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Re: Drizzle of honey on venison jerky?
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2024, 03:23:18 PM »
I use honey, maple syrup, or Yashidas Gourmet sauce in my brine depending on what flavor I want.
All work fantastic.
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Re: Drizzle of honey on venison jerky?
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2024, 09:24:38 AM »
The honey batches turned out awesome! Today I tossed on a batch that soaked in Korean BBQ marinade all weekend  :drool:
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2024, 01:15:49 PM »
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.
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2024, 01:26:27 PM »
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. 

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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2024, 10:39:29 AM »
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  :tup:
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2024, 10:41:46 AM »
Sounds delicious.   Report back on how it turns out.   :tup:

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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2024, 02:13:49 PM »
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  :tup:
Buddy at work did the Dr pepper jerky.
It's pretty dang good. 👍

Definitely report how yours turns out👍
« Last Edit: December 10, 2024, 06:45:48 PM by hunter399 »

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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2024, 07:30:47 AM »
Sounds delicious.   Report back on how it turns out.   :tup:

It turned out pretty darn good!
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2025, 05:05:29 PM »
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.

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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2025, 02:55:05 AM »
Makes my mouth water
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2025, 09:06:58 AM »
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.  :chuckle: 
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2025, 10:36:04 AM »
Looks tasty 🤤🤤🤤
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Re: venison jerky with a dehydrator
« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2025, 11:36:21 AM »
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.
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