drying Can I dehydrate in hot/humid weather?

[chillilover]

I wanted to pull out my dehydrator to start dehydrating some peppers but I can only dehydrate outside for obvious reasons and it's 90f out and 110F with humidity. Will it still work ok?

 

[JSKaiser]

should work fine. I live in Houston, and have dehydrated peppers in 85-90% humidity on occasion. Worked okay. Didnt really notice a change in the process. Maybe took just a hair longer than normal.

Can you set the temp on your dehydrator, or is it preset?

 

[Silver_Surfer]

Yup, it'll just take longer.

I run my dehydrator on the kitchen table. Luv the smell.

 

[chillilover]

should work fine. I live in Houston, and have dehydrated peppers in 85-90% humidity on occasion. Worked okay. Didnt really notice a change in the process. Maybe took just a hair longer than normal.

Can you set the temp on your dehydrator, or is it preset?

I can set the temp.

 

[Chili Monsta]

My dehydrator has been hard at it for the past couple weeks. The temps around here during that same time has been mid to upper 90's and humidity around 91%(whew...!!!)

I have run it both indoors and outside, and have seen a little difference when running it outside....where my drying time increased by about 3 or 4 hours.

My dehydrator has pre-set temp at around 110f

 

[LUCKYDOG]

I have been running mine in the garage for a while now it has been in the mid 90's and very humid in CT - it'll take longer but it does work I rotate my trays, I have 5, then seal them good when they are done.