I have always did the strips and love then,this year my wife got me a jerky shooter. I put the dry mix on the meat ,marinate and mix again then shoot it and dry it. it has all turned out ok so far.I have tryed several different mixes and are all pretty good.

if you search on jerky you will find some good reciepts and how to do them.

I have been doing mine in the oven lately,the dehydrater I have like yours takes about 12 hrs.my old ove took about 8 hrs.it burned out and the newer modles take longer ; sometimes newer is not better.