Tami- I think that's the difference between an oven and a dehydrator. My mom's is always more chewy than crunchy, she uses a dehydrator, and we use the oven. One of these day's I'll shell out the cash for a dehydrator.

We cut the tenderizer in half and that really lowered the saltiness, I HIGHLY reccommend putting some jalapenos in the blender with the mix, it makes it just AWESOME!!!!