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TZ-OH6 · December 5, 2010

I have a big 9 tray Excaliber (bought refurbished, less $$). What I notice that would transfer to any dehydrator is that if you are a gardener you need more trays than you have. We buy cheap apples in season, by the half peck(?) bag and I can almost fit the whole bag in, but I bring 4-5 bags home from the grocery store at a time. Peppers are the same way. If you are trying to stock up on chile powder for storage you want to process alot at one time to get it over with, and the peppers tend to ripen in a short period of time. My garlic is getting old so I will have to fill up the machine with that, and onions would needed alot of room too for a whole year's worth of dehydrated onions. I don't do tomatoes because I don't like the taste, but if I did, those would take a lot of room too.

December 5, 2010	#89
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 847	I have a big 9 tray Excaliber (bought refurbished, less $$). What I notice that would transfer to any dehydrator is that if you are a gardener you need more trays than you have. We buy cheap apples in season, by the half peck(?) bag and I can almost fit the whole bag in, but I bring 4-5 bags home from the grocery store at a time. Peppers are the same way. If you are trying to stock up on chile powder for storage you want to process alot at one time to get it over with, and the peppers tend to ripen in a short period of time. My garlic is getting old so I will have to fill up the machine with that, and onions would needed alot of room too for a whole year's worth of dehydrated onions. I don't do tomatoes because I don't like the taste, but if I did, those would take a lot of room too.