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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!
KC Fish, when you put your jerky in a food dehydrator (like the ones available at Wal-Mart), you set a temperature setting, no? That temperature setting probably ranges from 85 to 150 degrees. If you set it at 140 degrees for 8 to 10 hours, by hour 10, the internal temperature of that meat is going to be 140 degrees... it's been cooked.
In the dehydrator I linked to, a fan is blowing room temperature air -- the colder air the better. My last batch was about 65 degrees for 12 hours.
Give this a shot sometime... I guarantee you'll be able to tell a difference in the taste/texture. And I'd be willing to bet you won't use that American Harvest dehydrator for beef jerky again.
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No.... There is no temp setting at all. My dehydrator blows room temp air the entire time. There is one switch that controls the fan. The air is not heated, and I didn't know there were dehydrators that were heated. If that is the case, I apologize, as I guess I only speak for my food dehydrator. My jerky is not cooked, it's dried. And it's fantastic.