A jerky gun is a small handheld
kitchen appliance
A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation.
The domestic application attached to ...
that is used to form raw
ground meat
Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside North America, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, incl ...
into thin strips or round sticks. These thin raw meat strips and sticks are then typically dehydrated into
jerky
Jerky is lean trimmed meat strips which are Food drying, dehydrated to prevent Food spoilage, spoilage and seasoned to varying degrees. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent Microorganism, microbial growth through o ...
via a
food dehydrator or home oven.
A jerky gun is similar to a
caulking gun
Caulk (also known as caulking and calking) is a material used to Seal (mechanical), seal Joint (building), joints or seams against leakage in various structures and piping.
The oldest form of caulk consisted of fibrous materials driven into ...
in appearance, size, equipment parts and manner of use. A jerky gun basically consists of four major parts:
* A tube or barrel that raw ground meat is loaded into;
* A press or stomper that is used to push the raw ground meat towards the extrusion end of tube thereby eliminating air pockets within the tube;
* A trigger or handle that is depressed to create force and propel the raw meat through the end of the tube; and
* Nozzles that attach on the end of the tube and form thin strips or round stick shapes as the raw meat is expelled.
References
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Further reading
* MacKenzie, Jennifer; Nutt, Jay; Mercer, Don. (2009). ''The Dehydrator Bible''. Robert Rose, Inc.
External links
What is a Jerky Gun?
Food preparation appliances