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Nesco American Harvest 5-Tray FD-35 425-Watt Snackmaster Dehydrator | 
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| Brand: Nesco
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $41.99
Buy New: $34.00
You Save: $7.99 (19%)
New (19) from $34.00
Rating:  38 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 14.1 x 14 x 10
MPN: FD-35
Model: FD-35
UPC: 029517351009
EAN: 0029517351009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 425 watts of power dries foods, flowers quickly and evenly | | • | Use for fruits, vegetables, herbs, jerky, granola | | • | Dehydrate meals for camping, hiking, and other outdoor activities | | • | Patented system generates fast, even drying | | • | Includes five trays; expands to seven trays with accessory pack |
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Product Description
This unit features Nesco/American Harvest's innovative Top Mounted Powerhead that dries food quickly and evenly with superior results. Detaches to make dehydrator dishwasher safe for easy clean up. Fan-Flow Technology means faster, more even drying with no tray rotation necessary. Perfect for the beginner.
Amazon.com Review
Drying apple slices in just five hours and beef jerky in seven, this 425-watt dehydrator is exceptionally fast for its price range. Its patented hot-air circulation system ensures not only speed but uniformity, so foods dry evenly. Each of the five trays is 13-1/2 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch deep (the plastic dehydrator stands 10 inches high), providing more than 12 square feet of tray space for drying lots of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers at one time. Available separately is a two-tray accessory pack that expands the dehydrator to seven trays. Also available separately are accessories for drying fruit rolls, soups, and sauces and for making jerky from ground meat. Accompanying the dehydrator is a detailed instruction booklet with a drying-time chart for various foods and recipes for cooking with dried foods. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 Not a fire hazard June 14, 2008
J. Crawford (Pasadena, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very excited about my new food dryer, sliced up a bunch of zucchini, laid it out on the trays, pluged in the top and...
the fan did not come on. The heating element briefly glowed hot red and then went dark. So, nothing worked at that point but it was no longer a fire hazard. It must have some built-in fuse or thermocouple to disconnect the heating element if it gets too hot.
So, I returned this item and will get one that is more expensive and hopefully more reliable. If you're lucky enough to get one that works, hopefully it will continue to work for a few years. It otherwise seemed to be a decent design for distributing warm air across the trays.
 Very Pleased - Worked well for my mom June 11, 2008
Krystal A. A. Bunting (Trinidad, WI)
Purchased this for my mom and she loves it, we have another brand but this one unlike that one has the motor ontop so she's very happy that its arranged that way. She says it makes cleaning easier. Also she used it a couple times and said it works good too, we use it to dehydrate fruits like Pommerac and Mango (we're from the Trinidad (Caribbean). Good bargain :)
 Good Results from a Noisy Machine March 22, 2008
Phyllis Staff (Dallas, Texas USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
My garden produces lots of veggies and herbs! Usually, it's more than we can eat, and all at once we're inundated with good things that will go to waste if we don't act to save them. Because dried onions and tomatoes are so good, and so expensive, I decided to try drying them myself. Hence, my first foray into the world of food dehydration.
Our onions are bolting, so onions initiated this dehydrator. Pretty good for a first try! Here's what I found, what I liked, and what I am not so fond of:
Food should be sliced very evenly. If you're a skilled chef, this may not be a problem. Otherwise, get yourself a mandolin to insure even drying.
The machine does not distribute heat evenly throughout the drying trays, so food on the two bottom layers was browned as well as dried.
The machine gets hot. I should have realized that it would, but next time, I'll place it somewhere other than the kitchen counter.
The machine is noisy. I started it at night so I thought I wouldn't notice the noise. Wrong!
My onions turned out crispy after about nine hours. Even though some were browner than I prefer, the overall product appeared to be very good. I vacuum-packed them and stored them for winter use.
On the whole, I am pleased with the dehydrator, with the exceptions I've listed. I expect that, over time, I'll get better at drying produce and will save money and have better products than I could have purchased at our local grocery.
Three and one-half stars!
Thought it would do better March 16, 2008
Richard Kipper
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this product thinking it would save me money by making dehydrated treats for my 2 dogs( who are on an all raw,natural diet). After trying it a couple of times the cost was the same as if I would go to store and buy them.I also thought that this one is a little on the noisy side.
Awesome Device. March 15, 2008
Kyle Trail (Lees Summit, Missouri United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife and I talked about getting a food dehydrator to make jerky for a few years now. Her father has a Nesco (bigger model) and loves it. He's always got jerky when we visit.
Well, we have a toddler now and he absolutely loves dried fruits. So, we finally bought this model.
Its awesome. Right out of the box, I did some bananas and apples. They are great. We then tried some jerky from a beef loin I had in the freezer and it came out awesome.
We visited my father in law again last weekend and he bought us the jerky kit and we made some from ground sirloin and its great. Just ordered the two add on trays and four of the fruit roll up sheets. Already have the clean screens and love them too. Get it all. Its cheap, works well and you'll save a bundle over buying this stuff in the store.
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