Finding A Food Dehydrator For Newbies

Food dehydrator use can be easy. However for newbies to food dehydration it can feel complicated. So how do you buy the right food dehydrator? Decide what you are planning to do with it if first. Then decide if you'll need 2 food dehydrators or not. Still confused well this article is going to solve your food dehydrator buying woes.
Now in the beginning I stated that you need to find out what you want to do with your food dehydrator. The first answer to the question I hope is dehydrate food with it and the socond should be one of the following. I am going to do a lot of food dehydrating or I am going to do a very small amount of food dehydrating. If you plan on doing a lot, I suggest a large food dehydrator with about 12-15 trays that can be expanded to 24 trays and it should have about 750-1000 watts of power. You if plans to dehydrate food are to only do a small batch every so often then you may need to downsize a bit and go with a 500 watt 8-12 tray capacity. Also for the record the trays are the circular disc that are very similar to shelves that you'll put into your food dehydrator.
The final step is to decide if you need 1 food dehydrator or 2? The answer to this can be as simple as the following. Are you planning on doing meat and fruits/vegetables in your food dehydrator? If you are going to dehydrate both I recommend getting two food dehydrators. The reason I say get 2 is because this way you can dehydrate both types of food at once if you need to. You should not dehydrate meat and fruits/vegetables together as the drying times will vary greatly and one food or another may end up becoming to dry or worse yet not dry enough. Thats not to say you need 2 large food dehydrators, simply buy 2 smaller ones for about the same price as a large dehydration unit.
Using the above steps will help you decide which food dehydrator is right for you and then you can compare different food dehydrator styles and sizes and find the one that is the right fit for what you plan to do with it. Buying and using a food dehydrator will never be easier.