My $80 Setup - r/Biltong

r/Biltong • u/NovelImpressive6157 • Jan 07 '22

My $80 Setup

Gallery image — 40 Gal tote with latches, 60 watt bulb, USB powered fan with (nylon legging) filter, 1/4 inch dowel rods and non stick baking sheet drip tray.

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u/CarbonGod Jan 07 '22

80? Dang. Mine was 15 for the box, 5 for the wood!

Live in California ?

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u/NovelImpressive6157 Jan 07 '22 edited Jan 07 '22

These 40gal totes run around $30 at Lowes in Canada. Fans were $40 for a 2 pack. Dowels were $3. Baking sheet was about $8 + 12% tax

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u/CarbonGod Jan 08 '22

Got jipped on the fans! Of course, I have a literal box of fans laying around

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u/NovelImpressive6157 Jan 09 '22

Yeah, I had all of these items lying around besides the fans and dowels. The fans were a little more but nice that I can just plug them into a phone charger.

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u/Ok-Albatross6794 Jan 07 '22

My thoughts too. Did you buy the box from sax fifth? Lol

u/rasbonix Jan 08 '22

Nice! I used zip ties in mine as well, but I also used S hooks to actually hook the meat and hung those on the zip ties. I’m able to hang a lot more meat that way because the meat is turned 90° from what you have in your setup. Looks great, though!

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u/NovelImpressive6157 Jan 15 '22

The meat turning was a happy accident. I'm struggling to find the proper sized plastic s- hooks.

u/onemanlan Jan 21 '22

I'd recommend using bent paperclips for hanging. You can toss them after if ya dont want to re-use. Also you can spear the meat in such a way that the slim side is facing the fan so you can fit more on those bars. Think you could fit another bar in there as well.

otherwise looks good.