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preservation Small dehydrator run
- Thread starter dragon49
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72 hours ? Seems a bit long to me. What temp you setting your dehydrator at ?
95 f, the lowest setting.
I've used the Dehydrator a number of times this summer and fall. The manual is way off with drying times, suggesting times way too short. If I adhered to the recommended times, I would have taken out a lot of wet food. Either the manual is simply wrong or perhaps my model operates at lower temps than the reported settings. Even at 72 Hours, sometimes peppers retain a drop of moisture. A few months ago, I kept a few trays of Yellow 7's dehydrating for 104 hours.
I've used the Dehydrator a number of times this summer and fall. The manual is way off with drying times, suggesting times way too short. If I adhered to the recommended times, I would have taken out a lot of wet food. Either the manual is simply wrong or perhaps my model operates at lower temps than the reported settings. Even at 72 Hours, sometimes peppers retain a drop of moisture. A few months ago, I kept a few trays of Yellow 7's dehydrating for 104 hours.
My 7 pot browns took almost a week at 95. You can rush anything but I have a method that I love and stand behind for perfects powders.
huh. Maybe mine is running really hot. My lowest setting is 105 and i'll get four trays dried in 36.
- Mega
- Mega
It could be running hot, I put my smoker remote thermo in mine to make sure it ran true. I also have one that runs hot but I use that for the final stage of smoked pods.
