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Gavin Conway - Woodwork & BBQ
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2012
As a kid being brought up on a farm in Zimbabwe who spent a lot of time camping, hunting, fishing etc. got to love outdoor cooking as well as learning the art of making Biltong (similar to, but better than Jerky).
Now in the UK, I have a South African home based food business making Biltong, traditional Boerewors sausage and a few other dried meat products. As an avid BBQ'er and meat smoker I also make and sell home cured and smoked Gammon Hams, Ham Shanks (Eisbeins), Kassler chop joints and Polish Kielbasa sausage. I BBQ a lot of the time come rain, snow or sunshine. Absolute Weber geek - I have a whole family of them!!
Webshop
www.gavinshomemadebiltong.co.uk/
Business Facebook page
Gavins-Homemade-Biltong-1617908531768007/
Smoking / BBQ Facebook group
groups/1256398067781515/
Now in the UK, I have a South African home based food business making Biltong, traditional Boerewors sausage and a few other dried meat products. As an avid BBQ'er and meat smoker I also make and sell home cured and smoked Gammon Hams, Ham Shanks (Eisbeins), Kassler chop joints and Polish Kielbasa sausage. I BBQ a lot of the time come rain, snow or sunshine. Absolute Weber geek - I have a whole family of them!!
Webshop
www.gavinshomemadebiltong.co.uk/
Business Facebook page
Gavins-Homemade-Biltong-1617908531768007/
Smoking / BBQ Facebook group
groups/1256398067781515/
Testing Meater PRO XL - new 4 probe unit
As a long time user of Meater temperature probes I received a pre sales unit to check out. I've done loads of testing in the past for Meater so i was delighted to be invited to test a new unit. Everything about it was great and I couldnt find any problems at all.
I will be adding a discount code here.
I will be adding a discount code here.
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Great video! May I ask do you remember what size drill bits you used? Thank you.
Mmmmm - probably 3mm to start then 6mm
This is one of the most useful videos I've watched! Thank you!!
Thank you
Cancelled in preference of the Thermoworks RFX. Still have the original Meater block.
really good - helped me a lot
Oh great.
Should it be bolted to something? I have one and it falls off while I'm cutting if I don't notice it moving
Yes - thats why it has the mounting feet underneath
Awesome ty, background music terrible
Sorry for that
I liked the wiring diagram. Thanks for sharing that.
You're welcome
Awesome! - I'm going to try this as well 🙂 To date Ive had disasters trying to follow various recipes that involve salting and leaving for hours or overnight etc. - and have ended up using a method of dumping the sliced meat into a large bowl of malt vinegar with bit of wooster sauce - agitating in this "bath" for 2 minutes then taking out onto draining rack - then putting the meat into a clean bowl and seasoning with a "biltong" seasoning very similar to this mix - as well as sprinkling in wooster sauce and tiny but of light soy - then carefully salting - literally tasting the meat until it seems "about right" - then into food dehydrator. This has resulted in mostly very nice snapsticks but with occasional very strong hints of VERY meaty flavour which isn't quite what I'm after. I think the smaller quantity / mixed thru vinegar mix marinade method here might be the secret!! Definitely this video best / makes most sense about this process (thumbsup).
Good luck - yes its just a simple recipe and works every time.
Great, thanks Gavin.
I bought it a long time ago, and I just found out how to measure the angle from this video. Thank you very much.
Oh wow thanks for the feedback - glad it helped you. Please share if you can.
Where did you buy your ink bird controllers?
Hi from Amazon from Inkbird. Just search Inkbird temp controller or humidity controller etc.
Wow, I feel stupid for even looking for spares now. Thx
So simple and easy
Can I just use store bought sausage?
Mmmm - not really cos its not got the correct salt to cure it.
Looks perfect! How much potassium sorbate do you use per kg wet. Appreciate the techniques and great video
Hi - thanks for the message. use 0.9 gr per kg wet meat.
Excellent no nonsense video, not sure why it hasnt gotten more views & love but as someone who makes their own, I can say without doubt you've done an excellent job in this video - well done.
Thanks for the brilliant review.
@@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ is the very least I can do, very underrated video & I hope many other aspiring home biltong makers see it - thank you again.
Thank you sir! Good idea
Have you found ink Bird products to be reliable?
Yes very good and reliable Tony
Hi, just found this video because Im obsessed with chilli bites and want to try and make my own. My question: if i have no place to hang them, could I dry them in the food dehydrator? I have quite a large one as I forage mushrooms and dry them too.
Hi yes but cut thinly and try for a lowest temp if at possible no more than 25°C. If not possible then just your lowest it will go to. You can also just hang on like a washing hanger frame and have a fan blowing on it in the garage etc. No need for heat unless the garage or shed is really cold like in winter.
@@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ wow, super quick response, much appreciated. 😊
No sé por qué pero sigo sin creerle jajaaj
Not perfect but it got mine much better and saved me $45 for a replacement sweeper kit (I have the 26 inch).
You can also get the system to hang ribs in the big smoker. Very nice TY for the Vid.
can you buy this still? im not able to find it
Mmmmm - looks like it's no longer available - cant find any in UK online.
Gavin, I think I've cut the meat in the wrong direction. Will it still be okay dried? It also has a vein of sinew down the middle of the steaks 🥺
Dont worry which way you cut it
It's hanging now, thanks. Got 2 pc fans blowing at them and a mini probreeze peltier dehumidifier. Running costs about 1p an hour (and we have solar for daytimes ha). It's between 18-20C here in Wales atm. I've ordered a cheap hygrometer so I can see the humidity (it needs to be below 50% right?). The meat is hanging inside a nylon wardrobe/dryer in the kitchen. The place stinks of biltong seasoning 😆
@@Riggy2201 good stuff - enjoy it.
