Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: The jumbo jerky works gun

By: A year ago on Unclutterer | Unclutterer

A year ago on Unclutterer | Unclutterer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:52:29 +0000

[...] Unitasker Wednesday: The jumbo jerky works gun The Jumbo Jerky Works Gun is some sort of mechanism that makes forming jerky easier. [...]

By: Lilliane P

Lilliane P — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:40:52 +0000

Interesting comments. There is definitely sometimes a rather unpleasant snide tone to some of the comments posted and not just today. Today illustrated the folly of assuming that one’s own reality, whatever it is, is the only one. Glad to see the rural and homesteading folk here with different points of view.

By: John

John — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:14:22 +0000

Who makes this? I have a version of this and it’s made in China. There’s about 3 brands.

By: Real

Real — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:51:51 +0000

I have one, and I used to use it a fair bit, simply because I love jerky and you can make it a lot cheaper and healthier yourself. Now I simply ask the butcher to slice the meat with the fancy machines.

So… does anybody want mine that is cluttering the cupboard?

By: estyblender

estyblender — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:31:25 +0000

That reminds me of another meat-related unitasker I recently stumbled upon…

The Bacon Wave(tm)! Designed to make perfect bacon in one’s microwave! http://tinyurl.com/5p35kp

By: Jey

Jey — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:05:38 +0000

Ever heard of the “frankformer”?? It’s my favorite!

http://www.frankformer.com

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:32:48 +0000

Laughing! We actually USE this!! Oh dear….but we like jerky and this is a good way to make it affordably with ground meat….sooooo funny!!!

By: Ron Jeremy

Ron Jeremy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:51:16 +0000

I use this for working my meat all the time!

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:48:06 +0000

We have one and use it every fall. My guys are hunters and love making their own venison jerky. So ours gets a work out. Hey it does a great job. We make the strips and the tubes. The tubes are our favorites they are like slim jims only ours are low fat and organic.

By: Jen C

Jen C — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:04:09 +0000

I’m with the cookie press crowd. If you have one of those (because you use it regularly for yummy yummy spritz cookies) just repurpose it.

By: Anita

Anita — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:24:49 +0000

I still think it sounds oh so gross! And I thought you made jerky out of whole, cut pieces of meat, not ground meat.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:54:25 +0000

For the vast majority of the population this would be a waste of money, but we gave one to my dad a few years ago for christmas and I believe he wore that one out and is onto his second one. He is known among extended family and friends for his fabulous venison jerky, and this nifty tool has made his hobby so much more efficient!

By: JPLemme

JPLemme — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:46:07 +0000

@RR

Solid strips make better jerky, but not every part of the animal can be turned into large, solid strips of meat. (Steak is better than hamburger, too.)

By: RR

RR — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:34:54 +0000

Isn’t beef jerky STRIPS of beef, not spread out ground up beef? The latter just sounds icky, like Slim Jims or something. Yuck!

No homesteader worth their salt would waste $$ on this.

By: Peregrin

Peregrin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:18:44 +0000

(D’oh. There should’ve been an end parenthesis after the word “ruralites” in my previous comment.)