Dehydrater

[pc farmer]

That is a find. Congrats!
I don't dehydrate much and the circular unit my wife got me as her workplace anniversary gift does the job.
Maybe if I had a tray unit I would do more.

Like I mentioned we make a lot of jerky. We have 2 of them round ones and sometimes can't get it all on. I am doing jerky this weekend with and and will see how much more room I have. Plus these are supposed to dry quicker .

 

[SmokinEdge]

Like I mentioned we make a lot of jerky. We have 2 of them round ones and sometimes can't get it all on. I am doing jerky this weekend with and and will see how much more room I have. Plus these are supposed to dry quicker .

With mine it’s not unusual to see condensation on the bottom part of the glass door, seems normal. One other thing, because the heat and air comes from the back of the chamber, don’t forget to pull the trays about half way or more through the time and rotate 180* The back end dries faster than the front end and especially when the unit is really full.

 

[clifish]

I am running a 1970's Ronco, does the job but has zero settings. The one time I tried jerky in it was a huge fail. Does Ok for fruit and spices but not much else.

 

[uncle eddie]

I am running a 1970's Ronco, does the job but has zero settings. The one time I tried jerky in it was a huge fail. Does Ok for fruit and spices but not much else.

Ahhh - the RONCO!
I started with a convection-only (no fan) RONCO back in the mid 1990's. Had to rotate the trays regularly and also wipe out the sweat from the lid at the start of the dehydration to help speed up the process.

 

[sandyut]

Great deal! Now whats going in there first?

 

[Fueling Around]

Like I mentioned we make a lot of jerky. We have 2 of them round ones and sometimes can't get it all on. I am doing jerky this weekend with and and will see how much more room I have. Plus these are supposed to dry quicker .

I don't make jerky anymore. Used to use my Big Chief

 

[chopsaw]

I am running a 1970's Ronco,

That's what I had . Made a bunch of jerky in it , like Bill said , had to rotate the trays .
Element finally went south in it , and it got tossed .

 

[pc farmer]

Great deal! Now whats going in there first?

Beef jerky. We make a lot of it and always used the small round ones.

 

[sandyut]

Beef jerky. We make a lot of it and always used the small round ones.

Nice, I need to make another batch, ate 4 lbs since I got mine.

 

[JckDanls 07]

I have the Cabelas unit... Only use it for pork skin (pork rinds).. I need to change that and do some jerky.. I just can't get past the price of beef tho...

 

[pc farmer]

Nice, I need to make another batch, ate 4 lbs since I got mine.

Sometimes we go though 5 lbs a week

 

[pc farmer]

I have the Cabelas unit... Only use it for pork skin (pork rinds).. I need to change that and do some jerky.. I just can't get past the price of beef tho...

Yup. Everyone says why you buy beef since you raise your own beef. Beef only comes with so many pounds of meat for certain stuff.