DIY biltong box

[RockAndSage]

Maybe 3/4-1” thick, 2-3” wide, and as long as the muscle is. I definitely try to go more for “bats” than “flaps”, if you know what I mean. Big flat pieces tend to curl when they dry which makes them more difficult to cut and store.

I’m using mostly Sitka blacktail, so the small muscle groups mean my pieces are similarly small in general.

I thought biltong was cut cross-grain, like we do backstraps?

 

[Antares]

I thought biltong was cut cross-grain, like we do backstraps?

I cut with the grain before drying. When the pieces are finished and you go to cut them into little bite size pieces, that when they get cut across the grain. See my pics above maybe for a visual.

 

[RockAndSage]

I cut with the grain before drying. When the pieces are finished and you go to cut them into little bite size pieces, that when they get cut across the grain. See my pics above maybe for a visual.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks.