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 Nesco Dehydrator November 30, 2008
lola mola (los angeles)
Absolutely met our expectations! Our old dehydrator used one, 100 Watt light bulb and took up to 18 hours for two trays of beef jerky. We can now do twice the amount in 1/3 the time and clean up is easier, too. Bananas came out good, too. We're still experimenting...are very pleased right now.
Fantastic Beef Jerky November 30, 2008
mydogsnameisgunsmoke (So California)
I love Beef Jerky! I sometimes go thru a bag (8oz) in a day, and such a habit can get kinda expensive. Also the store bought stuff is rather tough sometimes, and different brands very greatly in quality. Frankly, some are down right awful.
I borrowed a dehydrator from a friend and made 2 batches. The first batch tasted very good, but they came out like little sticks of wood. The 2nd was much much better, but it was a lot of work as the unit had a bottom heating coil, and no fan/force air. I had to turn and rotate and pull meat off at different stages. Still it was a huge success and it let me know that Beef Jerky ala a dehydrator was the answer.
After a few days research, I settled on this make and model for it's top heating and fan blower feature, and I am very happy with the selection.
I've spent several days now making about 8 to 10 lbs of Jerky. Mesquite Jerky, Dry Rub Jerky (several of these), Honey Teriyaki Chicken and Beef Jerky, Pepper Jerky, Hawaiian Jerky, etc.
The fan really speeds up the process. 2 lbs of meat fills not quite 3 racks, and is complete in 3-5 hours.
If you love lean, high protein, delicious, easy, fun and creative jerky making, this is your next purchase.
Finally a tip. Whatever you marinate or season your jerky with will be concentrated in the final edible finished state. If you try some liquid smoke a little bit goes a long long way.
lots of space for drying November 23, 2008
Gail Petrillo (New Jersey USA)
I purchased this dryer to mainly dry herbs that I grow. It works great. It's relatively quiet and simple to use, which is what I wanted.
 Recommended with 1 comment November 19, 2008
cnhm (Florida)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The product works well for my purposes, which so far is dehydrating nuts. My only suggestion is that it should have an on/off switch. As it is now, the way to turn on the unit is to plug it into the outlet, and unplugging the unit turns it off. Otherwise, I'm happy with the product.
It's a workhorse! November 16, 2008
Dancing Bear (Elba, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I originally started out with a Ronco. It only had a heater in the bottom, took forever to dry things and you constantly had to rotate the trays and give them a 1/4 turn to account for the coil position. Pain in the bum... Finally it died and I replaced it with the Nesco. I have been using this for 2 years now, and I mean really using it. It has been running nonstop for the past three months now! Food dries quickly, evenly and consistently. You do not need to rotate the trays or turn them. Fruit roll-ups come off nicely off the included tray. The fan and heater combo really do a nice job with this unit. It is not very noisy, just a nice steady humming. I would highly recommend it!
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