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Batch logs

Every time Baumy Biltong has actually been made, as against the revisions of how it ought to be made. A run records what was bought, what it weighed going in and coming out, and what went wrong — which is where every revision after the first one came from.

Batch logs 4
First run SEP 2024
Latest run JUL 2025
Spent €769.11
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Every run, oldest first

four · 2024 — 2025
19 SEP 2024

Biltong Batch 2

5.98 kg of Irish silverside, 15 pieces. The only batch with a complete record of both initial and final weights, which is where the 4.21%/day drying figure comes from.

€185.36 · €69.87 per kg finished · Second revision
Raw 6.16 kg
Dried 2.65 kg
Yield 43.1%
18 OCT 2024

Biltong Batch 3

6.02 kg from Gourmet Experts, 18 pieces. Initial weights and per-piece costs recorded; the batch was never weighed out at cutting.

€157.88 · Third revision
Raw 6.28 kg
29 NOV 2024

Biltong Batch 4

7.98 kg of Irish silverside. No per-piece log kept; the useful output was the discovery that the dredge ran out.

€209.26 · Fourth revision
18 JUL 2025

Biltong Batch 5

8.2 kg of Irish silverside in 21 pieces (hook 10 missing). Larger loins meant fewer, bigger sections than previous batches.

€216.61 · Fifth revision
Raw 8.21 kg