Jerkey time...

[Fish]

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.

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.