by: Susan Gast / Author, Blogger at Beesville Books, Bored Boomers, and a Food Dehydrating Fanatic!
Deciding how much fruit fills a dehydrator is not an exact science.
It obviously depends on what size dehydrator you have and how often you use it. It also depends on what size family you're feeding!
But for now, we're going on the assumption that you're filling FOUR full trays. I created this guide to help make that decision easier for you.
It helps to have a rough idea of how much fruit to purchase at the store!
My handy dandy guide helps you figure out how much to buy if you cannot afford to buy in bulk, or don't have room to store it, and prefer picking up your fruit on a weekly basis.
Maybe it's time to begin growing your own. But... most of us do not have tons of spare time to grow stuff or have room in our fridges and freezers to store it.
Before you go out and buy too much though, a little farther down the page I'll show you roughly how much fruit will fit on four dehydrator trays.
Please remember this is just a guide. It's not an exact science...
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The reason why I picked how much fruit it takes to fill four full trays is this: FOUR trays are the Nesco Dehydrator brand's recommended minimum tray usage.
If you use any less than four full trays, for instance only two trays, then you are not getting the proper air circulation necessary to dry your fruits properly.
Read more about Nesco dehydrators here. They have plenty of great accessories, such as spare trays (I purchased the four-tray starter Nesco); and they have non-stick solid sheets which are great for making fruit leathers.
The non-stick mesh sheets are great for stopping smaller pieces of food from dropping down into the tray below. When food dries, natural shrinkage occurs. Keeping the dried food on the trays means less stuff to clean up out of the bottom of the dehydrator, right? Right!
Excalibur dehydrators also have non-stick sheets for the same purposes I listed above as the Nesco dehydrator.
As mentioned in the dehydrator section, I do have an Excalibur dehydrator and a Nesco dehydrator.
I use the Nesco on a daily/weekly basis, and the Excalibur is great for proofing bread!
Now you know how much fruit fills a dehydrator and thanks for stopping by!
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