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Dehydrating Fruit - Recommendations, Please

house_cat — Sun, 02 May 2021 15:57:01 GMT

I dehydrated blueberries in my oven yesterday. It worked beautifully, but took about 6 hours at 225°.

I'm wondering if it's worth it to buy a dehydrator. I'm not really concerned about the cost, but I hate to bring anything into the house that isn't necessary.

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.

Re: Dehydrating Fruit - Recommendations, Please

RedTop — Sun, 02 May 2021 16:13:31 GMT

My trucker daughter wanted to order a high dollar dehydrator from Cabela's to make deer jerky. I eventually convinced her one batch a year did not justify that expense.

Unless you intend to dry a lot of fruit frequently, the expense and loss of storage space would make the decision for me.

Re: Dehydrating Fruit - Recommendations, Please

Nomore — Sun, 02 May 2021 16:29:46 GMT

The Ninja Foodie I have has a deydrate cycle. I know some other Ninja products have one. I've seen it on a toaster oven, too. Maybe you got something already that has a dehydrate function. I wouldn't buy an extra appliance to do just that, unless you dehydrate often.

Re: Dehydrating Fruit - Recommendations, Please

Mindy D — Thu, 06 May 2021 21:51:45 GMT

If you are only going to do this a few times a year just stick with your oven.

Re: Dehydrating Fruit - Recommendations, Please

Toppers3 — Sat, 08 May 2021 04:47:51 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
If you are only going to do this a few times a year just stick with your oven.

I was just reading about how well an oven can work for dehydrating various foods.