Nesco FD-75PR 700-Watt Food Dehydrator

Product Description

The patented Converge-Flow drying system ensures even drying, no need to rotate trays. With 700 watts of power food dries in hours, not days. The adjustable thermostat ranges from 95 to 160 degrees and provides greater flexibility and better results. Includes five trays but expands to 12 trays with LT-2SG add-a-tray accessories (sold separately). Also includes fruit roll up sheet, Clean-A-Screen. Contemporary Granite Vita-Save exterior blocks light and helps retain more vitamins and nutrients.

I love it - this dehydrator is a great value for the money. Without getting something significantly more expensive I couldn't ask it to work better for what I wanted. I have dried all kinds of fruits and made fruit roll-ups. I have not tried meats yet. The motor is not very loud and I just slice stuff up, lay it in there and let it work its magic!


This is the best dehydrator I have ever used. I even bought one for my grandson who loves jerky.


I researched for awhile before choosing this dehydrator. So far, I'm very impressed. It's fast and I like being able to choose the temperature. Unlike others who've posted here, I didn't want an auto shutoff because you need to check on food that you're dehydrating. The type of food, thickness, and fat content all impact the total drying time. Let it go too long and it ends up crispy. Turn it off too early and it ends up soggy or with congealed fat. Sadly, just two days after I received mine, Amazon put it on a Friday sale for $20 less than what I paid. Oh well!
**Update - Just an FYI - this unit is QUIET. Yes - you do hear the fan blowing, but it's about as loud as a small desk fan.


Most everything geared towards people who love raw food is expensive including the excaliber dehydrater which is a few hundred $$$. I chose this because I can dehydrate on low levels of heat to preserve the enzymes and vitamins as much as possible. I have had great success using this at 100-105 with all my fruits and veggies and my most favorite thing is the easiest of all to make (fruit roll ups!!!) .


I use this dehydrator mainly to make dried chicken and beef strips for my dog and dogs I board on occasion. I also make salmon strips for them. The dogs LOVE these healthy treats, it takes little over 5 hrs if fully loaded to get them all ready, and I know that there are neither preservatives nor other unhealthy additives that could cause allergies or even worse. Considering that a 15 oz. bag of chicken strips costs anywhere between 11 - 16 Dollar (and contains preservatives), this machine was "free" within 3 months. Works well for drying apples, bananas, sweet potatoes and herbs as well.

Comes with a booklet that gives you an idea about drying time. Suggested times might vary though, depending on how thick you slice the items. You will figure out the perfect time quickly though.

Even when drying salmon the fish smell is almost non-existent and the humming noise is not disturbing.


PRO:
Dehydrator is exceptional works great
CON:
Clean up of the shelve grids took 20 minutes, for 5 grid shelves even after soaking in hot soapy water for an hour.
You will need a very stiff brush with parallel straight brush lines DO NOT USE CIRCULAR, sponge no, fiber no, it took a stiff brush with 1 inch stiff bristles in a straight line in five rows, and that still took 20 minutes to get them really clean and there were still residue sections in the corners. The manufacturer did not seem to address this aspect of the dehyrating lifecycle. They should make a special cleaning brush with the bristles wide enough to fit in the openings but tight enough to scrape and clean the surface. You will see what I mean when you get it, this is not enough wrong to cause you not to buy one.

Apples were ok, jerky took a long time to clean up, so you have to make a trade off, either mop up excess marinade off of surface of meat before putting in hydrator (which takes away flavor) or plan on a long clean up afterwords.
You should be ok if you use a dry jerky rub mixture.

I cut the meat thick over a quarter of an inch thick by 1 inch wide, like thick bacon, it is ready in 4-6 hours depending on how dry you like it.

I prefer it a little chewy and soft, so that would be about 5 hours for five very very full trays.
6 or more will give you shoe leather tough if that is what you like.
Other than hard to clean girds the product is great.
The lack of a switch is not an issue, also I did not see that much difference in rotating up the trays in the vertical stack, I load and forget about it, it will take care of itself. I can do about 7 pounds of beef or turkey in one load, even when thick.




