venison jerky with a dehydrator

[TeacherMan]

I'm making a ton of jerky this year and I'm tying a little drizzle of honey over the top of the jerky when it has about an hour left in the dehydrator with a few shakes of red paper flakes over the top of it. Anyone ever tried this? hoping the honey dries out/obsorbs into the meat and just doesn't make a sticky mess. My total time for this batch in the dehydrator at 160 degrees will be around 5 hours and 15 min (pieces are a little thicker than my last batch). I did a 24 hour marinade in a minched garlic and green onion sauce with brown sugar, liquid smoke, onion salt and black pepper.

[boneaddict]

My guess is still sticky, but I bet it tastes good

[jrebel]

My guess is still sticky, but I bet it tastes good

Why not just add the honey to the marinade? 

I bet it is super delicious either way.....

[Timberstalker]

Why not just add the honey to the marinade? 

 

[HntnFsh]

That seems like a long time in the dehydrator. I cut mine a quarter inch thick and pull most of it at about 3 hours. I bet your jerky has great flavor. But 8 also think it will be sticky. Definitely worth a try though.

[TeacherMan]

That seems like a long time in the dehydrator. I cut mine a quarter inch thick and pull most of it at about 3 hours. I bet your jerky has great flavor. But 8 also think it will be sticky. Definitely worth a try though.

My last batch took three hours and 45 minutes. The reason this batch took so long is because I made some very large slab thicker pieces. I still took them out when they were soft.

[TeacherMan]

My guess is still sticky, but I bet it tastes good

I made this batch with my environmental science/forestry/outdoor rec class and they absolutely had a blast. I’m not getting to bring much of it home. I’ll tell you that it was absolutely sticky and delicious 😂

[TeacherMan]

My guess is still sticky, but I bet it tastes good

Why not just add the honey to the marinade? 

I bet it is super delicious either way.....

I’ve done that before and it is good but I was going for more of a glazed look on the jerky this time and it did end up completely different. It is incredibly tasty, but it is a little sticky lol.

[boneaddict]

Finger licking good!

[Pathfinder101]

Never tried honey, but I've always used fruit juice to brine all my jerky.  Sometimes I spray the jerky periodically with fruit juice while it's smoking.  Stickier, but worth it 

[Remnar]

Cut the honey with about 1/4-1/3 hot water stir until thinned out then brush it on when at about the halfway mark.

Ive done this with fish and jerky albeit on the smoker and it makes a nice glaze.

[hunter399]

I usually do soy sauce/sugar/salt and whatever spice.
I'm planning a few batches.
Got a new smoker,this year.
Might try this honey deal.👍

[TeacherMan]

Cut the honey with about 1/4-1/3 hot water stir until thinned out then brush it on when at about the halfway mark.

Ive done this with fish and jerky albeit on the smoker and it makes a nice glaze.

I was wishing I had a brush with me! And the 1/4 hot water idea is perfect.

[TommyH]

Mitchlitchs or Spokane spice has some great jerky rubs. I used to just make my own but have really been liking their blends.

[jackelope]

Hot honey. My new favorite thing in the world.

[Alchase]

I use honey, maple syrup, or Yashidas Gourmet sauce in my brine depending on what flavor I want.
All work fantastic.

[TeacherMan]

The honey batches turned out awesome! Today I tossed on a batch that soaked in Korean BBQ marinade all weekend 

[TeacherMan]

Learning curve; I have a pretty nice dehydrator that allows you to add more trays to it and adjust the temperature up to 160 degrees. I purchased two more trays for doing this large batch of jerkey. What I figured out is its added around 2 hours more to the total time to finish a batch. I was planning on purchasing another 2 trays (the company states you can run up to 30 at a time) but reality it's not saving me any time with the additional cooking time they create.

[jrebel]

Learning curve; I have a pretty nice dehydrator that allows you to add more trays to it and adjust the temperature up to 160 degrees. I purchased two more trays for doing this large batch of jerkey. What I figured out is its added around 2 hours more to the total time to finish a batch. I was planning on purchasing another 2 trays (the company states you can run up to 30 at a time) but reality it's not saving me any time with the additional cooking time they create.

My dehydrator is taking approx 5 hours per batch.  I can get 10 ish lbs in it at a time.  More meat definitely means more time.  My smaller dehydrator which held maybe 2 lbs of meat at a time took about 3 hours. 

I also check mine at the three hour mark and pull pieces that are done....then check every hour after that to do the same.  My top shelves dehydrate way faster than my bottome shelves. 

[TeacherMan]

boiling down 2L of Dr. Pepper right now with a cup of brown sugar added and two fresh XL chopped jalapenos chopped into it. I will add a tablespoon of Prague Powder once the mixture has reduced and cooled.

My last batch of jerky for a bit will be marinated in this for 24 hours before tossing on the dehydrator 

[jrebel]

Sounds delicious.   Report back on how it turns out.   

[hunter399]

boiling down 2L of Dr. Pepper right now with a cup of brown sugar added and two fresh XL chopped jalapenos chopped into it. I will add a tablespoon of Prague Powder once the mixture has reduced and cooled.

My last batch of jerky for a bit will be marinated in this for 24 hours before tossing on the dehydrator 

Buddy at work did the Dr pepper jerky.
It's pretty dang good. 👍

Definitely report how yours turns out👍

[TeacherMan]

Sounds delicious.   Report back on how it turns out.   

It turned out pretty darn good!

[Badhabit]

I found Smoking Gun Jerky Marinade out of Lincoln NE is pretty darn good. Been using top round beef cuts and using my smoker at 160 for four hrs does the trick.

[Skyvalhunter]

Makes my mouth water

[wadu1]

You know I'm the Official Inspector and Testor for the Site you must send me samples for approval per the rules. If you can't find the rules, I'll make Sumthing up and post them for you.   

[hunter399]

Looks tasty 🤤🤤🤤
👍

[Dan-o]

Tman, that is some great looking jerky!

I've made two batches of elk jerky the last two months. 
Both were really good, but yours looks even better.

[dylanpurkey25]

I have been making my own meat for years now and it's been trial and error. I have found the best way to make jerky is I typically will run them in the dehydrator for 4-5 hours depending on thickness and then I will finish it off on the smoker. I know a lot of people like to smoke first and then do the dehydrator so it "takes on the smoke flavor more". But, I've had better luck doing it the other way around.

[baldopepper]

I've occasionally soaked mine (and especially fish) in Gewurztraminer wine for a while before brining. Gives it a little different twist but taste really good