In article . com,
"Gregory Morrow" wrote:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

In article . com,
"James" wrote:

Picked up a food dehydrator for $5 at a thrift shop. Still drying my
first try. It's been on over 24 hours. Some are still not done while
some on the bottom tray are toasted. I couldn't slice them a uniform
thickness. Don't know if I'll get any more ripe tomatoes for a second
try It probably cost me a quarter a batch for the electricity. Can't
wait till next year's crop to do more drying.

Rotate the trays every 12 hours...

Move the bottom trays to the top and the top trays to the bottom.

Works well for me with Dill and Jerky.


What, are these two new guys you're dating!?

;-)

Cute.


Seriously, can't you also dehydrate stuff in an oven...???

It'd cost me FAR more in electricity!
The dehydrator I have is a convection unit and has no fan, just a hollow
center to draw the heat and dry air, and a small heating element in the
base.

Simple, easy to use and cheap to run.
It's no bid deal to rotate the trays. When I make jerky, I have to turn
the meat at 12 hours anyway so I rotate the trays at the same time.

It only takes 24 hours (or so) to make jerky....
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