6-Tray Stainless Steel Food Dehydrator by SousVideTools/Hendi | Touch Panel, Timer & Thermostat Control | Ideal for Drying Fruit, Meat, and Vegetables

I have been using a cheap plastic unit to make jerky for years. Fortunately, I dropped it last week and decided to get an upgrade. WHAT AN UPGRADE! QUALITY: The great build quality is instantly noticeable. Everything down to the satisfying clunk of the magnet catches on the door is top notch. Aluminium case, glass door, plastic is kept to a minimum. Very quiet operation. Nice and loud beep when you want it. EFFECTIVENESS: I mostly make beef jerky. I didn't change any setting I just turned it on. In just under two hours, I had 5 trays of evenly cured meat ready to go. They came straight off the trays with no effort and left little trace. For comparison, my old plastic dehydrator would take 4-5 hours to make the same jerky. I would have to check it every hour to turn over the meat and remove the bits that were ready because it didn't cure them evenly. CLEANING: I used the fruit puree tray as a drip tray. I also left a gap around the edge of each tray. After use I found one tiny splash on the inside of the unit, the rest was caught by the drip tray. The curing trays went straight into the dishwasher and there were no traces of residue to warrant further cleaning. Over time I think there is the possibility of splash build up on the back fan behind the mesh, but that would take a lot of heavy use to become a hygiene issue. CAPACITY: Three large beef steaks cut into 4mm thick strips only filled 5/6 trays. At first look the trays seemed small but because there is no central void for air flow the usable space is actually better than my old plastic one. If the unit breaks down in the first year I will report back but so far, so so good!

Excellent dehydrator for a great price. I love that I can adjust both the temperature and drying time myself. I also really like that there’s no plastic.

Amazing quality dehydrator. I use it to make beef jerky weekly, and now I run a small beef jerky side hustle business. This dehydrator is quite large, which is great as I can fit about 2.5kg of beef in at a time. Dehydrating is consistent and even, and batches yield the same results every time. It is great quality and I am very pleased. -update- I now own two of these.

I have recently purchased this to dehydrate nuts and grains. Am pleased with the simple settings and glass screen so can monitor the food. Easy to clea and robust stainless steel trays. Six tray drying capacity is perfect. The nuts taste great. Only wish it came with a leaflet/booklet giving guidance on dehydrating temperature and time length for the different foods that can be dehydrated e.g. nuts, seeds, herbs, meat etc. Had to research online.

I have been looking at getting a dehydrator for a bit but have only gotten serious about it in the last month. I decided on this one mostly due to looks and the price. It looks heavy but its not overly so, taking it out of the package I was very happy to see they included a more fine plastic mesh tray and a fruit leather tray (which I have used as a tray in the bottom to make clean up easier on quite wet food) and of course has 6 trays. I do seriously suggest getting The Ultimate Dehydrator CookBook by Tammy Gangloff. I also suggest watching youtube videos on dehydrating. Dehydrating is not a quick process and times are only a guildline for exsample banana's 10-12 hrs but depending on the humidity and how you decided to cut it it could be days also don't expect it to be just like what you get at the store as those go though a different process. Another exsample mushrooms can take 10-15 hrs and again it also depends on the humidity and how thick or thin etc you cut them.It's also suggested to blance some veg/fruit. I have dehydrated fresh apple rings,sliced tomatoes, peppers,peas, corn and carrots. You can also use frozen fruit/veg to dehydrate but again dehydrating time maybe different for you so please keep that in mind. With all that said I'm very happy with this dehydrator it dries my stuff very evenly thus far, but I do still rotate the trays. This also vents hot air which helps get rid of moisture cuz if you still have moisture in your food it is not going to store well and will go moldy. I also suggest you buy some glass jars as you will need to store your recently dehydrated food in them for a week to 10 days it's to watch for condensation, if you have condensation put the lot back in the dehydrator for a few hrs at the recommended temp which is normally 125f or 50c-55c. After the week to 10 days if there is no condensation you can transfer it to a plastic bag.

This unit is Huge! I love this thing! Stainless steel construction - none of you dodgy oriental plastics, just a large chamber made of metal. Long run times. Low and high temperatures in 5°C steps. Easy to clean. Only downside is that multi-temperature drying is a manual affair. You set a start temp, then have to come back and change it later if needed. Bought to dry the some of the food we started growing after converting our garden into an allotment - at the start of the 2020 apocalypse. Have used for ginger, onions, apples, bell peppers, and all manner of spices. Has coped admirably with everything I have put in there. Also comes with a drip-tray and one nylon(?) small-mesh sheet for smaller items. The airflow is low enough that dried food is not blown around the inside of the dryer. Don’t waste your money on a cheap (expensive!) pieces of plastic junk. Additional comment (10Jul21): Have had absolutely no issues with this unit whatsoever. It is used several times a week for about 10-15 hours, depending on what is drying. There is one thing to watch out for - if you have a 'helpful' partner/friend who is not familiar with the default operating settings - We had to go out during a drying session a few days ago, and not wanting to leave it unattended, I switched it off when we left. When we returned, hubby helpfully switched it back on for me without telling me. I was curing some garlic for storage (15hrs @35°C), but when the unit is switched on, it defaults to 10hrs at **70°C!** I caught it after only a couple of minutes, but just keep in mind the initial starting temperature of 70°C when you turn it on. It would have been MUCH BETTER to default to 35°C to save ruining anything that is heat sensitive. Also, it would have been nice to have the heat range go from no heat, to 70°C in 5°C steps instead of having a minimum temperature of 35°C. Extra Use-Case: I have since bought a second one of these and use it in my workshop as a speed-dryer for painted and 2-part resin-coated 3D-printed customer objects. I fitted a dust filter to the air intake and extraction covers to the exhaust vents. Works extremely well at this task.

