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Food Dehydrator?
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January 18, 2017, 05:32:53 AM »
Anyone own one? Any thoughts on what kind fo buy? Dop they work? Are they worth it? Is a cheap one as good as a costly one?
Thinking of getting one for drying egg yolk.
(maybe not. I've already thought of reasons why this wouldn't be any better than the oven method.)
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January 18, 2017, 09:39:56 AM »
I wanted an excalibur, but then I couldn't justify the cost to hubs when I'm only regularly using it for dogs. LOL
I have this one:
http://www.nesco.com/products/Dehydrators/Dehydrators/FD-1010/
This is pretty much the same except digital:
http://www.nesco.com/products/Dehydrators/Dehydrators/FD-1040-Gardenmaster-Digital-Pro-Food-Dehydrator/
They also have a square one like the excaliburs but more like the price of a refurb. excalibur:
http://www.nesco.com/products/Dehydrators/Dehydrators/FD-2000-Digital-Square-Dehydrator/
I've had mine since 1/03/2016 and use it about once a month for almost 24 hours drying several batches of dog cookies. It will completely dry each batch of 3/8 inch thick cookies in about 6-8 hours.
Yes. It's worth it. Otherwise I spend a LONG time with both ovens on to dehydrate the homemade cookies. I try to make a whole lot of them at once now b/c I don't have the same personal time anymore, and I still end up having to buy treats a lot of the time.
But if you're going to use it ONLY for egg yolk, I don't think you'd want more than this Cuisinart b/c I doubt it would take as long at all. I wouldn't bother with the cabinet space being taken up just for egg yolk.
I've had 2 of these Cuisinarts. (One quit working, company replaced it. The other quit working. Frustration made me give up.) Average time was 2 months each. The cuisinart site says it's now discontinued. Maybe that indicates I wasn't the only one with problems?
https://www.cuisinart.com/products/specialty_appliances/dhr-20/
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