With
modern food
dehydrators food can be easy dried all-year-round at home. Dehydrator
provides
automatically controlled heat and ventilation and drying generally
takes
less effort than oven drying, and it is less expensive.
The price of commercial
dryers varies greatly depending on the features they have like: size,
type
of heating element and other special features. Most households will not
need a commercial size food dehydrators unless they dry large
quantities of food.
Check
our online store, your local hardware store, farm supply, department
store, health food stores
or other catalogs.
When using food
dehydrators it is important to follow manufacturers instructions for
drying. The manufacturer's direction book usually contains
specifications
about the amount of food that can be dried at one time.The major
disadvantage
of a dehydrator is its limited capacity.
You can build your
own food dehydrator. It could save you money; you can build dehydrator
that suits your needs for capacity, but the design is not as
efficient
as commercial dehydrators.
There are two
basic types of food dehydrators:
Horizontal
- Dehydrator with horizontal air flow has heating element and fan
located
on the side of the unit. The major advantage is that several different
foods can be dried at one time, flavors can't mix, all trays receive
equal
heat penetration; and juices or liquids do not drip down into the
heating
element.
Vertical -
Dehydrator with vertical air flow have the heating element and fan
located
at the base. If different foods are dried, flavors can mix and liquids
can drip into the heating element.
