First of all, I will go on the record and say these pre packaged jerky seasonings are junk. I will even go as far as to call it laughable. Only reason I bought a couple of them was they were in clearance at Wal Mart. It says they season 5# of meat. Yeah right. I took out enough venison to weigh 5# on my kitchen scale. I sliced the meat, added to a 2.5 gallon bag, added the seasoning, and shook and shook and shook. I opened the bag and you could barely see any seasoning on the meat at all. I re-read the package to make sure it was for 5#. Sure enough it is. Whatever. It probably is not enough for 1# of meat. I added my own concoction to the bag and let it marinade over night
After adding my own stuff to the bag
After cramming it all on the dehydrator
Should be ready this afternoon! :chef
Never made any jerky myself. I've got a buddy of mine that is gonna make some for me though. He's been hounding me for a month. Now that you posted this I guess I'll give him some meat in the next couple of days. I had thought about trying to make some myself in the oven as I don't have a dehydrator. Have you ever made it in the oven and if so how did it come out?
never tried it myself yet but now have a dehydrator. yours looks kinda wet, is that ok? I was thinking of bbq sauce/bourbon marinade or terriaki. also gonna do some herbs.
Anything in liquid is going to be wet... :clown :hammer
I had thought about trying to make some myself in the oven as I don't have a dehydrator. Have you ever made it in the oven and if so how did it come out?
I have made it in the oven before and it came out great. I am not sure about a dehydrator, but an oven will be unforgiving if you are not consistent with thickness when slicing up the meat. Based on the way I did it, you do not want to be pulling it out all the time because some pieces are finished before others.
