r/dehydrating

Still tasty but it’s almost crispy

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Today was a busy one - did my jerky prep! 8lbs of chicken and 4lbs of pork - 8 types of seasoning but it was premade. Now just waiting for it to marinate. Well won't ramble about finer details since your more concerned about how it will dry - So am I! Lol. Hopefully delicious and can't wait to smell it! Going to post more info in the jerky section if interested in the details. Thanks for listening

I'm learning plus really enjoying this dehydrator! So much faster than the old screens but picky. Maybe it's me - Lol - Guess it's better to not mix high moisture items with low. No real harm but did effect the time of everything. Do you think it's better to dehydrate lower than higher temps? Is taste effected or just mainly color? Only talking cents difference but just curious which way gives the best bang. Well snacking today - next tasty experiment will be meat. Any thoughts on leaving full cycle (ground meat) on silicone mesh or better to transfer after a couple of hours? Since it will be sliced pork and ground chicken mix I'm thinking - first two hours 170F then drop to 145F for the balance. Any thoughts? Recommended seasoning for chicken or pork jerky? Ordered a couple of Fire and Smoke brand to try - can't wait to get a spice grinder. Figure I can try premade then tweak with the grinder and hopefully home dried items. Well Have a great weekend! Looks like rain here

Hate getting older - Lol. Really like the thermometer I got to check the dehydrator - easy to read and good warranty! Was looking at the standard round oven ones but decided this spread out the scale better. I know everyone preaches digital but too expensive for random uses and I tried two versions last year for the oven. One arrived broken - the other was too random if it wanted to connect.

I know I can use the first paper as a template but this really sucks

I haven’t tried this before with my apples but I wanted them for some apple cinnamon bread mix I bought at Walmart this week… so I dared it. Half batch of lemon and half of these sugary babies.

Knew the second I put them on last night that I absolutely should have baked them. 😂

It actually wasn’t so bad. It looked terrible! A little vinegar spray (that I normally use for cleaning aquarium and pet items) worked wonders. Obviously, I knocked as much crystallized pieces out with paper towels before I sprayed it. Scrubbed it, sprayed it, dried it on repeat for about 15 minutes.

Definitely gonna buy some liners. Had been avoiding it till now. SO NECESSARY.

The smell though. Omg the smell was absolutely amazing. Definitely doing it again.