Also remember dehydrators are designed to remove moisture from the products that you place inside of them.
Making snack sticks in dehydrator.
I wanted to explain that the meat setting of the dehydrator ensures the meat gets to an internal temperature of 160ºf but in the interest in overkill and good worker relations i not bake the sticks in the.
Meat grinding stage one.
Doing this to your snack sticks is going to make for a very dry product.
I used to stick the jerky directly in the dehydrator at this stage but a co worker baulked at eating my jerky due to salmonella concerns.
Be sure before you start that the meat is cooled to at least 30 degrees fahrenheit.
You will be looking for a final internal temperature of 158f and this will be difficult to achieve if your dehydrator oven only goes to 155f.
Cooking the sticks can be accomplished in the oven on a smoker or in a temperature controlled dehydrator that can be set to at least 160 degrees.
Meat grinding.
I start out low around 145 to 150 degrees for an hour then turn the temperature up to 170 degrees and continue to cook until the snack sticks reach an internal temperature of 150 degrees.
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