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What are Food Dehydrators?

Welcome to "what are food dehydrators?" This post is about two of the best dehydrator brands out there: Nesco and Excalibur.

What Are They and How Do They Work?

Food dehydrators work by simply removing the moisture in foods with an air-circulating fan and a heating element. They have temperature controls ranging from 90°F to 160°F so you can choose the appropriate setting.

Food Dehydrator Fad?

Food Dehydrators have been around for a very long time. Read more on how they work farther down the page :-)

When I first saw them about ten years ago, I thought they were a fad and who on earth would want one of those? (Turns out, I did!)

Foods Can Be Preserved in Other Ways

Foods can be preserved by canning, freeze-drying, smoking, or DEHYDRATING. To me, the easiest method by far is dehydrating! The simplicity of it appealed to me more than anything.

For More on the Excalibur™
dehydrator on this site, click here
...see you over there!

Excalibur Dehydrators at Excalibur's website

Excalibur® 4-Tray Starter

Excalibur® 9-Tray Economy

Excalibur® 9-Tray Deluxe

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For More on the NESCO™
dehydrator on this site, click here
...see you over there!

Nesco Dehydrators at Nesco's website

Nesco®
Food + Jerky Dehydrator

Nesco® American Harvest Express
All-In-One Kit with Jerky Gun

Nesco®
FD-60 Snackmaster

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What are Food Dehydrators for?
How about Food Shortages?

But it wasn't through kitchen-gadget ads on TV or online that made me take the plunge—it was due to the very real possibility of a world-wide food shortage in the next 10 years or so.

If you read up on super-power China, and about how much US debt they own, and how China must sustain a double-digit growth rate... it becomes obvious that to sustain a country that has four times the number of citizens than the US, there needs to be enough food in the world to feed China... and the rest of the world. (I wrote that last paragraph PRIOR to Covid-19... which has obviously made the situation worse; plus the war in Ukraine—a country that provides fertilizer, world-wide.)

But, That's Ten Years Away You Say...

The reason I'm preparing NOW is because of the (continued) threat of inflation—or more likely hyper-inflation... or even home quarantine (again!) because of vicious viruses running rampant.

And what about the possible collapse of our economy?

How Inflation is Created:

Every time more money is printed by our government, it dilutes the buying power of the dollars that are already in circulation. It takes MORE of your dollars in your wallet to buy things now than it did six months ago. Who knows what the food prices will be six months from now? It all sounds a bit scary?

Yep. BUT, if the people predicting all this are right... I'll gladly start putting food away NOW, here and there, if/when it goes on sale—before inflation sky-rockets—take it home, dehydrate it, and store it! (Again, this page was written pre-Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine).

What's sad is that 'both sides of the political aisle' love to spend taxpayers' money.

Get Some Food PUT AWAY Today!

And if the people predicting all this are wrong? I'd rather look silly later on than be starving later on.

This way, we can help friends and relatives who did not prepare and thought that food-shortages in the USA just could not possibly happen! But it DID happen... Covid-19 took everyone by surprise.

Thanks for stopping by to learn about: "what are food dehydrators."

Susan Gast began Easy Food Dehydrating in December 2010. Read Susan's story of what sparked her interest in all things related to "food dehydrating."

She is featured on Mother Earth News blog, and on Solo Build It (SBI) who host this site. Read her first SBI interview, and her second SBI interview.

Since 1980, Susan's involvement in publishing - in one form or another - led her to create a "review site" of products related to the publishing industry. Visit ePubTechReviews today, also hosted by Solo Build It. Susan also runs her namesake site SusanGast.com on Solo Build It that showcases the books she has written since 2010.

Do you want to send Susan a quick message? Visit her contact page here. She'd love to hear from you!

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If you want to check out dehydrator reviews before getting one, then please visit Dehydratorjudge.com for in-depth "Best Food Dehydrator" reviews.
Also read a more about the history of dehydrating food on their website here.