Several years back Sam and I took the plunge and bought a personal jerky maker. A lot of people do this, but oddly you don't hear about too many people making their own jerky.
This happens for many reasons, one of which being its very easy to make bad jerky, and even easier to get wrapped up in all the advice online. A lot of people will scare you into thinking you need to take absurd measures to avoid making bad jerky, when if you use normal food safety and common sense, you shouldn't have problems.
Sam and I have been producing our own jerky for several years now, and have come up with a variety of sweet and spicy flavours to suit our own needs. I hope that you can enjoy some of the recipes that we share here as well!