A common mistake is that it is as expensive as electricity to operate a food dehydrator. It is not true, even if dehydrators use of electricity, heating and fans for their work for longer periods, sometimes up to twelve and 18 hours.
Food dehydrators are used to dry various food products, eliminating the water in the feed. The water content of the diet is very high, typically between 80% to 95% for fruit and vegetables and 50% to 75% forvarious meats. To minimize dehydration, to follow the best practices dehydration include cutting food into 1 / 4 inch strips or less evenly spread throughout the food bowls unit to reduce the amount of food surface, the warmth of the group is exposed to and maximize the airflow.
Yet, even after dehydration best practices, a food drying may take several hours. One temptation is to try to accelerate drying time by increasing dehydrationTemperature. This is not recommended and can lead to food hardened, ie food, dry and hard on the outside, but moist and the water inside. Tempered spoiled food from microbial growth.
What dehydrators typical cost to operate? Obviously, the cost depends on the state and local area where you live, but in the U.S., on average, would be a 750 watt unit runs for an hourly rate of about 8 cents. Cost for the state, for now, for the same 750Watt Unit will vary from about 5 cents on the lower end in North Dakota, to nearly 22 cents in Hawaii.
A typical dehydrator can be run for 12 hours. He lives as an example, assuming a dehydrator users in the U.S. state of California, a dehydrator machine will be used to request the cost of electricity to a 750-watt food drying equipment, for example, to appreciate 12 hours in a row. In this case, the cost of electricity would be about $ 1.21. In fact, most of the units in and out dried foods during dryingCycle this would be a maximum cost of electricity.
If the same user in California is about 3.7 pounds of apples $ 1.29 per pound, and dried apples that during this period of 12 hours, the user is about 1 pound of dried apples and dried apples have been the cost will be $ 4.77. The total cost for a kilo of apples, homemade dry would be about $ 5.98. This costs homemade against a well-known national brand of dried apples, which was recently sold toa large grocery chain for $ 2.79 for a 5 oz bag or cost $ 8.93 per pound. Savings for home-made dried apples, made with a purchased dehydrator, compared to the store - about $ 3.00.
Dehydration own dried fruit, dried fruit and jerky at home with the dryer. I am continually save money compared to store bought dried fruit and jerky and get a return on the cost of drying food equipment. You can also ingredients that go into your food (bought most of the businessDried fruit and jerky contain more sugars and salts) and make great tasting food.
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