Engineering:Jerky gun

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Short description: Small hand held kitchen appliance


A jerky gun is a small hand held kitchen appliance that is used to form raw ground meat into thin strips or round sticks.[1][2] These thin raw meat strips and sticks are then typically dehydrated into jerky via a food dehydrator or home oven.[3]

A jerky gun is similar to a caulking gun 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;[4]
  • Nozzles that attach on the end of the tube and form thin strips or round stick shapes as the raw meat is expelled.

References

Further reading

  • MacKenzie, Jennifer; Nutt, Jay; Mercer, Don. (2009). The Dehydrator Bible. Robert Rose, Inc.

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