I've become a JERK too. Just put my first batch in the Model 2. Mixed up some Grandpa Josh's and added a little Colorado Spicy for my spice combo yesterday. Went in between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning. Just getting out deer hunting and it always make me crave some jerky, so away I go. About 12# of some deer in the freezer that needed to be used up. I found out that with 4 racks in the smoker, I probably got a little more than half of that to fit into smoker. The rest went into the dehydrator. Using around 2 oz. of Hickory slivers in the smoker set at around 160. I will put on James Jerky dryer after a couple hours and back temp down to around 140. Will be real interesting to see the difference between the dehydrator and the smoker.