I want to buy a little tabletop meat slicer for the very reason. Wife bought a dehydrator because she wanted fruit leather (although I almost never get “leather”, instead becoming “chips”). I want homemade jerky.
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SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 days agoAnyone reading this, please don’t do this if you want jerky…just buy a dehydrator, they’re cheap.
Then use eye of round or London broil cuts…most deli places will even cut them thin for you.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hit up used restaurant equipment stores or check on used marketplace. The good ones new are stupid expensive, but used they’re reasonably priced.
simplejack@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I mean, you can do it, but if you have steak that feels like jerky after 30 min in the over, you just likely just created overcooked steak.
Oven jerky takes many hours and you should occasionally open and remove the escaping moisture.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The issue with making jerky in the oven is the temps. 99% of the ovens can’t get below 200, where most dehydrators do 160 easily. But you are correct, you can do it in the oven, it’s just not recommended and it uses so much more energy.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
You can fake it by setting your oven to the lowest temperature and leaving the oven door slightly cracked. I did it last winter with some flank steak and it turned out great.