I am drying apples now and some beef is marinating to be dried in a couple of days. I've done pears, pineapple, strawberries and banana. It does a great job on all. Quiet machine. Very easy on clean up. Buy extra screens. What I like is the ability to create things to the crunchiness and taste that I like. I like my strawberries a little juicy - not as dry as a chip. I have yet to decide on a final perfect marinade for my jerky. Today's batch is in orange juice, soy, apples, cumin, curry, hot peppers, honey and molasses. No problem though, its all tasting good. I'm having fun and eating healthy. Will probably buy a second one when the garden is in full production.


this is one for you if your looking for a food dehydrator
Ive dried apples in 4 hours, not the days that the ronco takes.
Next will come trying some turkey jerky-- yummmm


it's more than paid for itself

I've dried pound after pound of venision jerky, homemade fruit rollups for the kids and lots of other sliced fruits and veg's

bought it for the jerky, works perfectly and makes the jerky in a little less than 6 hours... I've sliced hams/roasts and also used the jerky gun with ground venision, it makes perfect jerky everytime

I'm extremely impressed with this product, thanks!!


I know others have rated this item high, but I didn't have a positive experience - I found that it takes wayyyyyyyyy to long for items to dry - I placed thin banana slices and after 30 hours they were still really moist - I thought it was this particular batch of banana's so I tried another batch - same results -Not sure if it was my particular unit - it's possible it just wasn't working correctly

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About Nesco FD-75PR 700-Watt Food Dehydrator detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #370 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Gray
• Brand: Nesco
• Model: FD-75PR
• Dimensions: 13.30" h x 10.90" w x 13.50" l, 10.55 pounds

Features

• Patented Converge-Flow drying system
• Adjustable thermostat
• 700 watts
• Includes five trays
• Expandable

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Oster 4716 Egg Cooker

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This is the easiest way I could find to cook eggs. I know, it seems easy to boil water and throw eggs in the pot, but then you have to wait for the water to boil, put the eggs in, wait for them to be done, dump the water, deal with really hot eggs etc. With this cooker, add water, put the eggs in, cover, hit the button, walk away and come back when convenient and you'll have hard boiled eggs. Eggs aren't necessarily bad for you, especially if you just eat the egg whites for the protein! :) Only downside: kind of hard to clean, but I find that wiping it with a towel or paper towel works best to take off the grime.


I have used this model of Oster egg cooker for 10 or 15 years. I have also used a couple of other brands. No other egg cooker product poaches eggs as consistently perfect as this one. It also hard boils eggs well.


I too am the victim of a this egg cooker which did not shut off and melted the top which fused to the machine. I was making eggs for Easter dinner and when I came in from outside the smell was horrible. I tossed the entire egg cooker in the trash as I could not even pry it open. I never thought about contacting them until I was going to order a new one and read other reviews where this appears to be a serious problem with this cooker. I purchased mine in late 2005 and only use it 2-3 times a year.....so this makes about the 10th time it has been used. I sent a inquiry to Oster and there response back to me was that it has a 1 year warrenty and since I can not produce the product there is nothing they will do. I can tell you I will not make the same mistake by buying this product again. Up until it melted, I would have highly recommended it as it made perfect hard boiled eggs. I recommended to Oster that there needs to be a safety recall on this product!


My wife and I love poached eggs, but my efforts at cooking them were never predictable - runny one time, overcooked the next. Although my first couple uses of the Oster produced overcooked eggs, I finally experimented by using just over half the recommended amount of water (I use enough water that the surface tension just breaks over the first ledge) and my poached eggs are coming out perfect every time now. My wife says whatever I paid for it, it'd be worth it!


I've been using this egg cooker for a month now and on the whole I like it a lot. For hard boiled eggs it's terrific. For poached eggs is just okay. It only holds large eggs and they're hard to get out of the cooker because the little handle gets so hot.


I tell you, on the days I use this little device--I lose weight. And that's because I have a couple of hard-boiled eggs around. Furthermore, they are easy to peel, and perfectly cooked, the yolk creamy and not dry. Once a week or so, I put my extra eggs into a sweet little bath of whatever vinegar I have a taste for, whatever spices, and enjoy pickled eggs.

