Jerky

[Cooperman]

Decided to make 5 lbs of jerky today. I don’t like to smoke my jerky, so I marinate it and dehydrate it. Also cold smoked some cheddar cheese, and a 1/2 dozen eggs for smoked deviled eggs.

[Boar]

cool! how long innthendehydrator?

[glenn57]

cool! how long innthendehydrator?

till it's done. DOAH.

[LPS]

That looks great!  Did you do it in a dehydrator or in an oven?

[Cooperman]

In the dehydrator about 10 hours or until it cracks when you bend it.
I like the dehydrator better than the smoke because it doesn’t take much to over smoke jerky. If you want you can add a little liquid smoke.

[glenn57]

i might have to try a dab of liquid smoke next time!!!!

[Steve-o]

Yep, I use the dehydrate feature of the convection oven and a dash of liquid smoke in the marinade.  It cuts the dehydrate time down to a few hours (AND makes the kitchen smell manly).

[Cooperman]

One other important thing to remember is to keep the temperature at or above 140 degree while dehydrating for that long of time.

[glenn57]

In the dehydrator about 10 hours or until it cracks when you bend it.
I like the dehydrator better than the smoke because it doesn’t take much to over smoke jerky. If you want you can add a little liquid smoke.

the very first time i made jerky via the dehydrator it didnt turn out to good. lets just say it got away overdone for my liking. i used the LEM backwoods hickory flavor seasoning. i put it on the dehydrator before i went ni-nite and let it run all nite. by morning it was pretty crispy.

now i put it on in the morning and watch it throughout the day, take some off and rotate as needed.