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Dehydrator suggestions?
« on: June 12, 2022, 05:15:00 PM »
Wanting to get into this. Mom does it a lot.
Got a bunch of cherries coming and the garden is growing.
Suggestions on what one to get or anything dehydrate related.

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2022, 05:49:41 PM »
Get one that is square or rectangular.  I've had a round American Harvest for 30 years, but it is round.  I have trouble replacing things that work fine, but it still irritates me.
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2022, 08:00:48 PM »
I have an Excalibur dehydrator and it has been great for about 7 years now.  I highly recommend it, and it is on sale on Amazon right now.  Not the cheapest thing out there,  but it does a good job.  You only need a timer if you might be doing jerky and need it to turn off while your out or sleeping.   

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2022, 09:33:38 PM »
What about this one ?

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2022, 07:17:34 AM »
It depends on how much you are going to use it, if it's just once a year or quite a bit.

I bought a new one for cherries and if you can figure out how to get them to not stick to the grates it will make the process much easier.  I cut them in half and they always stick bad.

Dried home grown cherries are the bomb though and worth the effort.

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2022, 07:21:21 AM »
It depends on how much you are going to use it, if it's just once a year or quite a bit.

I bought a new one for cherries and if you can figure out how to get them to not stick to the grates it will make the process much easier.  I cut them in half and they always stick bad.

Dried home grown cherries are the bomb though and worth the effort.
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I haven’t done cherries yet but I have a problem with stuff sticking pretty often. I’m definitely a novice at this though. I got a MEAT! 10 tray and it seems really nice and I like it. Little big for how much I’ve used it though. Would rather have a freeze dryer I think but those are spendy.
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2022, 09:59:08 AM »
My air fryer doubles as a dehydrator for small batches
You could probably find one at a thrift store or used on line for $20
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2022, 10:33:09 AM »
It depends on how much you are going to use it, if it's just once a year or quite a bit.

I bought a new one for cherries and if you can figure out how to get them to not stick to the grates it will make the process much easier.  I cut them in half and they always stick bad.

Dried home grown cherries are the bomb though and worth the effort.

Wouldn't a little spritz of PAM or the like on the grates help alleviate that?

I have the Cabelas one pictured above, I do a big batch of jerky about every 2 months and it does a decent job. I dried apples last fall in it and it dried them very well and fast.
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2022, 10:35:05 AM »
I got my wife a Meat brand 6 tray Dehydrator a few years ago that she really loves. Makes the kids fruit leathers and all sorts of dried fruits.

Her dad got us a Cuisinart airfryer/toaster oven/dehydrator combo last year and its nice but the Meat brand seems to hit lower temps with better air flow.

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2022, 11:57:46 AM »
I have 2 of these and work great for everything.
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2022, 04:48:50 PM »
It depends on how much you are going to use it, if it's just once a year or quite a bit.

I bought a new one for cherries and if you can figure out how to get them to not stick to the grates it will make the process much easier.  I cut them in half and they always stick bad.

Dried home grown cherries are the bomb though and worth the effort.
:yeah:
I haven’t done cherries yet but I have a problem with stuff sticking pretty often. I’m definitely a novice at this though. I got a MEAT! 10 tray and it seems really nice and I like it. Little big for how much I’ve used it though. Would rather have a freeze dryer I think but those are spendy.

I just saw those this morning. Kind of wanted to try it

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2022, 08:56:45 PM »
This one?

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2022, 09:07:34 PM »
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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2022, 09:16:02 AM »
I have an Excalibur dehydrator and it has been great for about 7 years now.  I highly recommend it, and it is on sale on Amazon right now.  Not the cheapest thing out there,  but it does a good job.  You only need a timer if you might be doing jerky and need it to turn off while your out or sleeping.   

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2022, 09:59:13 PM »
Got the “meat” one today
Plan on doing cherries tomorrow

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Re: Dehydrator suggestions?
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2022, 09:07:27 PM »
Got a load of cherries dryn now

 


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