And it's all made possible by this device. I have experienced no problems after several months of use, it is easy to clean, and it makes hard-boiled, soft-boiled, and poached eggs completely easy and completely fool-proof. I clean mine by holding the water well under warm running water (with the electrical end up and above the water flow) and run a brush over it, and any small eggy residue whisks right off. The residue comes from the fact that one pierces the eggs with a tiny built-in --tooth before starting the cycle.

Of course reviewers who said the finished signal should be more audible are right. It makes you pay attention.




This product makes it very easy to make perfect hard boiled eggs every time. Set it and forget it. The only downside is that cleaning after use took a little effort. I recommend this product to anyone.


This makes eggs just the way you want soft,medium,or hard. It is an easy appliance to use.


I'm finding I have to watch the cooking time very carefully. Poached eggs will overcook if I wait for the unit to shut off. Same with the hard boiled, I use a kitchen timer and am still trying to arrive at the correct timing, the water level suggestions have not worked for me. I'm confident once I get the timing down it will be great...had hoped this wouldn't be necessary. Also wish it had a buzzer to alert when finished.


I love my Oster Egg Cooker. No more watching the clock when I boil eggs. I just put them in the cooker and push the button. Poached eggs are easy and slide right out of the cups. I am very pleased about the product.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #470 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Oster
• Model: 385182
• Dimensions: 7.15" h x 10.20" w x 10.00" l, 2.67 pounds

Features

• Delivers perfect eggs every time
• Flawlessly cooks up to 8 hard, medium, or soft eggs
• Steam heat poaches up to 4 eggs at a time
• Cook and clean easily with non-stick, non-stain surface
• Automatic shuts off when the eggs are ready

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Krups 230-70 Egg Express Egg Cooker

Product Description

Boils up to 7 eggs (soft, medium or hard)

Dual switch for boiling and keep warm setting

Signal to indicate end of cooking cycle

Removable egg holder facilitates cooling under cold tap water

Dual purpose lid-use as a dip tray or serving tray

Lid and egg holder are dishwasher safe

2 poaching trays included

I have had a number of egg cookers over the years, and find that the Krups which I recently purchased is compact and easy to use. I have already used it to hard boil over 3 dozen eggs, and it has performed perfectly.


I love eggs.

Perhaps that's not correct. I love EATING eggs. I like them hardboiled, the boyfriend likes them poached. The problem is, I don't like babysitting a pot.

I recall a time in college where I had set some eggs a boiling pot of water and forgot to set my kitchen timer. Next thing I knew, I had forgotten my poor little pot of eggs and became absorbed in homework (yea, right... television), not realizing the impending doom of the evaporated water until the dry eggs started exploding in my kitchen.

Needless to say, an automatic egg cooker seemed like the perfect companion to my clutzy kitchen skills.

The problem is, the timer is just that -- a kitchen timer. And a quiet one (at least in my opinion). The device does not turn itself off at the end of its cycle. I've gotten a couple slightly rubbery eggs due to the assumption that the machine will shut itself off (much like my rice cooker switches to "keep warm" after the cooking cycle) and the low buzzing sound doesn't penetrate through the dining room and living room to reach my boisterous entertainment room. The buzz is annoying enough, to be sure, just not LOUD enough.

So, like the standard kitchen timer, I'll likely have to keep this egg cooker in the same room that I'm in, so that I can hear the alarm as it goes off.

Even so, it's still a good cooker. The boyfriend loves the poached eggs (since heaven knows I don't know how to cook them right), and I love not having to fish the eggs out of boiling water right on time. You still do have to babysit the timer, and turn the machine to "keep warm" manually after the alarm sounds, but it's still better than being chained to a pot in the kitchen. At least now I can cook eggs next to my television without missing anything.


I have never been able to make a hard boiled egg with beautiful yellow yolks...until now. This small machine is so easy to use and makes beautiful eggs every time. I do not use the warm setting as I think it will cook the eggs longer; as soon as the buzzer goes off, I remove the eggs from the machine and run them under cool water or put them in the fridge. The eggs are also much easier to peel than traditionally cooked eggs. All in all - this product is wonderful!


