Beef Jerky Essentials 2
by NemGame
Beef Jerky Essentials 2 brings smoker cooking to Fabric, with a smoker block that smelts food items twice as fast, for players who want a faster way to process meat.
What it does
The mod is a Fabric port of an earlier food mod by LukieD4. Its author remade the code from scratch without looking at the original source, and later testing showed that some item identifiers differ from the original, so existing worlds may need care when moving between the two. The name carries a 2 at the end to mark the new version.
Its main addition is a smoker function. The smoker smelts items at double speed, and the cooking time for each recipe is shortened as a result. Adventure and food-focused survival worlds are the typical settings for it. Because the mod is installed on both sides, the server and every player need it to run.
Installation needs Fabric API on Fabric. Beef Jerky Essentials 2 is published for 1.21 and 1.21.1, with 1.0.5 for 1.21.1 as the latest file. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Smoker block
A smoker that cooks food items, with its own recipes and cooking time.
Double-speed smelting
Items placed in the smoker are processed twice as fast as in a standard smelting process.
Remade from scratch
The code was rewritten by the author as a port of the original concept rather than copied from it.
Original artwork credited
The concept artwork and design credit LukieD4's original food mod as the source of the idea.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a Fabric smoker with faster cooking, and server owners who want a food processing option that runs on both client and server.
How it compares
Zombie Jerky is published for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.16.4 – 26.3, is open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and runs on client and server. CookLikeActually is also open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server, but only for 1.21.1. Beef & Blade is open source under the MIT License for 1.19 – 1.21 and needs the server, with the client optional, so players can join without installing it. Beef Chunkus is not open source and uses the same server-required setup for 1.19.2 – 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef Jerky Essentials 2 | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
| Zombie Jerky | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.16.4 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-21 |
| CookLikeActually | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-10-25 |
| Beef & Blade | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21 | Server required, client optional | 2024-07-25 |
| Beef Chunkus | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-03-07 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Beef Jerky Essentials 2 is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/beef-jerky-essentials-2
- Owner
- NemGame
- Published
- 2026-06-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15