Does it dry meats to make jerky?
1093471
YES, this is the 3rd dehydrator I have had and by far the best. It dries evenly and works great.
1093472
Yes it did and completely noiseless. I loved it so much until the heating elements stopped working after five weeks. I threw it in the trash and threw out of my heart love to dehidrators
158739
Of course you can. I also had some left over of yam, and I simply sliced them and dried. It came out like yam chips. This thing will dry anything as long as you don't need them in one hour or so. If you are new with this, just make sure the bottom of the unit is clear when you dry something, and you won't have any over-heating like some reviewers complaint about. I have been using them (2 of them I have now) for over 10 years for various items from beef jerky to anything you want to dry.
1893229
No, also do not air dry them, some parts will rust. I spray the parts with cooking spray and plastic bag them. What helps when you grind meat is to put the metal plate, auger and blade in the freezer for 1 hour before use.
187714
It works sort of like a cake decorator. It is used to extrude ground meat and seasoning on to the trays for making jerky. I use it for extruding fruit pulp for fruit leather when not filling the whole tray.
487034
Maybe not raw, but I'd try with cut up jerky. You can make it at home by fridge-drying. :)
635824
I had jerky out of mine done the same day. It's pretty fast. It has a fan and an adjustable thermostat.
635825
Depends on how much you put in the trays, the thickness of the items and the density. We dry jerky strips in about 2 hours.
1129297
I have never used it to dehydrate meat but the manufacture claims you can make jerky in this.If that is your purpose I suggest you get the 6 or more tray model.
1438534
Hello God bless you! to be honest with you i have not tried that since i mainly more into veggies and fruits, but i did search for you and they said you can, you can also dehydrate beef jerkey. Hope this helps and you can also google it that helps alot.
1632461
It is Sometimes moist, however it does tend to be chewy like a dry jerky for the most part. Tastes good though.
1046047
Yes it can - the bags are not the best choice for this though. I use bags to marinate jerky and it works, but the hard plastic containers are designed for what you are doing. In addition, there is a wine bottle stopper that is sold too that might work for you.
1562638
I do, absolutely. Meat jerky goes on the highest temp, but other things, like herbs, fruits, and vegetables, use a lower temp. I personally only use the high setting to make chicken jerky for my dogs, but I may try some other things for them, like apples or sweet potatoes. Also, I would buy a set of extra trays, I always fill them up. If you like ground beef jerky, also get the gun. It's fun to use, and turns out something akin to a slim jim.
598108
I made bacon jerky with mine and it ran unattended for over two days straight. So, to answer the question, yes. Absolutely.
328025
I store my jerky in the fridge after drying and have stored it for up to a month. It usually doesn't last long enough to be concerned about the shelf life.
693319
I'm sure you could if it was moist enough. The design of the jerky gun is basically take the ground meat, pack it in the tube, and squeezer the trigger. Also the plastic is a bit thin so forcing anything through it could damage the gun or it's parts.
378415
It all depends on how thick you cut your meat, but at about a 1/4 inch thick cut it will do about 2lbs. How long it takes is somewhat dependent and how thick your marinade is and how long you marinate it; but the beauty of this dehydrator is that it only takes 3-6 hours to dry the jerky. I have used many dehydrators over the years of drying and have found this one to be rather nice (just made some cinnamon pineapple a couple of days ago).
2062650
Yes, you can definitely make Jerky out of them. Butler Foods (the soy curls manufacturer) has a new vegan jerky made from soy curls.