Food debate: jerky dryness edition

How dry do you like jerky to be dehydrated?

  • Dripping marinade or juices off it

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • Firm but not requiring a ton of effort to chew

    Votes: 22 30.6%
  • Dry but still pliable requiring more chewing power

    Votes: 38 52.8%
  • It needs to snap when breaking pieces off

    Votes: 9 12.5%

  • Total voters
    72
My daughter just gave me a new dehydrator a couple days ago. My old one wouldn't make temp any more and it would take 8+ hours to dry jerky out. By then even my dogs don't like it. The flavor got dried completely out of it.
 
Which seasoning did you use?

I always use Hi Mountain.

I dehydrate then when I go to eat it I have been putting it in a Ziplock with a tablespoon of Teriyaki juice (sometimes soy sauce).

That's also a good trick if you got your jerky way too dry to get it to soften up a bit (which is how I discovered that trick to salvage some SUPER DRY jerky I accidentally made on year).
 
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