This is a home food dehydrator, rightly sized to be put in a corner in your kitchen and let it slowly dry foods for preservation purposes. It comes in silver and red, and you can buy it with either 5 or 8 trays. The video attached gives a very clear idea on how it is used.
When growing mushrooms, there are moments when you have too many to just put them in the fridge. In a couple of days, fresh mushrooms will go bad. Drying them and removing all their water is the logical solution. You can preserve them, improving and concentrating further their taste, making them available for weeks later, if stored properly in a dry dark place (such as a cupboard).
Apart from drying fresh mushrooms, this dehydrator can be used for a variety of other foods - fruits, vegetables and even to make meat jerky. It is important to combine foods with the same textures and consistencies. For instance, meats will take much longer to dry properly, so they should be done separately. It can also be used to make pet food.
Preparation is very important. Foods should be sliced in thin slices of about 3 to 5 mm, as shown in the video, to make the drying process properly and more efficient. The temperature and fan speed can be adjusted. A timer function can also be set.
This product is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
It is normal that placing foods in the lower trays dries much faster than the foods put on the top trays. Drying of certain foods can take hours to be done properly. From experience and usage, you will learn precisely, how long it takes and on what trays you should put certain foods.
If those lower trays dry, the foods, faster. just remove them from the pile and continue drying the rest of the top trays.
