RE: jerky seasoning?
Here's one you can do in the oven or smoker
1 tsp salt or seasoned salt
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp blk pepper
1/2 cup worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
Overnight soak, mixing it around occassionally. To this you can add a few drops of liquid smoke, hot pepper flakes, chile powder, whatever you like.
string it on skewers and let it hang vertically from the top rack over a sheet pan on the bottom rack at lowest oven setting, 150 to 170, 5 hours with door open a crack, then shut it off and leave it for another 5 or 6 or overnight.