Instead, using a method adapted from the great jerky enthusiast Alton Brown, we'll walk you through how to create pounds of stunningly good beef jerky at a mere fraction of the market price.

Read more: 10 Meatless Ground Beef Brands, Ranked Worst To Best Alton Brown's jerky tomato sauce requires you to rehydrate the jerky before adding it to the tomato sauce -- a fairly simple process.

Since Alton Brown is pretty much nerd-dom’s representative on food TV, I figured I’d have to tackle one of his recipes for MacGyver Chef. I chose a classic: Beef jerky made with a box fan.

Alton Brown — the television personality behind ... with bungee cords and air-conditioner filters to make homemade beef jerky. I spoke with Brown ahead of “Beyond the Eats,” a culinary ...