Nesco American Harvest FD-1010 Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator

Amazon.com Review

Drying apple slices in just three hours and beef jerky in four, this 1000-watt dehydrator is exceptionally fast, using a big, 4-1/2-inch fan to force air up through the drying trays' outer rings and across each tray. A thermostat adjusts from 95 degrees to 155 degrees for drying different items. Each of the four plastic trays is 13-3/4 inches in diameter and 1/4 inch deep—that's four square feet for drying fruits, vegetables, herbs, or flowers at one time. Additional trays can be ordered separately, and up to 30 trays can be stacked on this unit's metal base at once. A fruit-roll sheet inserts into a tray so that applesauce or other fruit sauces can be dried into healthful snacks, and soups and sauces can be dehydrated for camping trips. Beef-jerky spices and a detailed 64-page recipe and instruction booklet are included. The dehydrator measures 15-1/2 inches in diameter and 10 inches high, cleans easily, and carries a one-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 5.00 out of 32 reviews

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LOVE IT!!! - j.K. p3zak, Apr 26, 2008

I bought this for my boyfriend for Christmas and it was the best thing I have ever bought for anyone. EVER. We dry beans, peaches, apples, bananas, kiwi, pineapple, papaya, mango, potatoes, strawberries, jerky, herbs, and so many other things.

This has been the most incredible tool to have around -- through dry, cold winters where fresh fruit is out of the question, huge stores of dried items will doubtless help. You can do anything and everything with this, and your friends will love dried fruit assortments. You can make fruit roll-ups and so many other things. It is an excellent machine that we have completely fallen in love with.


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The Best Dehydrator - Julie Schauer, Feb 13, 2008

This is a replacement dehydrator for the one I had for 15 years. The only reason I bought another one, same brand, is because a heavy object fell on it and smashed the cover and damaged the motor. I truly believe that if this haven't happened, I would still be using my old dehydrator. I would heartly reccomend this dehydrator to everyone


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Excellent Product - Eirann, Jan 20, 2008

So far, I have used my dehydrator for jerky and dried fruit, and it performs wonderfully! It takes much less time to dry the jerky than other models I've compared. I'm very satisfied with my purchase of this model and would definitely recommend it to others looking for a great dehydrator. The extra screens are a good idea if you plan to dry fruits, herbs, and purees.


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We love it! - Sue Rizzo, Jan 07, 2008

My parents send us money from Florida every year for Christmas. We bought this dehydrator with the money, and now we are able to send them the goodies that we make. We just love it, even more than we expected to.


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exeptional product - Kenneth J. Mathys, Dec 31, 2007

This is the 2nd one of these that we have purchased and we are extremely pleased with it. It does what it says it will do. we like to dry apples and fruit. Thank you for making such a good product. We are using 16 trays and they work just right. KJM

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