I tried a smaller piece of 3 days old today. Really really good. I ate it all! It'll be perfect tomorrow. How best to store it so it doesn't dry out or get soggy? Let's say to keep it good for 2-4 weeks.
@@Riggy2201 wrap in paper bag then in a plastic bag and throw into the freezeer. Remove and defrost open till ready.
Hi, I have a small 9v dehumidifier, I was thinking of using without any light. Have you tried this setup?
Try it - the light is just for a bit of heat to dry the air a bit so really if it has airflow it should work. Just cut the meat thinly to try it.
Yeah, i was thinking that if the dehumidifier draws the moisture away it could work well and it's only 25watts. We have one of those nylon airing cupboards with the little heater at the bottom. I'll try it, but with the dehumidifier on instead of the heater.
@@Riggy2201 it sounds fine
I subbed, hi from hull UK
No way!
What I find fascinating is the fact that when I looked up videos by actual South Africans to get authentic biltong recipes/methods, they are all different. And I mean VERY different. Is there such thing as an authentic South African biltong, or is it just a matter of doing whatever you like to prepare the meat before drying it?
ok so generally biltong was made using salt and pepper. Then they started to add coriander which I must admit does give it a good taste. So that is the basics. People add all sorts of things nowdays but really dont need to. For my stokkies and chili bites I did change the flavour by adding the worcester and soy sauce just to be a different product in my range of products.
That's one hell of a sharp knife!
Sure is
I am so curious how you built your shed and ehat equipment you used.
Take a look at my shed video - it has info on how I did it. th-cam.com/video/WxcVo2GxVWA/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=GavinConway-Woodwork%26BBQ
Good video but I hate it when people don’t reply to questions
Never saw the q's - were not notified.. Sorry to upset you as I normally always answer. Thanks for the enjowing the video.
Gavin, is the pepper fine in texture? Or can one use whole pepper corns (let them also roast slightly until it smoked on stove) & then put them in the grinder?
Fine is good - I actually use a mix of ground peppercorns in a coffee grinder and powder form.
how come the cables are routed inside the box? why not along the side outside, out of the way?
Either way works.
Hi Gavin, this group still active - If so, I see all your fans blows on your biltong, how do you prevent case hardening ?
A few tips: 1. No heat for the first day. This stoops it sweating and can cause mould. 2. Gentle fan breeze. 3. Shed temp 20-25°C 4. Stop fans for a night on about day 3 or 4 to let moisture out the middle and stabilise. 5. Repeat step 4 on day 5 if a bit of case hardening seems to appear. 6. Dont let it hang once its ready or it will dry out and harden.
Hi Gavin, I'm also from Rhodesia, moved to SA for many years but now living in Mauritius 😊So nice to watch your videos. So I'm guessing you use the soya sauce to give the stokkies a browner colour? So would it be dark or light soya sauce? And a plain, straight forward Balsamic vinegar? So could I use this Namibian spice as the "base" recipe to use either a "chilli" flavour, or a "barbecue" flavour, in order to vary the taste I'm looking for? Best regards
Hi - its just something I tried and stuck with it. Just aflavouring I guess. Yes to your Namibian as a spice recipe for everything then add as required. If you can get Crown National Safari Biltong spice add 1/2 teaspoon per kg meat and it makes a good flavour for plain biltong.
surely to heck theres a more passive way😂😂😂
What do you mean?
like without a million power leads, sockets fans plugs metal...i mean really get back to basics, it will taste better
That's just the basic spice mixture. Why don't you share the secret ingredients that makes it taste so good?
Mix in some Crown safari spice as well. about 8g per kg meat.
If you run the drill in reverse it usually comes out neater and lessons the risk of cracking.
Mmmmmm - interesting will try it. Thanks
was your boet Vaughan? he was in my class at Vainona?
Naaa we were from Que Que
Wicked man! How long did the granite take to preheat?
about 40 minutes on the gas burner
JUST DO IT
Which grain is this blue stone
250 I think - then when you dress it with the dresser stone it goes to 1000
Is there never an end result?
Sorry !!
Would love to see the camera focus on the meat and not the scales in the left of the picture
Ooops
👍🏻 Thanks, some clever ideas! It sounds like you have several flavour options for biltong cures .. it would be very interesting to see what they are and how to use them. Your chutney flavour particularly caught my attention.
Chutney is difficult to get it into the meat. Cut meat thin and add chutney to the spice and leave for two days in the fridge and turn a few times a day. Garlic and chilli I add 1 teaspoon to the spice micx per kg meat.
Have your hinges always failed? Is it very noisy? I can't find any video working.
They refunded me and took it back.
Thanks - Just got some pear pruning's and was wondering.
Could you explain how to put it into the various modes?
Just keep pressing on the button..
@@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ Yes, figured it it out…there is a long press and a short press. Short to change modes, long is on/off. Short press on sensor button turns that function on. Works well. I do have some head band clips (4) that came with it… not sure what they are for…😀
hi, congratulations for the nice channel. I have 2 questions for you. 1. Can you recommend which sharpening angles to apply based on the type of knife? 2. can you also sharpen knives longer than 35 cm? Thank you
A lot of knives have different bevel angles - look online for info. Longer knives would have to be done by hand possible using the scisors sharpening type of tool.
It´s fantastic to find a biltong eating Rhodie on line.
Ha ha - I love the stuff. . .
I've just found one of these in the road didn't know it had motion sensor cheers brilliant torch aswell thanks for posting this video great fully watched an if you lost one in UK Nottingham sorry it's mine now 😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊
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