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I used one pound of meat and one teaspoon of 1.25% cure that came with the Eastman outdoors flavoring pack

It was not cure #1 it was from a beef jerky seasoning kit The cure#1 that I looked up with 6.25% sodium nitrate it was eo cure(Eastman outdoors) which is only 1.25% sodium nitrate would it still be too much then? I followed the recipe that came with the flavoring kit down to the letter I used...

There was a pound of meat total with one teaspoon of cure. And I'm not sure if it was cut along the grain or a cross i bought precut since it was my first time making and didn't check but I'll cut it myself next time

It is a gamekeeper 4 tray dehydrator yes it is new. No the book did not mention the break-in procedure just to wash trays with light dish detergent most of the slices were very thin and chewable but not a pleasant texture the few that were a little bit thicker were like trying to chew leather...

Hi everyone I am typing on the cell phone so sorry for punctuation or lack of. I know this is a smoking meat forum but at the moment I do not have the means to be able to try smoking my jerky but I just buy a dehydrator and I was hoping someone could help me with the problem of my beef jerky...