make homemade beef jerky

i would love to make at least some kind of jerky at home. beef jerky, deer jerky, turkey jerky, something… i could eat beef jerky every day, the stuff is amazing. i have had homemade deer jerky and it was awesome, now i need to make it myself

I Made some today. Frigin easy. just get a jerky kit off the net or something, i’ve been using jack lynks for the last few years, but i’ve never tried anything else..(i.e. there could be something better i dunno) you don’t need any special equipment, just an oven (200 degrees for 3-4 hours) and the jerky cure and seasoning mixes. i put some liquid smoke and teriyaki in this year too

I made beef jerky the other day, as prep for a road trip—I like having beef jerky on roadtrips, it’s convenient if I don’t want to stop for food but I have the munchies. So I bought a small roast and sliced it up, marinated it for about 36 hours, and then dried it in my oven. Unfortunately, my oven runs too hot, I think, as its lowest temp setting is 200°F, and even leaving a wooden spoon in the door to prop it open to vent some of the heat resulted in the temp not going much lower than 180°F. So it wound up drying the meat somewhat unevenly – the edges were all crispy-dry, too dry, and the thicker bits were OK.

I think the marinade worked out OK. I’ll probably see if I can pick up a used dehydrator at a thrift shop one of these days, and then try it again. I think the oven is probably not really a good approach for me since it’s so hot.

We made ours with a dehydrator and added fake smoke flavoring. It was awful, just inedibly salty. I think it would probably taste nice if you smoked it in a real smokehouse.

Well, I have the dehydrator, but need to get the appropriate recipes and tools for the job. One of these days, I’ll make beef jerky that is MSG free!!