Smoked Venison 

A couple things: 1) It's not the 'blood' in meat that makes it gamey. There is not blood in meat. Blood is in blood vessels. If you're getting red out of meat itself, that's myoglobin, a protein within the muscle. It's the red stuff on your plate from a steak. 2) The gamey taste comes from poorly trimmed meat. Leaving the membrane or other connective tissues on the meat gives it an off taste and poor bite quality, since it is very tough to chew through.

Jack, if you want deer that's not gamey the best thing I can tell you is ice it as soon as humanly possible. after you gut it stuff a bag of ice in the cavity, pack more ice around it and don't uncover it untill you hand it over to the butcher. Then the water trick. Does wonders. Most of the gamey taste comes from... how to put this politely... overly aged blood in the deer. Keeping it cold before its broken down does wonders.

No mention of temperature of the smoker or the time spent smoking it. Helpful.

I’d slap someone if they stuck my back straps in a bowl of water

Sorry Jack, meat should rarely touch water, soaking a good cut like that is a shame.

Do you soak your beef steaks in water too?........ Its not necessary to soak the venison, that's why we hunt deer is for the meat and taste. Love my corn feed Illinois deer 🤤

The game taste of deer is pure flavor taking that away you may as well just go buy a beef loin

Back strap has no gaminess. No need to soak it. Would you soak your filet mignon for 24 hours?

who cut that back strap out? edward scissor hands? left plenty of meat on the carcass budd

Just remove the silver skin and conective tissue and you remove the game flavor....never soak in anything but a drink only...game meat should taste like game meat not beef

Another way to do it is slice it in to small slices batter it and then fry it so good

140 internal is 10-15 degrees too hot for venison

How about trimming the silver skin off!!

man we got our deer on saturday and the straps were on our plates sunday. don't need to soak it in water that "gamey" is just the flavor of natural not proceed. but to each his own love the videos keep it up

I hate it when people think venison is disgusting, wtf!? people ate just terrified of trying new foods.

Don't soak the meat in water, just go to your marinade. The reason it looks grey, snotty, gross and tasteless when it comes out of the water after two days is because it is gross and tasteless.

That’s not true about the blood.

Buy beef if you want the venison taste out of the venison. Note...If you want to mellow the taste hang the deer (hide off) below 40 degrees for 10 days.

Never soak red meat in water..... 🤦‍♂️

I laughed so hard when you where smacking it and saying "this is for tomorrow I love it " 😂

I love these videos, they always make me hungry! Keep it up jack!

You haven't had a deer from a state where they live on corn. Here in Illinois, the meat falls off the bone, we have some of the best. Matter of fact, we have to go though a lottery to even hunt them. They are THAT good! They get a 8- 10 pt rack within 3 yrs of life.

No idea why your videos get some many dislikes. I love this channel.

I would have treated it like a very lean pork loin. inject it and then rub it. I'm not a fan of marinades unless it's for a couple days so it really soaks in. I prefer to inject some I know it penetrated.

What temp did you use and for how long did you let it smoke and what type of wood?

I am so glad that you mentioned about the blood. You don't have to use vinegar or buttermilk. just plain old water. Trimming the silver skin, tendons and other connective tissues help a ton. Looks great dude

Properly processed Venison doesn't taste gamey. It taste like real meat that isn't fed sugar and candy. People Eating garbage meet for too long now. Soakinh venison water is nuts. People just don't know what their doing.

Jack's todays show: Get the $700 material you need and start cooking. Man i miss the old days...

in new to venison cooking husband is to he is a griller so when it is at 140 temp it is done he is going to try a backstrap from his deer fresh sunday and i gather soaking for 2 days ahead will help as well

Looked delicious yummy. This was a great one Jack, keep up the awesome work!

You always say the most random things and do the most random stuff😂 I love it

nice looks so good I love deer and moose started hunting when I was 15 got my first moose that year .. a 3 year old bull

Wow, so moist. So beautiful. Jack forever.

I'll save this recipe hopefully I'll tag my first deer and I'll get to try it for the first time

Amazing! Great job Jack

Can't ever trust a dude who has never shot his own deer

your deer tastes gamey because you didn't take care of properly. Soaking is not necessary. Never had a gamey animal that we processed.

human flesh taste like venison

Gamey or the taste of real meat

I want to thank you for explaining about the taste and I followed your aunt Myrna advice and my wife will eat the venison now thank you

I love it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!. GBY!!!!.

