Thanks guys for all the replys. I made some the other night. The 9 rack model is a little big for my use. 2lbs sliced meat took up only 3 racks. You could do a whole hind I think in this one. Anyway, the above recipie tasted pretty good. But I plan to play around a bit. You could taste the faint taste of ketscup and I didn't like that.

It did only take 4 hours for the thin pieces and 6 or so for the thicker. One thing, my heater in the excalber didn't work at first. I took the whole thing apart and couldn't find a problem with my multimeter and put back together and it worked. So I am not sure why that happened. Overall I was happy with my first batch. It went pretty quick at my family's Christmas party, so I guess it wasn't bad.

Has anyone tried the Cabelas season pack? Its 19 dollars and says it seasons 70lbs. And comes with 7 or so flavors. Thanks for all replys. It helped alot.