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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