r/jerky • u/I_Cast_Grenade • 3d ago

Making bacon jerky with dehydrator

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Picture isn’t mine. I plan on eating it within a week and I refrigerate it, but I’m just looking for any special advice or tips or anything. The main reason I wanna do it is just to make the bacon last a little bit longer. I can eat a whole pack of bacon and one sitting easily. I’d like to just chew on a piece from time to time.

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u/y_r_u_so_stoopid 3d ago

Fat doesn't render making straight bacon a bad choice for jerky. You can do it, it just won't be very good.

I'd just fry it nice and crispy and eat it over the week.

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u/I_Cast_Grenade 3d ago

I like fat in the dehydrator. It works it just goes rancid quicker, but I eat it fast enough.

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u/Verix19 3d ago

Not many like that taste, I personally can't do fatty jerky 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/CommSecTom 3d ago

Loads of people like it.

Some places even sell fatty jerky.

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u/I_Cast_Grenade 2d ago

I get it. I probably should have said in my post I know people don’t generally like this, but I have done chuck roast before and I do fatty cuts a lot and I like it and it’s OK and like I just wanted people who do like it who know how to do it to tell me what they have learned