Author Topic: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator  (Read 1760 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #-1 on: March 12, 2014, 04:14:52 PM »
Going with 7 lbs. of whole meat jerky.

Recipe

Soy Jerky

Soy Sauce: 17.5 fl. oz.

Brown Sugar: 7 Tbl

Garlic Powder: 7 Tea

Ginger: 3.5 Tea

Insta Cure #1: 1.4 Level Teaspoons

Halford's Hot Pepperoni Mix: 2 Tbl

Liquid smoke: 1 Tbl

Slice the meat about 1/4" to 3/8" thick. Slice across the grain for super tender and with the grain for chewy or on a bias for middle of the road. I have better success slicing (with my slicer) if the meat is stiff but not frozen rock solid.
Trim excess fat from edges of the meat and weigh trimmed meat.
Mix all the dry ingredients together and mix well. Make sure the Dark Brown Sugar and the Ginger are not in clumps. Add the wet to the dry and mix well.
To prevent the slices from sticking to each other add the meat one piece at a time and stir to coat. Then place in your containment vessel and add remaining liquid. I used my reveo vac tumbler, you can use a freezer bag or gallon pickle jar or a Food Saver marinade container.
Roll the jar around on the counter a few times to evenly distribute the ingredients.
Place in the refrigerator overnight, turning the jar when you think of it.

You can use your smoker or dehydrator for this recipe. If using a dehydrator you have the option of adding liquid smoke. Just be careful as that stuff is power full.

Using the good stuff for this recipe


Going for a ride on the tumbler


All loaded up in the Sedona
Using 7 trays with both fans


Here if you click the picture you will hear the difference in noise from daytime use to night use settings. It really is not noisy on daytime use so I think I will just use that.


Be back in about 8 hours  ;)

« Last Edit: March 12, 2014, 08:33:45 PM by smokendevo »

Offline TMB

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11738
  • Toney, Alabama
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« on: March 12, 2014, 04:16:04 PM »
Send me some for testing when your done  ;)
Member #2
2 SRG's  (infrared)
1 BEESR (ele Big Easy infrared)
1 DC smoker/ charcoal SRG (infrared)
1 Infrared smoker (Home Built pellet smoker)
1 Grill2go ice (infrared)
Rec-Tec smoker
Weber Smokey Joe (Silver)
I HAVE AN INFRARED ADDICTION

Offline Las Vegan Cajun

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6246
  • Ralph in LA$ VEGA$
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2014, 04:30:18 PM »
Send me some for testing when your done  ;)

Me 2 ;)
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler
----------------------
Magma Marine Kettle, Camp Chef Single Burner, Dutch Oven Table & Denali 3X, Lodge Habachi, BEESR, WSJ w/GrillGrates, WSM 18.5, Masterbuilt Pro Smoker, Anova Sous Vide (X2), Traeger Jr, 12" A-MAZE-N Tube, PBC, LEM Dehydrator, Dorkfood (DSV)

Offline CDN Smoker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5297
  • Manitoba, Canada
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2014, 04:53:57 PM »
Your not taking long getting that new unit filled up ;D
"GO JETS GO"

MAK 2 Star #1351
Traeger Model BBQ 124, # 1106

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded. – Virginia Woolf (Usually misquoted as “no pictures, didn’t happen”)

Any mistakes in my writing is by Apple and I am tired of fighting with him as to who is correct.

Offline sliding_billy

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10565
  • North Texas
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2014, 05:50:04 PM »
Looks terrible.  Send it to me so that I can dispose of it properly.  :D
Custom Offset/GMG Davy Crockett/Vision Kamado/Blackstone 36"/Weber 22" "redhead"/ WSM 14.5" X2/Jumbo Joe/Pit Boss Copperhead/KCBS

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2014, 06:00:17 PM »
Looks terrible.  Send it to me so that I can dispose of it properly.  :D

LOL you know I have done this recipe lots and it always turned out very good in my smoker. The part about this one is the liquid smoke. I have used it in the past and was not impressed. I cut back on the amount suggested so hopefully it will turn out OK. If not I will send it your way  ;D

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2014, 07:17:15 PM »
So after three hours I am impressed with how it going. Drying faster than I thought it would. Going to have to keep an eye on this, maybe 8 hours is to much. Will see how its looking a few hours from now. Seems to be drying top to bottom pretty close to the same. Think thats the duel fan kicking in.  ;)

Offline CDN Smoker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5297
  • Manitoba, Canada
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2014, 07:43:51 PM »
Dang that's looking good ;D
"GO JETS GO"

MAK 2 Star #1351
Traeger Model BBQ 124, # 1106

Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded. – Virginia Woolf (Usually misquoted as “no pictures, didn’t happen”)

Any mistakes in my writing is by Apple and I am tired of fighting with him as to who is correct.

Offline TentHunteR

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6687
  • N.E. Ohio
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2014, 07:47:42 PM »
Looking pretty good. That puppy holds a lot of jerky.
<><
2017 MAK 1 Star General with FlameZone
Former Owner: MAK 1 Star General - 2014 & 2011 Models
Weber Performer with Stoven Pellet Grill Adapter
Modified Horizontal Offset Smoker
1986 Weber One-Touch Silver (a few dings, but still works)
Member #68

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2014, 07:54:37 PM »
Looking pretty good. That puppy holds a lot of jerky.

I'm pretty sure I could get 10 lbs. of raw meat in there since I only used 7 racks for 7 lbs.
It's how you place them on the rack and not blocking the heat from doing its thing. I learnt that from my smoker. You need air flow to dry.

Offline RAD

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4925
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2014, 08:25:36 PM »
this is looking really good and thanks for the recipe. I noticed you did not use any cure salt. I am still learning about cure salts and thought it was needed for the jerky process.
Love to cook and eat

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2014, 08:33:05 PM »
You are right I did not add that to the recipe, although I did use 1.4 Level Teaspoons. Just missed that in the recipe and thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Offline Keymaster

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4228
    • Keymaster Kitchen
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2014, 08:57:01 PM »
Don , I like to still use cure in my dehydrator recipes as it adds color and flavor. Looking good and looks like the frogmats fit perfect.

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2014, 09:05:28 PM »
Hi Aaron
Yes I did add cure to the recipe, just forgot to post it. The mats that came with it are not like frogmats. Should be interesting to see if they clean up as well.

Offline smokendevo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1214
  • Northern Ontario
Re: First Go with the Sedona Food Dehydrator
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2014, 09:22:38 PM »
Just checked it again. Put it on pause and pulled the top rack out. Than the next rack and so on. From what I can see so far the top rack is getting done faster than all other racks. Racks 1 to 6 seem to be drying the same.  Rake #7 being the top rake is getting done sooner. Kinda makes sense as heat rises. I will keep you updated as the beers.....  OH I mean as time goes on  :P