Homemade Beef Jerky

We received a dehydrator as a late wedding (or eloping) gift and despite our excitement to use it, it sat around for a while. Finally about a year ago we experimented with making our our own jerky and it turned out great! It is so much cheaper to make it yourself than buying it too. Plus, when you make it yourself you get to add your own flavors.We've experimented making jerky using ground beef,