RE: who makes their own jerky?
I've been using a combination of my own and PT's recipe and really like it. In the past I have always used cut up strips, out of the rump roasts...like AF stated. I like the random thickness, lengths, etc. Some I cut with the grain, some across it.
I am going touse a Jerky gun for the first time and see how I like it, but doubt that it will win out over the strips.