Quote (kylefrc @ Aug 15 2013 11:51am)
Thanks for more info, sick learning all this. Definitely gunna try it next week, gunna try to oven it for first time.
if you make jew jerky like jeremy, keep in mind it MUST be made in the oven...
on a more serious note, i thought there was something else i was going to tell you last time, it was regarding doing it in the oven.
doing it in the oven can be tricky. ive done it in a toaster oven, but a coworker and i were talking about jerky one day and he said that the executive chef of the catering hall he used to work at once tried to make jerky in the oven ... and failed. if i remember right, i think either he said it just cooked instead of drying or he didnt specify. my guess is that either he didnt know what temp to put and put one too high, or the oven's actual temp wasnt what he set it to. depending on the time of oven, there can be hot/cold spots, and the temp guage isnt always accurate. you could set it to 160 and have it be 165. hot spots could be even hotter. the small difference doesnt matter much at higher temps when cooking chicken or whatever, but at lower temps when doing something like jerky it could matter. id recommend getting a oven safe thermometer and testing the actual temp of the oven in the spots where you plan to place the jerky before actually placing in the jerky. stick in the thermometer and let the oven heat up, then check the thermometer to see what the actual temp is.