Nesco Food Dehydrator

The Nesco food dehydrator company has been making food dehydrators for over thirty years, and according to them, their patented food dehydrators feature technology that "dries your food faster and evenly." And it's true!

I've had my dehydrator since 2010... and love it! I like being able to stack as many trays as needed... more on that in the FAQ section below.

Shown in the image are 5 trays, but the starter model comes with 4 trays. A while back I purchased extra.

Frequently Asked Questions:

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Even Drying ~ From Top to Bottom

According to Nesco, you get even-drying from top to bottom because of their Converge-A-Flow® air-flow design. This is supposed to eliminate the tray rotation, but I still rotate the trays, anyway.

They also have a Snackmaster Square Dehydrator and Jerky Maker as mentioned in the "Nesco Dehydrators at Amazon" area further up the page.

Check out this FD-75A model over on Amazon.

Easy-To-Use Temperature Selector

The Nesco food dehydrator models have a temperature selector on the lid and are easy to read and use. But they're NOT digital.

The dehydrator fan is located on the top inside the lid,

There isn't an on/off switch on this Nesco food dehydrator - you just have to plug the dehydrator in and unplug it when you're done. More on that below.

Nesco Food Dehydrator:
Features Stackable Trays; Fan is in the Lid

I began with the Nesco four-tray model and purchased additional trays as mentioned earlier.

The additional trays come in sets of two - at a very reasonable price.

I was pleased that the new Nesco food dehydrator trays color-matched perfectly with the old(er) trays for a seamless stacking experience!

I also have solid fruit roll sheets too, more on these coming up!

Nesco Clean-a-Screen and Fruit Rolls Sheets

So for now, when only using TWO trays for the roll-ups until you have purchased more fruit roll sheets to make the stack of trays add up to four, add an empty tray (without Clean-a-Screens, more on those coming up) in-between the fruit roll trays and one more on top, so that you have the 'four tray minimum' for drying.

The Nesco food dehydrator company also sell "Clean-a-Screens" which are circular plastic mesh flexible screens. They have little half-round cutouts for your fingers for easy removal of the sheets—and that's great!

They fit neatly into the dehydrator trays and this keeps small foods from falling through to the trays below (as foods shrink when they dry out!) Plus it really helps in the tray clean-up department (as intended)!

Use Screens - Sticky Foods Clean Off Much Easier!

Also, any sticky fruits/foods clean off really easily from these dehydrator screens—which is their intended purpose. I just soak mine in the sink, then gently scrub away any stubborn particles, but honestly, it's rare that I have to put that much elbow grease into cleaning them.

My 4-tray model came complete with two Fruit Roll Sheets as mentioned above, and these are like the Clean-a-Screens because they fit neatly into the trays, but these are solid so that the tray's contents CAN'T spill or seep through! Important when pouring puréed fruits to make the fruit roll-ups!

The Nesco dehydrator company also offers cookbooks and Jerky Gun Kits.

NOTE: Some of you have written in saying that you've been using plastic wrap instead of the Nesco Fruit Roll sheets—word of caution here! Make SURE you DO NOT cover the center hole in the trays—if you do, you won't get GOOD air circulation and you'll mess with the motor and thermostat's ability to hold a constant temperature.

I'd err on the safe side and get more Fruit Roll Sheets - and they're quite affordable and are easier to use than messin' around with cling wrap...

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