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[Canadian John]

 
 Just curious as to how long home made beef jerky will last under different storing conditions... Please don't include, I don't know as it's eaten up the first day.

[ScottWood]

I have some that I just opened last night from December.  Storage was in the "crisper" drawer in my fridge in vacuum sealer bags.

[BigDave83]

I have some pork jerky that is in a lock n lock siting on the counter and it has been out since made about 6 weeks ago. I did about 8 pound of meat up with a sweet n hot mix from Cabelas so it has cure in it and was done in the dehydrator at 160° for almost 8 hours. It marinaded in the fridge for 4 days before I dried it. I have done others that has been vac sealed and was good in the fridge or freezer for months some has gone over a year in the freezer because it got covered up.

[Ssteppe]

I don't use cure in mine, so I keep it refrigerated up to 4 weeks or frozen for several months.
I'm assuming cure and vacuum sealed would keep for months unrefrigerated.

[LowSlowJoe]

It depends on how much you dry it out , and I suppose if you use cure or not.

The suff I make, I wouldn't count on it lasting more than a  week without refrigeration. Refrigerated I've kept it a month without  vacuum sealing... could probably go several months in the fridge...

[slaga]

I don't use cure in mine. I just toss it in a freezer bag and throw it in the freezer. We eat it too fast for it to ever get freezer burned. It never lasts more than a month or 2. I don't really know what the true shelf life is but this works for my family.