If you have access to a meat slicer you can make your jerky with ground beef.
We mix the spices in the ground beef, line a baking pan with plastic wrap, press the meat into it and put it in the freezer until it freezes solid. Lift it out with the plastic wrap and put it on the meat slicer and slice it thin. Then use the over or dehydrator to dry it. It dries in less time also.

It's really good and easier to chew!