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  • ND MikeN ND Mike

    My son really wants to make some restructured jerky and I just bought the attachment for my stuffer. What do you guys recommend for a decent dehydrator. I will probably do fruits and veggies on it too.

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    johnsbrewhouse
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    ND Mike Good dehydrators are really had to find right now, they are all stuck on ships. I’ve been shopping for a decent one. I use my oven right now, I have a convection feature on it that allows drying at either 140 or 190 degrees. I dry the veggies on a cheap Harbor Freight unit that takes way to long.

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      smokinbubba
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      LEM mighty bite 10 tray. I have the older model of this one and it is awesome. Holds 10 lbs of meat! Kinda pricey but worth it. Hardest part is storing the behemith

      If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy - Red Green

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      • ND MikeN ND Mike

        My son really wants to make some restructured jerky and I just bought the attachment for my stuffer. What do you guys recommend for a decent dehydrator. I will probably do fruits and veggies on it too.

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        bocephus
        Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Veteran
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        ND Mike The Sausage Maker has some that are good.

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          I am wanting to get something different myself but the probably close to 30 year old (I believe snackmaster American harvest) I have still works great. It wasn’t real expensive back then either. I have about 10-12 trays I can stack on top. . It something to get started. Was just watching a video and some guy was comparing his Excalibur to some cheaper Amazon dehydrators and his choice was one of the cheaper ones for the money

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          • johnsbrewhouseJ johnsbrewhouse

            ND Mike Good dehydrators are really had to find right now, they are all stuck on ships. I’ve been shopping for a decent one. I use my oven right now, I have a convection feature on it that allows drying at either 140 or 190 degrees. I dry the veggies on a cheap Harbor Freight unit that takes way to long.

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            ND Mike
            Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User
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            johnsbrewhouse thanks.

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            • Randie NR Randie N

              I am wanting to get something different myself but the probably close to 30 year old (I believe snackmaster American harvest) I have still works great. It wasn’t real expensive back then either. I have about 10-12 trays I can stack on top. . It something to get started. Was just watching a video and some guy was comparing his Excalibur to some cheaper Amazon dehydrators and his choice was one of the cheaper ones for the money

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              ND Mike
              Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User
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              Randie N thanks.

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              • B bocephus

                ND Mike The Sausage Maker has some that are good.

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                ND Mike
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                bocephus thanks.

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                • smokinbubbaS smokinbubba

                  LEM mighty bite 10 tray. I have the older model of this one and it is awesome. Holds 10 lbs of meat! Kinda pricey but worth it. Hardest part is storing the behemith

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                  ND Mike
                  Big Green Egg Team Blue Regular Contributors Cast Iron Power User
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                  smokinbubba thanks.

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                  • ND MikeN ND Mike

                    My son really wants to make some restructured jerky and I just bought the attachment for my stuffer. What do you guys recommend for a decent dehydrator. I will probably do fruits and veggies on it too.

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                    Deepwoodsbutcher
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                    ND Mike My husband got me a Cosori dehydrator for our anniversary this year. I’m really happy with it so far. Dried my herbs all summer long and made whole muscle jerky two nights ago. Turned out awesome. Will be doing restructured jerky soon.

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                    • DeepwoodsbutcherD Deepwoodsbutcher

                      ND Mike My husband got me a Cosori dehydrator for our anniversary this year. I’m really happy with it so far. Dried my herbs all summer long and made whole muscle jerky two nights ago. Turned out awesome. Will be doing restructured jerky soon.

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                      ND Mike
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                      Deepwoodsbutcher thanks! I will check that one out. I have never heard of that one.

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                      • ND MikeN ND Mike

                        My son really wants to make some restructured jerky and I just bought the attachment for my stuffer. What do you guys recommend for a decent dehydrator. I will probably do fruits and veggies on it too.

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                        lkrfletcher
                        Sous Vide Canning PK100 Team Blue Power User Regular Contributors Veteran
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                        ND Mike - I love my excalibur

                        Life is a Garden - Dig it.

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                        • lkrfletcherL lkrfletcher

                          ND Mike - I love my excalibur

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                          glen
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                          lkrfletcher I’ll second the Excalibur, bought it new 10 years ago and it was an older model even then

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                          • lkrfletcherL lkrfletcher

                            ND Mike - I love my excalibur

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                            lkrfletcher 5 tray or 10 tray?

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                              make one DIY by taking an element out of a toaster oven?

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                              • Ridley AcresR Ridley Acres

                                make one DIY by taking an element out of a toaster oven?

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                                smokinbubba
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                                Ridley Acres also a fan. Its very important!

                                If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy - Red Green

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                                • ND MikeN ND Mike

                                  lkrfletcher 5 tray or 10 tray?

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                                  lkrfletcher
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                                  ND Mike - 10 tray

                                  Life is a Garden - Dig it.

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                                    Excalibur dehydrators are tops in my book, I own 2. Mine are the 9 tray model # on their Excalibur’s site is 3926TB it has a 26 hour timer, and a thermostat on top as well. It is very affordable and IT GET’S THE JOB DONE!!! I have dried fruit, made granola, I do all my jerky & beef sticks on it (much quicker) I use a jerky gun and you can make 9 trays of jerky in about 6 hours, I also make my dog treats on it. I will tell you this I bought mine off of E Bay and saved about $125.00 on each machine, Excalibur’s web site is pretty pricy. You can also buy replacement screen inserts, etc. for the machine on E Bay at a much cheaper price. These dehydrator’s are the best I have ever owned nothing digital, or fancy, it simply does what it is suppose to do. Hope this helps you out!!!

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                                    • lkrfletcherL lkrfletcher

                                      ND Mike - 10 tray

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                                      lkrfletcher thanks.

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                                      • M mhighland69

                                        Excalibur dehydrators are tops in my book, I own 2. Mine are the 9 tray model # on their Excalibur’s site is 3926TB it has a 26 hour timer, and a thermostat on top as well. It is very affordable and IT GET’S THE JOB DONE!!! I have dried fruit, made granola, I do all my jerky & beef sticks on it (much quicker) I use a jerky gun and you can make 9 trays of jerky in about 6 hours, I also make my dog treats on it. I will tell you this I bought mine off of E Bay and saved about $125.00 on each machine, Excalibur’s web site is pretty pricy. You can also buy replacement screen inserts, etc. for the machine on E Bay at a much cheaper price. These dehydrator’s are the best I have ever owned nothing digital, or fancy, it simply does what it is suppose to do. Hope this helps you out!!!

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                                        mhighland69 thanks!

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                                          I have a 9 tray excalibur, bought in 2008, never and issue with it. Make jerky(ground and whole muscle), snack sticks, dried fruit, peppers, herbs. It goes down I will get another excalibur.

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