RONCO Food Dehydrator!

[Drummercook]

Hey all!

Just got back from my friend's tag sale and picked up her Ronco Food Dehydrator for 2 bucks!

So what can i do with this thing??? My other friend usually makes his own beef jerky, but uses a fan and air filters to dehydrate it. Could i just marinade it the same way and put it in the dehydrator?

What about my own herbs/spices/spice mixes? would they last as long/taste as good?

Any ideas?

[Katie E]

Hi Drummercook and welcome!

You got a bargain. I have a Ronco dehydrator, too, and really like it. Yes, you can make your jerkey the way you're describing. But let me give you a pointer on slicing the meat. It should be sliced very thin. To do that, put the meat in the freezer for a while - just until it begins to firm up. Then it will be easy to slice it very, very thin with a sharp knife.

Herbs are great dried in the dehydrator. I've dried my own green peppers to make green pepper flakes/chunks. They're good, too. I think the herbs taste better because they're fresher to begin with.

One of my favorite uses is to dry bread cubes for stuffing. I use the least expensive sliced loaf bread I can find. I freeze the loaf overnight and then slice it (4 slices at a time) into large cubes while it's still frozen. It will shrink quite a bit during the drying process. One 24-ounce loaf of bread will usually fill all 5 of my drying trays. I rotate the trays at least once during drying. In about 2 hours I have perfectly dried bread cubes.

I also use this same method to make croutons out of whatever bread I want to use for that purpose.

If there was no instruction book with the dehydrator, email me and I can send you a pdf copy of mine.

Happy dehydrating.

[pdswife]

I've only used mine to dry fruit so far.
Our favorites are apples and pineapple. Realllly gooood!

[Corey123]

Mine is the Nesco / American Harvest F-50.

It has a powerful fan that forces the warm air though it and the trays. It's a patented process called Converga-Flow.

Yes Drmmercook, you CAN use it to make beef jerky and to dry out sliced fruits and veggies.


~Corey123.

[wendyt112099]

I could desprately use a manual!!!

[jacquelynm]

Also looking for a manual, unable to find one on the internet.

[Katie E]

Jacquelyn, I just responded to your email. The pdf file of the manual is on the way. Check your email.

[Michael in FtW]

Here is the Ronco Food Dehydrator Manual ... it tells you how to use it and what you can use it for.

[uksocrguy]

i was wondering if you could please email me the pdf manual for the ronco food dehydrator. thank you so much!

[LadyCook61]

Originally Posted by Michael in FtW

Here is the Ronco Food Dehydrator Manual ... it tells you how to use it and what you can use it for.

I guess this is too old, link does not work.