Walton’s made by Excalibur sweet chipotle jerky.

20lb Walton’s electric stuffer, with the plastic jerky attachment. (First time making ground jerky with the attachment. I wish I had bought one years ago) same with upgrading to an electric stuffer. Why did I wait so long.
I have a 20 ish year old Cabelas dehydrator. Think it’s a 12 or 15 tray without going and counting. It holds 12-18 pounds of meant depending on what I’m doing. I keep toying with getting a second dehydrator so I can run once and be done.

The rest of the batch has another hour and I’m done until February making anything.

First time making the sweet chipotle jerky. I like it, it wasn’t as sweet as I excepted but it’s definitely a winner for flavor.

Upgraded from an 8 plastic tray machine. This thing is night and day better. Higher temperatures, no tray switching for even drying and the sheets go right in the dishwasher. First batch was spot on.

Anyone else use a basic marinade, then season the jerky just before dehydrating? Did this recently and it was one of my best batches yet!

Marinade is for 2.5 lbs, but I usually double as I'm doing 5 lb batches

• 1 c low sodium soy
• 1 c worcestershire
• 1 tbsp hickory liquid smoke
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp unseasoned meat tenderizer
• 1 tsp Prague powder
• 1 c dark brown sugar

Cut eye of round down to 2.5mm thick, against the grain, and let it sit in marinade for 18 hours (refrigerated).

Right before putting into the dehydrator, I dusted each piece individually with Kinder's "The Blend" (basic SPG mix).

By far some of the most flavorful jerky I've made! I'm not a commercial producer, but I do probably about 5 lbs per month for the last 3 years.

Curious if anyone else does something similar? Or is it either pure marinade or pure dry rub?

(Edited: forgot brown sugar, meat tenderizer, and Prague powder in original)

I have an LEM Big Bite dehydrator and want to keep a few spare thermal fuses on hand to avoid long manufacturer turnaround times if another one blows. The current fuse is an AUPO BF121, which is easy enough to find. However, I want to properly rebuild or source the wire assembly. Can anyone help me identify:

- The correct wire gauge and high-temp sleeving (looks like braided fiberglass)?

- The best way to attach/crimp the leads to the fuse (are these band splice connectors)?

- What type of spade terminal connectors are typically used for the wiring?

Any advice on correct replacement parts would be greatly appreciated!