blackpepper, salt (not to much) and some paprika powder is great aswell.. or presmoking it before drying, and adding only a bit of salt..
I used to buy beefjerky quite regularly, and made it myself aswell (oven at 65-75*c for drying) and eating it the next day.
Garlic gave some bad experiences in my case...

They smelled like a 6 months old dug up coffin..
Sure, someone may one day kill me with my own gun.
But they'll have to beat me to death with it because it's empty.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.