Making Jerky

[charby]

Castle Key mentioned how does one make Jerky in the bad dog treats thread.

Anymore I use HI Mountain Jerky cure and dry it over for 8 hours in a dehydrator.

http://www.himtnjerky.com/jerky-kits.html

I use the original and pepper flavored ones.

[41magsnub]

I drive past the company store and headquarters for these guys most every weekend so I buy jerky and spices from them:  http://www.hicountry.com/

[brimic]

I use low fat ground beef, 93% or better, mix with cure I buy at local cabela's, put on dehydrator using jerky gun and dry overnight.
I"ve gone too far with dehydration once and produced 'meat chips.' 

[bedlamite]

1 tsp each of salt, pepper, garlic, onion, honey, and Tabasco. Mix into 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce, and marinate 1/4" strips overnight. Takes about 6-8 hours in my dehydrator, haven't tried the smoker I got this summer yet.

I've tried adding all sorts of other stuff, some were OK, but I always keep coming back to that recipe. Steak or roast is very much preferred over ground.

[Kingcreek]

I do both strip and ground jerky but I prefer the strip meat myself. My hunting buddy wif no teef prefers ground. Slicing to a uniform thickness is the key to getting consistent drying with strips. I like to use a little apple cider that has started to age and fizz in the marinade, just a little cider vinegar twang to it, along with the salt, cracked pepper, garlic, cayenne, cumin, etc. I also smoke with apple wood or a mix of apple and hickory for my jerky.

[castle key]

It is not acceptable to start a new thread to avoid a thread drift!!

I do not have a dehydrator, so I would want to focus on an oven or smoker method.

Any feelings on this? I can get my smoker to stay really low and slow at about 175 deg for a long time, so that may be the way to go.

[TechMan]

Didn't we have a thread on this earlier...my SMF search foo skills is low today.

[K Frame]

Focus on the box fan method. It actually dries the meat without cooking it.

I'll describe it on the way home.