Elk Shoulder: Making Jerky

Making your own jerky is easy and you can customize the flavors to be what you like without paying the high cost at the store. My friend gave me this elk shoulder and I saved a couple of roasts so I could make jerky.

I purchased the Excalibur dehydrator in 2014 and it has been a real workhorse. I've used it for jerky, dried fruit from my trees, fruit roll ups and more. Don't get me wrong, it is expensive, but I wouldn't want to go back to the stackable tray dehydrators that you have to rotate the trays. If you don't have a dehydrator, you can smoke jerky on your weber kettle.

Excalibur 9-tray dehydrator:


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