Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
01-07-2008, 12:10 PM
#11
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Eureka, MO
Posts: 1,519
RE: Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
10 hours in a dehydrator! ... WOW! I cut mine about 1/8th to 1/4 thick ... not ground, tho ..... it takes about 4-6 hours ....
10 hours in a dehydrator! ... WOW! I cut mine about 1/8th to 1/4 thick ... not ground, tho ..... it takes about 4-6 hours ....
01-07-2008, 01:12 PM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Maryland (St. Mary\'s)
Posts: 884
RE: Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
Depending on the thickness of the cut...mine is sometimes 16-20 hours. Mine does NOT have a fan so the drying time is much longer. I assure you...it does not taste like bark.
ORIGINAL: MOmightymite
I agree 10 hrs in a dehyrator and your jerky will taste like bark. If you are using a jerky gun 4 hrs is all you will need. If you use the flat adaptor peoce it wont take as long as the circular peice.
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
10 hours in a dehydrator! ... WOW! I cut mine about 1/8th to 1/4 thick ... not ground, tho ..... it takes about 4-6 hours ....
10 hours in a dehydrator! ... WOW! I cut mine about 1/8th to 1/4 thick ... not ground, tho ..... it takes about 4-6 hours ....
01-07-2008, 01:20 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
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RE: Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
ORIGINAL: npockat32
Thanks for all your help everyone!!!
Thanks for all your help everyone!!!
Tony’s Venison Jerky
2 c Worcestershire sauce
2c cup Soy sauce
½ c Liquid Smoke
1 c Red Hot Sauce
6 TB Honey
3 TB Mustard
6 TB Garlic Salt
2 TB Pepper
4 TB Onion Powder
1 c Brown Sugar
To Add HEAT[/b]
2 ½ TB Crushed Red Pepper or
¼ c Tabasco sauce
Mix all marinade ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Pour into plastic container and refrigerate until needed. Measure out 2 cups of mixture for every 3# of meat to be marinated. Pour over meat slices that are already in a quart size zip lock bag. Thoroughly wet all sides of meat. Refrigerate overnight or at least 6 hours. Rotate bag every few hours, working the marinade over all meat. Drain the meat and spread the meat (be sure to NOT overlap) onto trays in single layers. If using a dehydrator, dry for 4-5 hours, (depending on thickness) checking every 2 hours. Make sure to rotate trays
(bottom to top and flipping the meat as needed), or place trays in the oven and dry at 145’ for the first 4 hours then set oven to 130’ until dry( approx. 4-8 hours). Jerky should be hard but not brittle. Blot up any fat that appears with a paper towel. * For a chewy texture, slice the meat with the grain, or across the grain for a more tender jerky.
01-07-2008, 07:42 PM
#17
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 51
RE: Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
Ours takes about 8 hours. My husband does rotate the trays.
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01-08-2008, 05:24 AM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: Anyone use a dehydrator to make jerky?
Well if you make wild recipie jerly such as venison, you wont gain hardly any weight as venison is very healthy for you as theres not much fat in it at all. Its very lean.
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
I need to get one of these, only draw back is I'd be fat as a steer though if I had one, I love jerky!
I need to get one of these, only draw back is I'd be fat as a steer though if I had one, I love jerky!