This egg cooker provides a convenient means of cooking eggs properly, something that should be easy on a stove top but usually isn't. This cooker tends to cook eggs a little more that the instructions suggest. If you want a soft-boiled egg, go with the measurements for really soft eggs and you'll get medium soft. The little poaching trays work really well, but once again go easy on the estimate for cooking time. Two things: Both times I've hard-boiled eggs, one of them has broken. Also, piercing the shell before hard boiling the eggs as instructed does not prevent a slight greening of the yolks (and I was using really fresh, free-range eggs). Since this is the first one of these things I've had, I can't compare it with anything.


The Krups Egg Express is just what the name implies. It cooks perfect eggs every time...quickly and easily. I am not sure how it does it...but it does. Thanks to this little cooker I enjoy eggs a lot more often during the busy work week because they are so easy to cook with this cooker. Just measure out the right amount of water with the included measuring "tube", turn it on and wait for the buzzer...Voila! Breakfast! I highly recommend this cooker to anyone who likes boiled and/or poached eggs! It would make a great gift too!


This is a decent egg cooker... I guess. It only loused up the eggs a couple of times. Unfortunately, it lasted just over a year... just like the one before it.
The switch is a little confusing. I'm neither used to nor like the European nomenclature with pictographs. How about "ON - OFF - WARM?" That works! I wish as much for the cooker. I'm going back to the pot.


My husband loves boiled eggs. We have had an egg cooker for nearly 30 years. Gee, they've been around that long? Yup.

We've had about 4 different cookers over the years, and this one is probably the best. The only drawback to this one is that it only holds 7 eggs. We have had at least one that held 8 eggs.

We like the see-through cover. We like the little handle on the side of the egg basket, sturdiest one we ever had. We like the loud buzzer to let you know the eggs are done. You can definitely hear that one at the other end of our little house.

My husband doesn't like poached eggs, and we have an actual separate pan for that, so I can't say anything about the egg cooker's poached eggs. We have had the cooker for a year or two now, and it is still running great. Every few months I soak the base with vinegar to clean the mineral deposits out, and then it is like new again.


I needed a replacement egg cooker to replace an old Oster unit after I had melted the plastic lid. I searched in vain for one in stores and ended up going online. This one had fairly good reviews at a fair price; the unit arrived as advertised - even more compact and better nesting for storage than my old unit. I'm back to cooking soft- and hard-boiled eggs quickly and consistently - something I can't do with a pot of boiling water. I haven't tried to cook poached eggs. It is all plastic with some sort of non-stick coating on the cooking surface.

Pluses: I like that you can wrap the cord into the base. The buzzer signaling the end of cooking cycle is nice - the old Oster I had would just click off quietly and you wouldn't know it was finished.

Minus: Only one. The power switch has 3 positions - 'Warming' (left position), 'Off' (center position) and 'Cooking' (right position). These are marked, not with words, but with some sort of international symbol that, to me, do not clearly describe the result. To top it off, when switched to 'warming', the pan will get hot enough to boil water and cook an egg, but cooking is slower, there won't be a buzzer signalling that cooking is done and, like an Easter egg, you won't know what you're going to get until you open the egg. I've had just one mistake and after re-reading the directions, I haven't been confused since. I would buy this model as a gift - I might and just keep it as a spare...


The Krups egg cooker works great! It's fast, makes perfect hard-boiled eggs every time, and has a buzzer to let you know when the eggs are done. It is very easy to clean, too--just wipe it out with a moist cloth. The plastic parts are dishwasher safe. I have only used it a couple of times but it does just what it says it would. Also it is small so it fits on the counter almost any place.I don't eat pouched so I can't comment on that feature. One thing I do have to say is that if you like your eggs ""HARD BOILED" then you just add a little more water(as if you had less eggs) and they come out perfect.Buy it YOU will like it!!!!!!!!!!


