Using this simple book, you will be ready to start making your own jerky quickly and easily. The Great American Jerky Cookbook contains 52 recipes for delicious jerky marinades and simple, easy to follow instructions for making your own jerky at home. This guide covers equipment you may need, including how to use your home oven for jerky makin'. It also covers the best types of meats to use and which to avoid. You will learn how to prepare and cut the meat for the most tender jerky, how to use marinades, how to dry the meat, how to test jerky to make sure it is done, and how to store it. The marinade recipes include: Good Ol' Fashion Jerky Teriyaki Jerky Pepper Hot Jerky Cowboy Jerky Barbecue Jerky Sweet and Sour Jerky Hawaiian Jerky Alabama Honey Jerky and many more.