Food Dehydrator

[raiyo]

Anyone have any experience with those? I'm looking into buying one for Kozmo, and for me to I guess. My price range is something under 100.

[Amy]

I bought one at Meijer's...haven't used it yet

[Suade]

what is that??

[pocketpit]

I have one and use it for pig's ears ect. Works great.

[raiyo]

I have one and use it for pig's ears ect. Works great.

brand? model?

[pocketpit]

It's a Mr Coffee brand dehydrator. I couldn't find any indicator of what model it was anywhere on the box. Just said it had a motor driven fan for better drying.

[raiyo]

Do you have to rotate the dry now and then? How much did it cost you? I'm thinking of getting the one below.

www.truevalue.com/index.cfm?a...

[pocketpit]

The only items I rotate or turn over are the thick ones. Most everything else I can just leave in there overnight and it's ready to go. The one you poseted a link for looks really nice. Mine is not that fancy looking and it probably cost around $30 if I remember correctly.

[Lizpitshb1]

You really do not need one. Just turn a regular oven to the warm setting, which is about 100 -150 degrees, and place the meat on racks, and it will work just like a dehydrator. I make jerky like this all the time and it turns out the same as when I have used a dehydrator, plus you can make bigger batches.

[raiyo]

You really do not need one. Just turn a regular oven to the warm setting, which is about 100 -150 degrees, and place the meat on racks, and it will work just like a dehydrator. I make jerky like this all the time and it turns out the same as when I have used a dehydrator, plus you can make bigger batches.

I dont have a oven. =( Do close the oven shut or leave a crack? How long do you leave it in, time/meat ratio? Do you leave the meat just raw and bake?