Deer jerky

BobDanger

Back strap. Marinaded 48 hours in Asian BBQ. Turned out sweet and tangy. Used my Excalibur dehydrator...right under the beer thirty bottle opener.

lkapigian

Nice @BobDanger

blasting

@BobDanger that looks great.  I'm looking at getting into dehydrating (mostly for jerky).

How do you like the Excalibur?  Others look nicer, but the Excalibur has consistently the best reviews, so I'm leaning that way.  A lot of the other ones I've looked at fail to get up to their "advertised" temps.

BobDanger

blasting said:

@BobDanger that looks great.  I'm looking at getting into dehydrating (mostly for jerky).

How do you like the Excalibur?  Others look nicer, but the Excalibur has consistently the best reviews, so I'm leaning that way.  A lot of the other ones I've looked at fail to get up to their "advertised" temps.

I have one of the smaller ones (5) tray and keep it in my gazebo with all my other BBQ stuff. I ve had it for 4+ years and have used the heck out of it. I mostly make jerky but have done fruit and veggies.

Its lived outside but covered and still ticking...if I used it more I would probably get one of the cabellas...but no complaints...it works great.

shtgunal3

I make all my jerky on the Traeger. Got a batch going in the marinade tonight.

Yours looks great. I never used blackstrap for jerky. I always use the hind quarters.

WeberWho

That plate would be empty by tomorrow morning around here. Looks outstanding 

Photo Egg

Back Strap...Jerky, talk about living large.
Looks fantastic.

BobDanger

One of the few bennies of life on the eastern shore. Blue crab, fish and deer...I keep my freezer stocked with fish I catch an 2 deer every winter.

lkapigian

blasting said:loo

@BobDanger that looks great.  I'm looking at getting into dehydrating (mostly for jerky).

How do you like the Excalibur?  Others look nicer, but the Excalibur has consistently the best reviews, so I'm leaning that way.  A lot of the other ones I've looked at fail to get up to their "advertised" temps.

@blasting I have the 80 liter Commercial Cabalas that had negative reviews of " not reaching temp" couple things I discovered , none of the others had temp read outs , so you never even know where those are, and it really depends on how much you load the dehydrator combined with ambient temperatures .....remember it's a dehydrator not an oven...the not coming to temp is a non issue, no dehydrator I have seen goes above 160 as the FDA wants you to bring the meat to temp in an over Prior or Post dehydrate ....Its a " Safety Sham" ....i simply dehydrate 

Dyal_SC

BobDanger said:

One of the few bennies of life on the eastern shore. Blue crab, fish and deer...I keep my freezer stocked with fish I catch an 2 deer every winter.

Love it up there. You’re right, deer are in no short supply in that area. 

Dyal_SC

Nice looking jerky btw!

BobDanger

Dyal_SC said:

BobDanger said:

One of the few bennies of life on the eastern shore. Blue crab, fish and deer...I keep my freezer stocked with fish I catch an 2 deer every winter.

Love it up there. You’re right, deer are in no short supply in that area. 

Cept 2 legged dear...not many of those.

blasting

lkapigian said:

blasting said:loo

@BobDanger that looks great.  I'm looking at getting into dehydrating (mostly for jerky).

How do you like the Excalibur?  Others look nicer, but the Excalibur has consistently the best reviews, so I'm leaning that way.  A lot of the other ones I've looked at fail to get up to their "advertised" temps.

@blasting I have the 80 liter Commercial Cabalas that had negative reviews of " not reaching temp" couple things I discovered , none of the others had temp read outs , so you never even know where those are, and it really depends on how much you load the dehydrator combined with ambient temperatures .....remember it's a dehydrator not an oven...the not coming to temp is a non issue, no dehydrator I have seen goes above 160 as the FDA wants you to bring the meat to temp in an over Prior or Post dehydrate ....Its a " Safety Sham" ....i simply dehydrate 

Thank you @lkapigian , I appreciate the info.  When I started looking around, I landed on the exact unit you describe as my first pick.  It's a beast of a unit, and looks good (unlike most others).  You've alleviated my concerns over some of the heating my heating concerns, but I'm not sold I want to spent that much on a dehydrator. 
  
I'm inclined to get a basic workhorse dehydrator - I'm saving pennies to follow your lead on grinder choice.

Matt86m

That looks great!  I just made my first batch of elk jerky on my traeger. Ill have to try the Asian BBQ

WildmanWilson

That's the best cut in the world to make jerky but I have a hard time doing it since I love it to grill or make deer poppers. That's the kings cut for sure.