well i had 15lbs of jerky cut out of the buck i shot last year i pulled one of the 5lb bags out yesterday left in the sink over night then put it in the fridge for today until we got done building our deck today but anyways back to my question i put the jerky in around 10pm today or 9-2 how long from now will it be ready? it is set on 160 degrees in the dehydrator and how do i know when it is done? as you can tell probably this is the first time that i have made jerky.