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SALE Open Country® 7-Tray Food Dehydrator
- 350 watt motor
- Fan Flow Radial Air for even heat distribution
- 7 drying trays
- Dishwasher safe base and drying trays
- 2 spice and cure packs
The Open Country® 7-Tray Food Dehydrator is a workhorse unit that dehydrates your food in hours rather than days like most units. Comes complete with one-touch operation and fixed temperature. Makes up to seven pounds of jerky in one batch. Powered by capable 350 watt motor. Fan Flow™ Radial Air® provides even heat distribution around this unit's seven drying trays. Trays and base are dishwasher safe. Also come [Read More]
- 350 watt motor
- Fan Flow Radial Air for even heat distribution
- 7 drying trays
- Dishwasher safe base and drying trays
- 2 spice and cure packs
The Open Country® 7-Tray Food Dehydrator is a workhorse unit that dehydrates your food in hours rather than days like most units. Comes complete with one-touch operation and fixed temperature. Makes up to seven pounds of jerky in one batch. Powered by capable 350 watt motor. Fan Flow™ Radial Air® provides even heat distribution around this unit's seven drying trays. Trays and base are dishwasher safe. Also comes with two spice and cure packs. Made in USA of foreign and domestic components.
Manufacturer model #: FD28SK
For additional trays, call 1-800-288-4545
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I cannot find anything about the fan rattling... it is NOT quiet. If I bump the motor, it changes noise level, but never actually quits the rattling/ scraping noise. Is this a defect?
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You can hear the motor if the dehydrator is in the house so put it in your garage and make sure that it is level, it works well.
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Mines pretty quiet, i'd send yours backA:
Mine does not make this sound and is fairly quiet (just a low fan sound). I would bring it back.Answers
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The temp. in my unit got up to 160 degrees. All trays dried evenly without the need to rotate trays.A:
there is an enclosed heater and blower and it has a dial to varie the temperature setting up to 165 degrees FA:
Yes there is a heater and it is around 145 to 150 degr'sA:
Yes there is. Dont know the temp. Only on/off.A:
Yes, it gets to between 160 and 180 degrees.A:
Yes, this unit heats and based on my measurements today with a full load of jerky, the ambient temp inside the dehydrator fluctuates cyclically between 135 and 155 degrees on an hourly basis.Answers
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You can purchase extra trays. It says it comes with 7 trays however the bottom isn't really a tray so I would say it has 6 trays which will dry quite a bit. I can usually get about 4-5 pounds of meat dried at one time. You can put the meat or fruit really close to each other because as they dry, they shrink up quite a bit.A:
You can buy extra trays. I was able to make 5 lbs of chicken with the supplied trayA:
It comes with 7 trays and it holds alotA:
the unit is sold with 4 trays but additional sets of 2 trays can be purchasedA:
Just like in the name it comes with 7 trays.
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The unit comes with seven trays, which is its maximum capacity.Answers
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Yes and a order form comes with itA:
yes-extra trays come in sets of 2Answers
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No it's not loud at all {like a small fan on medium speed} Cooking smell just like if you where cooking a dinner.A:
It sounds like a fan and no, it didn't make the house smell like jerky.A:
the blower does make a little noise but it does not stink up the houseA:
It is not as loud as a range hood fan and yes you will smell jerky in the house but the smell does not linger.A:
The unit sounds like a quiet hair dryer. It will smell up area where you are dehydrating.
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it's louder than I thought it would be, but really not that loud at all. sounds like a travel hair dryer on low fan setting. the sound disappears into the background after a while.And your house will only smell like jerky if you are MAKING jerky :)
Make a batch of cinnamon apples and your house will smell very nice!
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Per manufacturer - Unit is not very loud but you will smell the jerky.Answers
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yes, i've done apples, grapes (raisins), pineapple, and bananas already, can't see why itwon't do peppers too.
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This unit will dehydrate peppers, however, for best results, most vegetables dry the best at temperatures between 135 & 145 degrees. The FD-28SK varies between 135 & 160 degrees. You just need to watch a little closer to see how fast they dry.Details:
We grow a big garden and also like to go to you pick orchards. What is the maximum number of trays you can put on the dehydrator?Answers
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It says you can go up to 30?A:
given the amount of air this dehydrator moves, I would not consider adding more trays to this unit. step up to the 500 or 700 watt unit to add more drying capacity.Answers
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It kind of depends how much you put in there and how thinly sliced. I did about 4-5 pounds of beef (1/4" strips) and it took about 7-8 hours.A:
I have been making chicken jerky and it takes about 8-12 hours. I did marinate the meat overnight.A:
I made about 15 pounds of jerkey at one time-using 8 travys and it took 11 hours. I cut the meat in 3/16 inch strips. Thicker strips will probably take a little longer.A:
About 7 to 8 hours depending on how much you do at one time.A:
I typically dry mine for 6 hours if I am going to use it right away. It's pretty moist still so I keep it in the fridge. I go 12 hours if I am going to take it out camping for a week.
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I got my dehydrator for christmas and have made a few batches of jerky. I have found that depending on how tough or chewy you like your jerky will depend on your drying time. I like mine tender, so according to the book I slice my jerky about 3/8", season overnight in the fridge in a gallon bag and I turn it over several times during refrideration. When i dry it, it usually takes between 12-16 hours. I hope this helps.Answers
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15 inchesA:
This is how wide each tray is measuring it directly across it. It is the diameter of each tray.Details:
Do you have to rotate the trays when using this.Answers
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NoA:
not necessary with the blower and fan and tray design.A:
I didn't need to.
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No, I have never rotated the trays and get good results every time. I don't see any harm in rotating them, I just haven't found it nescessary.A:
I rotate the trys every 1 1/2 hours.
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