DIY Biltong / Jerky Dryer Box Build

This wood is crazy! Wish I could get a slab of it over here! Another amazing build brother 💪

By the way, those screws are called Chicago Screws 😎

Biltong is baie lekker 🙂 Your Biltong Dryer is the best I have ever seen. I build my own Biltong dryer three years ago but the drying process didn't works good because of higher huminity in Germany. Best greetings from Leipzig, Igor

Mitre the corners and drop the vent holes down to make sure you get full circulation Greg. But that’s a beauuuuutiful dryer dude

An absolute work of art 😀🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

That’s really beautiful box you’re building there, I really like the result! I have had the privilege to visit Gauteng several times back in the early 2000s. On most occasions I had a very beautiful accommodation in a small guest house in Midrand. I Very fondly remember the Biltong that was almost ubiquitous there. The landlords of the guesthouse where I stayed occasionally would take me shopping and help me select various Biltong types - I remember at least Beef, Ostrich and Kudu and all of them were just amazing. Over here in Germany it‘s almost impossible to come by any Biltong and even if I can get my grubby hands on a minuscule sample every now and then it‘ll be either prohibitively expensive or difficult to deliver and usually it‘ll be just beef anyway - in no way comparable to the variety I enjoyed in SA. I did find a recipe a few years back which I‘m preparing every now and then but it‘s done in a few hours in the oven - a far cry from the original. I hope at some time I can get a genuine box like yours over here or maybe even DYI one ❤

Those led lights are going to heat it up?

You've got not air movement at the bottom of the box. The ventilation holes need to be at the bottom of the box not 3/4 the way up. Blow smoke through the vent holes into the box with the fan on and you will see the air movement that you have got.

How do I buy one?

Awesome project! Looks phenomenal. Well done boet👍👍👏👏👏

Beautiful work!

What dimensions did you go with?
Beautiful box, going to try and make one similar all the way here in Canada.

I was thinking about building one of these. As an American I’ve never used one, but I’ve been thinking about salt trays to maybe help pull moister?

Nicely built. I have a sister in tokai Cape Town. Whenever I visit from the uk I get biltong. Two comments. Should you have a light in the box just for warm air flow? Secondly should the vent holes be nearer the base to allow for the air to flow the full length of the box?

Air vents in the wrong place, fan in the wrong place, no heat source, rails to close together, biscuits showing, door not closing flat, average hinges and different screws, clunky latch. Well you did ask😀

The wood you've used is amazing. The LED looks amazing. Glad you didn't add a heat source, saw some comments about heat source. The last thing you need to make proper biltong is a heat source, you're not making jerky:) Air vents would be best at the bottom of the cabinet as you need the air to flow over the meat. It looks like a 120mm fan, which is to big for the box, you just need 80mm. 120 could dry the outside to fast.

Wow very good idea indeed

Mooi

Can u make me one and wat will the price be

Bilton is not a South African delicacy, it is a staple food item in the southern parts of Africa.

This build is another take on "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Or to express it another way "Give a man a bilton box and trach him to make bilton, you'll feed him and his family for a lifetime.

Kudos you

That looks incredible. well done.

Wow! What a lovely finished product!

i add screen to inside over holes

Beautiful work 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Lekker. That wood is stunning too

I like it! The drip tray needs to have sides going up (and no finger hole), but 100% awesome other than that!

EDIT: After seeing it in the room, I think it needs a matching humidor at the other end of the bar to really jazz the place up!

baie mooi, the only thing that i would add is a metal drip tray. instead of the glass one, and with the metal trip tray it will create character, and you can CNC the groves on where it can go on the sides.

Love it, and subscribed...

Question does the fan blow in air and through the vents out or is the fan blowing air out

If I may provide my opinion
The air holes on the side should be down on the bottom
Reason being as rhetorical air is drawn through. It’s drawn through evenly help to get even air flow through out the box
The drip tray is a great idea but need to be raised a few inches of the bottom and also drilled to promote even ventilation throughout
Thanks

Inspiring, fantastic job. 😊

Best I’ve seen by far

Awesome. How much will it cost to build.

Damn nice boet

Awesome! Where/how can I order one - please!

Should I keep my light on the whole night?

can I order one😀

Just love it, love the wooden finish.

amazing.. love it.
brass fitting would also be am amazing option

Nice, that type of wood looks beautiful. Good job.

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