i omitted the liquid smoke,doubled the ground pepper and instead of the pineapple juice,i went with half apple juice and half honey.I smoked for 20 minutes with applewood chips and then put in the oven.it was the best jerky i have ever had.just incredible.I want to take the 5 tbsp of liquid smoke and use 5 tbsp of some other liquid that would compliment this recipe.Im a chef so i love to figure this stuff out.I will think of something.i was thinking of using a nice ice wine,something not too sweet.or maybe just 1/2 spicy bbq sauce and half water(2.5 tbsp of each)i think that would work great!i just made ot again,this time with the original recipe,it is better when you smoke the meat,but the taste was not all that different,stil.......SHAZAM!!!!awesome stuff.i bought a 18 pound roast and have made about 4-5 pounds of jerky.should last a while(doubt it!)