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Nesco American Harvest FD-1010 Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator
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Nesco American Harvest FD-1010 Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator
- 1000 watts of power dries foods, flowers in hours, not days
- Use for fruits, vegetables, herbs, jerky, granola--for camping, hiking
- Four trays included; expandable to 30 trays; 64-page recipe book included
- Patented system pressurizes heated air up through and across each tray
- Thermostat adjusts from 95 degrees up to 155 degrees
Product Description
1000 watts of drying power means you can dry more, faster. Patented Converga-Flow fan forces heated air up the exterior pressurized chamber, then horizontally across each individual tray, converging in the center, for fast, even and nutritious drying. No flavor mixing! No need for tray rotation. 1000 watts of drying power! Adjustable Electronic Temperature Control. Includes 52-page recipe and instruction book, 1 solid sheet, 1 mesh sheet, and 1 packet jerky spice. 4.5" Fan, 2400-RPM Motor, Adjustable Thermostat, 1,000 Watts. Dries in Hours, not days. Fruit rolls 3-6 hours, Beef Jerky 4 hours, Apples 4-6 hours, Bananas 5-8 hours, Pineapple 4-6 hours. Opaque Vita-Save Exterior (blocks harmful light). Expandable to 30 trays. No Tray Rotation, 1 Sq. ft. Per Tray.
Amazon.com Review
Drying apple slices in just three hours and beef jerky in four, this 1000-watt dehydrator is exceptionally fast, using a big, 4-1/2-inch fan to force air up through the drying trays' outer rings and across each tray. A thermostat adjusts from 95 degrees to 155 degrees for drying different items. Each of the four plastic trays is 13-3/4 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch deep—that's four square feet for drying fruits, vegetables, herbs, or flowers at one time. Additional trays can be ordered separately, and up to 30 trays can be stacked on this unit's metal base at once. A fruit-roll sheet inserts into a tray so that applesauce or other fruit sauces can be dried into healthful snacks, and soups and sauces can be dehydrated for camping trips. Beef-jerky spices and a detailed 64-page recipe and instruction booklet are included. The dehydrator measures 15-1/2 inches in diameter and 10 inches high, cleans easily, and carries a one-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack
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Nesco American Harvest FD-1010 Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator
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- Publisher: Nesco
- Label: Nesco
- Studio: Nesco
- Average Customer Review: based on 37 reviews
- Sales Rank in Kitchen & Housewares: #337
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Great Dehydrator 2008-08-13
Comment: This dehydrator works great. This is the only one I have ever had, so I have nothing to compare it to, but so far so good. I solved the noise problem by putting it in the laundry room and I can't even hear it in there. I have made fruit roll ups, dried tomatoes, peaches, apples, and jerky. They have all been great. It is a great way to feed children fruit because the fruit becomes sweeter as it dries.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Noise suggestion 2008-08-10
Comment: I have used the product for a few years making jerky, dehydrating fruits for granola, and drying wild mushrooms. So far, so good and I give 4 stars instead of 5 only because I would like to have a "fan only" setting without any heat.
Anyway, I decided to post a review because I just stumbled across a way to cut the noise down quite a bit. Sitting on the kitchen counter, the product is somewhat loud and annoying. But sitting on a milk crate over carpet, it is certainly less noticeable. I think that much of the noise comes out of the bottom of the unit and that the milk crate / carpet set-up causes much of the noise to be absorbed rather than bouncing around the room.
I needed and bought additional trays and screens and think these pieces of plastic are over priced. However, I'm still happy and would buy it all again.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Very Disappointed 2008-08-09
Comment: I would have given it a zero, if possible. I have a Harvest Maid dehydrator that I used for almost 40 years with no problems. When I had abundance of tomatoes this year, I decided to buy another dehydrator. This one looks exactly like my old one. When it arrived, I loaded up the trays with tomatoes and turned it on. It didn't work. No fan. No heat. I called American Harvest and they were very rude. They refused to send a replacement unless I paid for shipping the defective one back and shipping the replacement to me. Luckily, I called Amazon and they agreed to replace the unit at no charge. I am pleased with Amazon but not with American Harvest. I'll never buy anything else from them.
Tina
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The Backpacker's Best Friend 2008-07-25
Comment: This is the gizmo, with a change of number, that I've used for twenty-some years to prepare beef jerky and dehydrated vegetables for back-packing and sea-kayak expeditions. I imagine that other cheaper models being sold on amazon will work just as well - it's a simple technology - but this is the baby I know and love. I've got my own marinades and timings. Let me suggest just one, for jerky: slice flank steak or some other lean beef cut across the muscle fibers, about as thin as three or four credit cards; pound the slices lightly with a wooden mallet or rolling pin; marinate them in lingonberries with your favorite peppery spices and salt at least 20 hours in the refrigerator; dehydrate them according to the directions that come with the Gardenmaster.
In all these years, I've only had two failures. The first was a batch of dehydrated oysters. They were icky; my long-time hiking partner nearly shoved me off a ledge in the Ruby Mountains when he found them in our lunch pouch. The second failure was recent. I gathered all the just-overripe tomatoes from the same friend's garden and dehydrated them. The results were every bit as good as expensive sun-dried tomatoes, but they wouldn't serve the purpose I had in mind for them. With the presidential elections coming up soon, I wanted to have a goodly stash of tomatoes ready for hurling at fools who advocate drilling for off-shore oil that won't come to the market for fifteen years and who insist on ruining our economy further with quixotic regime-building in countries that don't esteem our values to begin with. However, with security at events so high, I figured a bag of fresh tomatoes would be too conspicuous. Well, the dehydrated tomatoes are not bulky and could be easily smuggled into rallies. The problem is that they can't be thrown very far or very accurately.
I guess I'll have to make do with going on an extended trek on showshoes in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in September and October, depending on dehydrated tomatoes for my rations.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: fantastic for the price! 2008-05-28
Comment: with the on/off switch and temp. gauge, i couldn't go wrong! this was my first dehydrator as i am a recent raw convert and it was well worth it given the amount i dehydrate and that i'm not ready to plunk down almost $200 for a professional raw foodie preferred dehydrator.
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