Does /ck/ dehydrate food?
I am considering getting a food dehydrator. I pack a lot of lunches and sometimes keeping perishables cold is not a reasonable option.
My biggest concern is noise. I live in an apartment, and do not have a garage. Therefore only 1 wall will be separating me from the dehydrator. How loud are these things? Can anyone recommend a good brand/model that is quiet?
I am not looking to dehydrate an entire cow, so it does not need to be super industrial size.
>>7767742
They're all quiet. Your noise concern is completely unfounded.
Also, do you have an oven? You can dehydrate food in there. You don't need to buy a special "dehydrator" unless you're doing a lot of volume.
I dehydrate food in my fridge, but it takes a while.
It sounds weird, but it's 100% true.
I have green chillies home-drying right now and have home-dried egg whites, chicken stock, various veg (cabbage, carrot, celeriac, parsnip, leek) various herbs (the only one I've tried so far that doesn't dry so well is herb celery) and jerky.
>how loud?
The ones I've seen, not very. About as loud as a fan.
I have that exact model (with only 4 trays or so).
It's very quiet. I dehydrate a lot of fruits and beef jerky. It's nice to be able to keep food for longer while keeping the nutrients inside.
However, my smaller model cost a bit under $200, so I don't know if it is worth the cost for most people.
>>7767768
what model is it? I just took a random image off of google
>>7767752
Not him but the fuel costs in my country would prohibit leaving the oven on overnight, I have looked into it for the same reasons as OP and dehydrators are very rare in my country.
We only got jerky in the last 20 or so years as a common product.
>>7767755
That makes sense, Heston uses the freezer to dry out his triple cooked chips to get them extra crunchy.
>>7767779
This one.
https://www.amazon.com/Excalibur-Dehydrator-5-Tray-Clear-Timer/dp/B00HVL0WKY/ref=sr_1_6?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1465571960&sr=1-6
Actually 5 trays. Its pretty good.
>>7767784
>Not him but the fuel costs in my country would prohibit leaving the oven on overnight
I find that unlikely. When you dehydrate food in an oven you leave it set on a very low temperature. If you have a gas oven then the pilot light is sufficient. You're not running it at full blast!
>>7767790
>You're not running it at full blast!
That sentence did not require an exclamation point.
>>7767796
Nor did that post require your reply!
>>7767804
Yes it did