The Krups egg cooker works great! It's fast, makes perfect hard-boiled eggs every time, and has a loud buzzer to let you know when the eggs are done. It also has the "keep warm" feature which keeps the eggs warm but does not cause them to become rubbery. It is very easy to clean, too--just wipe it out with a moist cloth. The plastic parts are dishwasher safe. We use it almost every day.
We have never used it for poached eggs so can't comment on that feature.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #501 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Krups
• Model: 230-70
• Dimensions: 5.50" h x 6.40" w x 7.70" l, 1.14 pounds

Features

• Boils up to seven eggs
• Two poaching trays included
• Dual switch for boiling and keeping warm
• Timer to indicate end of cooking
• Water level indicator and egg piercer included

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Chef's Choice 610 Premium Electric Food Slicer

Product Description

Edgecraft 610 chefs Choice Premium Powered Food Slicer

I wish I had gotten one of these a long time ago. I have only used it for slicing bread so far, but am looking forward to slicing beef for bulgogi and other meats for sandwiches. I now only buy unsliced bread and slice it as we need it. I love the dial for changing the thickness and cleaning it has not been an issue yet. Very happy with this purchase.


OK for light duty but throw a roast on there and it gets a work out as well as you do. Does clean up very well and slices veggies great! Maybe I'll splurge and get the other blade. Pit Beef was a hassle. Meat kept going under blade and not cutting. Haven't even tried cheese yet.


Good product but little slow. Don't think that you will have the same speed they have at the deli, bu it does the job and this is what counts.


We make bread in a bread making machine and really hated the poor job we did trying to slice properly with hand or electric knives so that is the primary purpose we bought the machine.
The control is easily adjustable and the bread slices very well, the only drawback is that as the cut is finished, the edge of the bread can get snagged by the cutter and caught, forcing you to apply a little pressure on the bread to get it to release, if the bread is still warm care has to be taken not to rip the bread as you finish.
There is quite a bit of clean up even with a tray as the crumbs tend to scatter, have a good work area to make it easy to clean up.


After reading the reviews here on Amazon.com, I decided to purchase this unit. I had seen it slightly cheaper somewhere else, but thought I'd go with amazon. I was all ready to purchase another unit, but nearly every reviewer complained about the time it took to clean. This slicer cleans relatively quickly, without too many tiny nooks and crannies to get juices and meat parts jammed in.

The motor was a little slower than I had expected, but maybe that's because the only other slicer I had ever operated was in a deli in NYC and that was obviously a professional unit.

There's a little flex in the support plate, so if you push a little too hard, the food you're slicing may suddenly come out slightly thicker for that slice or two until you realize what's happening.

I purchased this slicer to make it easier for my wife to make her fantastic cole slaw. Consistently thin slices of cabbage are dang near impossible with a knife. This slicer does it very well.

I would highly recommend this Chef's Choice slicer.


My husband loves this slicer, easy to slice and easy clean up, except to you have to unscrew the blade to clean it..but easy to do..
We rate this very highly....JK & MK,Florida. Chef's Choice 610 Premium Electric Food Slicer


I have used this Food Slicer for over a month now, and I am very impressed with it. The only slicer that I have ever been around that was better than this was a commercial slicer that cost over $500.00. I have cut pickles (across and lengthwise), tomatoes, salami, oranges, and even bread. I used a variety of thickness and of course, found that some items don't do well when you slice them to thin. This is definitely an item that will stay with us for a long time.


Being a big sandwich eater, I decided it was time to start saving money on cold cuts, not to mention getting all the preservatives out of my diet.
After a lot of checking around, I bought the 610 slicer. Right out of the box, it did the job perfectly.


excellent for small job if you like to buy big pieces of hams and turkey ham.


I am very pleased and somewhat surprised by how well the Chef's Choice 610 Premium Electric Food Slicer performs. It is a great product for home use. One of the best things about this food slicer is how easily it comes apart for cleaning after use.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #342 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Silver
• Brand: EdgeCraft
• Model: 610
• Released on: 2004-04-30
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.90" h x 12.40" w x 16.30" l, 11.30 pounds

Features

• Cast-aluminum and stainless-steel slicer with gear-driven, cool-running, high-torque motor
• 7-inch, multi-purpose, stainless-steel blade slices from deli-thin to 1-inch thick slices
• Tilted, large-capacity food carriage and cantilever design provide fast, efficient slicing
• Blade, food carriage, food pusher, food deflector, and thickness guide remove for easy cleaning
• Measures 15 by 10-1/2 by 10-4/5 inches; 1-year limited warranty

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