grain.

I went to the one Da Face posted, the other wouldn't work for me. OK, so it says that you lay the meat on the paper air filters (3 of them) then you put another on top, so you need 4 altogether. Then you lay the fan on its side (I'm thinking it's back, in other words, put it to where it would be blowing straight up from the ground to the ceiling) then strap the filters to it with the bungee chords. THen you stand it back up again...this means that the fan is pushing the air through the filters and the meat, but doesn't that get a little front heavy? would it be fine to just leave it on it's back and blow the air up?

I'm the kind of guy that needs a picture...

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

I went to the one Da Face posted, the other wouldn't work for me. OK, so it says that you lay the meat on the paper air filters (3 of them) then you put another on top, so you need 4 altogether. Then you lay the fan on its side (I'm thinking it's back, in other words, put it to where it would be blowing straight up from the ground to the ceiling) then strap the filters to it with the bungee chords. THen you stand it back up again...this means that the fan is pushing the air through the filters and the meat, but doesn't that get a little front heavy? would it be fine to just leave it on it's back and blow the air up?

I'm the kind of guy that needs a picture...

It actually works... I usually only do three filters (two full of meat, one empty), but it'll work just fine. If you wanted you could lay the fan flat, but it would need to be sitting above ground between a couple of chairs or something, otherwise you'd get no air flow.

If you get a normal box fan, you'll need 20"x20" filters, exactly the size of the fan. Set the whole contraption on the floor and you won't have to worry about it tipping over.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

It actually works... I usually only do three filters (two full of meat, one empty), but it'll work just fine. If you wanted you could lay the fan flat, but it would need to be sitting above ground between a couple of chairs or something, otherwise you'd get no air flow.

If you get a normal box fan, you'll need 20"x20" filters, exactly the size of the fan. Set the whole contraption on the floor and you won't have to worry about it tipping over.

Duh! That makes sense...cool!

So, you re-use the filters? I mean, they don't get all nasty and stuff? I realize that the meat is patted dry...

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

Duh! That makes sense...cool!

So, you re-use the filters? I mean, they don't get all nasty and stuff? I realize that the meat is patted dry...

I reuse them once (to two total uses). And it's important that they're dry... I normally lay the meat on a cooling rack in front of the fan and blast the fan for 15-20 minutes prior to laying the meat on the filters.