Love this dehydrator! Used for drying herbs, mushrooms, vegetables from the garden. Drying time depends a lot on type of food. When filled with a mixture of herbs, it will take about 6-7 hours at 50C to dry them. Some herbs take longer to dry (lovage, celery, parsley), some will dry in no time (fennel, marjoran leaves). Also dried finely sliced onion and garlic. Dried these at 60C. Dried perfectly. It is a good practice to open and check the drying process. This way you will figure soon enough best times and temperatures for whatever you drying. I certainly recommend this dehydrator! It does the job! And its light and easy to operate.

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I have not used the machine a lot yet, only once to dry fruit, and twice to dry mushrooms. All in all I am very happy with the machine, below are my pro's and cons. Pro's - The six included trays fit a lot of stuff. - Operation is simple (on/off button / time left / temperature from 40 to 70C) - You can open/close the door while the machine keeps working - It works very well - It is not very noisy - It heats the room - I have noticed when drying mushrooms you can save some energy by switching it on say for 10 mins and then off for 10 and keep doing that for a while (you have to do it manually). Con's - The machine is quite deep and takes more space than your average microwave. - The surface underneath gets very hot - You cannot program temperature changes or switch on/off at intervals - It does consume quite a bit of power - You cannot switch off the beeping sound it makes when starting the machine.

When it is a dehydrator and not a freezedryer I will use it to dry fruit and mushrooms, maby herbs. I really hope it can be ysed for that.

An so einem Dörrautomaten ist ja nicht viel dran. Ein Kasten, ein Ventilator, eine Heizschlange, Dörrgitter. Das hat Hendi aber insgesamt recht gut gelöst. Optik: Ein schönes Gerät. Fügt sich gut in die Küche ein mit seinen Kontrasten von Edelstahl und Schwarz. Im Betrieb leuchtet die Anzeige blau, auch im Dunkeln gut erkennbar. Insgesamt gegenüber den oft hässlichen Kunststoffmodellen ein Gerät, dass man gut dauerhaft auf der Küchenzeile stehen lassen kann. Funktion: Was soll man sagen - der Dörrautomat funktioniert. Die Temperatur wird gehalten, die Aufheizzeit ist schön kurz, die Bedienung intuitiv. Wichtig: die Wärmeverteilung ist sehr gleichmäßig über den Innenraum verteilt. Ob oben oder unten, das Obst wird auf allen Ebenen gleichmäßig gedörrt. Das Drumherum: Als erstes - das Betriebsgeräusch ist nicht der Rede wert. Ein leises Rauschen vom Ventilator, das nicht im Geringsten stört. In einer normalen Dreizimmerwohnung in der Küche aufgestellt, hört man auch bei offenen Türen ein Zimmer weiter nichts mehr vom Ventilator. Über Nacht laufen lassen ist also auch für geräuschempfindliche Naturen vollkommen unproblematisch. In einem Meter Abstand habe ich mit einer App rund 57db gemessen. Eine übliche Spülmaschine liegt im Betrieb um die 63db, ist empfunden also mehr als doppelt so laut. Wofür man die Konstrukteure aber prügeln müsste, ist das Abschaltsignal. 20 mal ertönt ein nerviges Piepsen, wenn der Timer abgelaufen ist. 20x!! Das ist wie ein hochfunktionaler Digitalwecker, also sollte man die Dörrzeit tunlichst nicht vor dem Aufstehen enden lassen. Was richtig gut ist - das Gehäuse wird nur lauwarm. Das kommt aber auch daher, dass die Umgebung durch die zur Feuchtigkeitsabfuhr aus dem Gerät austretende Luft fühlbar geheizt wird. Das ist aber auch mit der Preis für die sehr gute Wärmeverteilung im Gerät. Weniger Luftaustritt bedeutet dann eben oft lästige Wärmenester im Innern. Die mitgelieferten Dörrgitter aus Edelstahl sind minimal unterschiedlich groß. Das sind zwar nur ein paar Millimeter, aber eine für das eine Gitter zugeschnittene Dörrfolie passt nicht so ganz auf ein anderes Gitter. Fazit: Um die 200 Euro sind schon am oberen Preisrahmen für die gebotene Dörrfläche. Aber die verwendeten Materialien und das schicke Design samt Glastür sind das schon auch wert. Für das nervige Abschaltgepiepse ziehe ich aber einen Stern ab, das hätte echt nicht sein müssen.

Super Gerät und sehr zufrieden damit. Habe es sofort ausprobiert und Fleisch damit getrocknet, nach circa 5 Stunden sah das Fleisch bei noch nichtmal maximaler Temperatur, schon richtig gut aus. Normalerweise ist es ein langer Prozess. Preislich etwas zu teuer, wer aber etwas langlebiges haben möchte, sollte sich natürlich solch ein Gerät aus Edelstahl holen. Von der Verarbeitung ist es in Ordnung, passt auch genug rein. Was ich hier noch anmerken muss ist, das dieses Gerät echt super leise ist! Im Großen und ganzen bin ich damit zufrieden.