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    First time jerky maker

    definitely. Thank you for the help. I appreciate it. I will try again and go from there.
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    First time jerky maker

    I was using marinade interchangeably, I shouldn't have done that. Meaning, I see to not use a marinade for ground beef, but to use the dry spices. But once you mix the dry spices, I'd place it back in the fridge to sit till I was ready to use. I was referring to that time as marinating. I...
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    First time jerky maker

    I would like to add one final question to this thread. I placed a thermometer in to my dehydrator with zero contents inside, just the racks. I turned the temp up to 166 and let it go for a couple hours. Final reading of thermometer was 137. So with the dehydrator not getting up to 165 as it...
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    First time jerky maker

    that's a beautiful article. thank you! side note......when making jerky from ground beef, correct me if I'm wrong. But you marinade the meat, then once the marinating period is complete, you then put the meat in to a jerky gun, and make squirt out strips. Is that right? I might try ground...
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    First time jerky maker

    phew. thank you for responding. This jerky certainly won't last long enough to go bad :) My next question is, how do you determine if it's the "bad moisture" or the fat that I'm seeing? For this first attempt I used the eye of round filets, that are pre-cut at the grocery store. I then cot...
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    First time jerky maker

    Hello all. I took a shot at making jerky for the first time tonight. My dehydrator of choice is the Nesco FD-75A My meat has been sitting in marinade for about 48 hours. After draining/dabbing off the excess marinade, I have placed the meat in the dehydrator. It dried for about 4 hours. I...
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