Muy buena receta , saludos desde argentina. Perdón por escribir en español .

Please do more stuff on the traeger!

That looks great. Love the color.

Cool stuff Jack!

The sound when he but I LOVE THAT ah

BackSTRAPS

i always soak beef liver in milk and hot sauce. it's beautiful after a couple of days.

Nice preparation of the meat Jack. I'm not crazy about Venison, but this looks pretty good. TFS :))

How long did you smoke it for and at what temperature?

Man. That looks good! But Ive never had an issue with deer tasting gamy.

Mmmm

This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing this Jack

Stuff it with jalapenos and cream cheese. Then take some thick cut bacon and wrap it. Throw it on a smoker or oven.

poor backstrap....someone butchered that thing.

What temp was your smoker for this beautiful piece of meat? Also, approx how long did it take to reach 140?

Fried tenderloin is great

Soak in pineapple juice. Is sweetens the meat. Not a ton but enough that people ask how did you do that lol

All do respect but the white parts of the meat are what causes the game taste

What part of Alabama is your aunt from?

Whaaat?? Why would you WANT to get rid of all that delicious gameyness?!

i pull mine at 135

Stop lying dudevthat came out dry AS HELL! You can see it.

oh so this is what the rappers rap about these days when they get lean.

Cool, man ---any wild boar around them parts? You could tackle some ribs...

Milk does a better job of getting the blood out! Place deer meat in large enough ziploc bag and add enough milk to cover the meat, refrigerate over night and repeat one more time! Then if you want, marinade in what ever marinade you wish to use!! The milk helps tenderize the meat!!

I never ever had a deer taste gamie if you know what youre doing. And never heard anyone say soak it in water but I guess we all have our ways of doing things.

That's a beauty Jack, I did a Neck Roast last Friday on my Kamado Big Joe. It came out perfect, go check it out.

Jack that looks insanely good!! DROOLING ALERT!!

That’s one of the best cuts of any animal. There’s no gamey taste unless to cook it to coal….

What was the smoker temp?

My mother told me to

Comeon! why do you still have those bad knifes! i get frustrated every time i see you use a Kitchen Knife! Please fix asap!

What temp did you use and how long per pound?

I don't have 3days to prepare this meat I want to eat tonight.

My mother told me to Soak it in vinegar overnight

Venison is a very lean meat, so you should be careful how long you cook it. I would have gone with a wet marinade. I like a homemade teriyaki that works well or a sauerbraten recipe. As far as gaminess goes, there are a few factors. What did the deer eat? The animal's diet affects taste as does the sex of the animal and how it was taken. Gut shoot a deer and have it run off is no fun and will affect taste. Kill it cleanly and the results are much better. Also, either dress the deer immediately or quarter it immediately. The meat should be cooled down as quickly as possible.

It looks nice you should try Rain deer one day it tastes completely different.

Lol my daughters trying to convince daddy to start hunting cuz she was some deer

Why are there so many dislikes? :(

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Hello jack are you Italian? Your last name sounds like it..

When I smoke venison ..... I’d try Wrapping in bacon slices ????

Your right arm is not the same as your left

Marinades ruin everything. Brine and rub. Jfc

do beef Wellington

cut it on a angle

don't take the deer taste away by soaking it in water.if it tastes funny your deer is sick .

no interest in seeing you miss a deer,all for a new hunter into the sport HOWEVER the GAMINESS is mostly connected to leaving the tallow on the meat. the bloody water is of far less concern than the way that the animal is handled from the moment that the trigger is pulled until it lands on your plate. Proccessing and game care is the most important step of all so if that is not followed I cannot in good conscious listen to your advice on cooking the same game. I have nothing against your idea's but you must first KNOW the meat you are promoting

Jack....if you are looking to shoot a big dear...let me know. or check out instagra...chrismanncountry. we can set you up a little adventure

How long do you SMOKE ..... hours ???

Ur so good 🍗🍖

Nice!!!

Now put it back in and let it finish cooking.

You ruined that deer meat I would never pull all the blood out of mine. Weed near me 7 days a week over here and lower Alabama the best way to eat a backstrap is stuffed and wrapped on the smoker

Ew why do you keep it pink like that , that can cause cancer

i always soak beef liver in milk and hot sauce. it's beautiful after a couple of days.

i always soak beef liver in milk and hot sauce. it's beautiful after a couple of days.