TwistTie,

That doesn't sound good at all. I am trying the ground turkey for the first time tonight. Was the meat cooked in a pan before dehydrating?

My wife tried to make beef jerky using just an oven a few years back and had similar results. The highest setting on our dehydrator is 155 degrees F., I hope that will be sufficient.

The 2 batches of jerky we made so far did not get anyone sick.