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Dehydrator questions

SaintJohnsEgger
SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
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my son got me a dehydrator for my birthday. And I know nothing about them other than they can be used to make jerky.

Anyone got any tips, suggestions or recipes? I would love to tie this into my egg cooking adventures. Maybe use it for making bacon or sausage

Thanks.
Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    Either grow or purchase peppers when they are cheap and dry them for rub ingredients. Go o exalibur dehydrators site on line has over 400 pages of recipes. 
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    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    https://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/wp/browse-recipes/
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  • OhioEgger
    OhioEgger Posts: 994
    SaintJohnsEgger said:
    my son got me a dehydrator for my birthday. And I know nothing about them other than they can be used to make much better jerky than you can buy.
    Fixed it for you.
    Honestly, jerky is all I use mine for, but it's well worthwhile.
    Cincinnati, Ohio. Large BGE since 2011. Still learning.
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    https://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/wp/browse-recipes/

    Thank you for posting this.  I married into one of these and used it once, just recently for some lemon thyme salt.  Looking forward to trying some of these out!

    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    I have a very cheap Nesco dehydrater. With that said, if you will use their hamburger meat recipe and spice kit, you can make some of the best jerky that you have ever had. 5 pounds for about 3 bucks. Give or take a little depending on the price of hamburger meat in your area. 
    I was skeptical of the recipe until I tried it. It made a believer out of me. 
    I still use my Vault as a dehydrator when doing real large batches. However for small batches the little Nesco is far more practical and easy to use.  

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,988
    I know that I'm probably the odd man out here, but fish jerky is one of my absolute favorites. Give this ago and see what you think. 
    http://perfectjerky.com/homemade-jerky/how-to-make-fish-jerky/

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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    SGH said:
    I have a very cheap Nesco dehydrater. With that said, if you will use their hamburger meat recipe and spice kit, you can make some of the best jerky that you have ever had. 5 pounds for about 3 bucks. Give or take a little depending on the price of hamburger meat in your area. 
    I was skeptical of the recipe until I tried it. It made a believer out of me. 
    I still use my Vault as a dehydrator when doing real large batches. However for small batches the little Nesco is far more practical and easy to use.  

    Recipe by any chance?

    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    Just jerky here,I smoke as little as 2 hours and then dehydrate the jerky.
    comes out great.
    Seattle, WA
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    Thanks everyone.I love Jerky so that will probably be what I do the most. Wife likes dried apples and banana chips so I'll probably dos those too.

    going to look at recipes for. Few days before trying anything. I'll post pictures when I use it.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,335
    smbishop said:
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    https://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/wp/browse-recipes/

    Thank you for posting this.  I married into one of these and used it once, just recently for some lemon thyme salt.  Looking forward to trying some of these out!

    You are welcome. I plan to use mine to dehydrate an unexpectedly plentiful onion crop in the next two or three weeks.
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