Dehydrator Recommendation ?

Knox Graham said:

Hello,

I'm looking for dehydrator recommendations, primarily for beef jerky but also for fruits.

I used my daughter's dehydrator some time ago, but it runs too hot and turned the meat into crispy
critters in just a couple of hours. There was no adjustment for heat or anything else.

A frost-free refrigerator will dry meat pretty fast, if you leave it unwrapped or wrap it in
cheesecloth.

Salt or not as you wish.

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Hello,

I'm looking for dehydrator recommendations, primarily for beef jerky but also for fruits.

I used my daughter's dehydrator some time ago, but it runs too hot and turned the meat into crispy
critters in just a couple of hours. There was

no

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adjustment for heat or anything else.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks,

Knox G.

Go to www.excaliburdehydrator.com I use the 9 tray-an older model. The newer ones have a timer on
them and will shut off automatically. All have a temperature setting. Mine has paid for itself
several times over.

From the research I did before I purchased it, the general consensus was that the circular
dehydrators do not dry consistently at the top of the tower as at the bottom, because the element
was at the bottom. The Excalibur models have the heating element and the fan in the back in the
middle. The machine is quite large, but weighs almost nothing. It comes w/the trays, plastic inserts
and teflon-coated sheets. When the sheets wear out, our parchment paper, they are quite expensive.
The teflon sheets are primarily for liquids such as jellies and making fruit roll-ups and the like.

An average load(4-6 trays) takes about 4 hours at 145degrees. You can dry herbs and such as low as
85 degrees.

Oh and, while it comes with a small book, get the Preserve It Naturally book, $25 and well worth it

I agree that the Excalibur dehydrators are great! I got lucky and picked up a 5 tray model at a
garage sale for $5.

How on earth do the trays wear out?

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Hello,

I'm looking for dehydrator recommendations, primarily for beef jerky but also for fruits.

I used my daughter's dehydrator some time ago, but it runs too hot and turned the meat into
crispy critters in just a couple of hours. There

was

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no

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adjustment for heat or anything else.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks,

Knox G.

Go to www.excaliburdehydrator.com I use the 9 tray-an older model. The newer ones have a timer on
them and will shut off automatically. All have a temperature setting. Mine has paid for itself
several times over.

From the research I did before I purchased it, the general consensus was that the circular
dehydrators do not dry consistently at the top of the tower as at the bottom, because the element
was at the bottom. The

Excalibur

Quoted message said:

models have the heating element and the fan in the back in the middle. The machine is quite large,
but weighs almost nothing. It comes w/the

trays,

Quoted message said:

plastic inserts and teflon-coated sheets. When the sheets wear out, our parchment paper, they are
quite expensive. The teflon sheets are primarily for liquids such as jellies and making fruit roll-
ups and the like.

An average load(4-6 trays) takes about 4 hours at 145degrees. You can dry herbs and such as low as
85 degrees.

Oh and, while it comes with a small book, get the Preserve It Naturally book, $25 and well
worth it

The trays don't wear out, the teflex sheets wear out.

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I agree that the Excalibur dehydrators are great! I got lucky and picked

up

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a 5 tray model at a garage sale for $5.

How on earth do the trays wear out?

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"Knox Graham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

I'm looking for dehydrator recommendations, primarily for beef jerky

but

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also for fruits.

I used my daughter's dehydrator some time ago, but it runs too hot and turned the meat into
crispy critters in just a couple of hours. There

was

Quoted message said:

no

Quoted message said:

adjustment for heat or anything else.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks,

Knox G.

Go to www.excaliburdehydrator.com I use the 9 tray-an older model. The newer ones have a timer
on them and will shut off automatically. All have a temperature setting. Mine has paid for
itself several times over.

From the research I did before I purchased it, the general consensus was that the circular
dehydrators do not dry consistently at the top of the tower as at the bottom, because the
element was at the bottom. The

Excalibur

Quoted message said:

models have the heating element and the fan in the back in the middle. The machine is quite
large, but weighs almost nothing. It comes w/the

trays,

Quoted message said:

plastic inserts and teflon-coated sheets. When the sheets wear out, our parchment paper, they
are quite expensive. The teflon sheets are

primarily

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for liquids such as jellies and making fruit roll-ups and the like.

An average load(4-6 trays) takes about 4 hours at 145degrees. You can

dry

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

herbs and such as low as 85 degrees.

Oh and, while it comes with a small book, get the Preserve It Naturally book, $25 and well
worth it