NESCO FD-37 Food Dehydrator - Dry Fruits, Vegetables & Jerky in Hours

Dawn: even though there is not temperature control, this works fabu. I have made lots of beef jerky since i have purchased this item. It is easy to clean and use. recommend

United States on Nov 05, 2023

Brenda J. Kiser: I am very pleased with my Nesco. I had purchased a much more expensive brand and the Nesco is by far the best !! We raise different levels of hot peppers and dehydrate them and grind for spice to cook with. This dehydrator gives room without having to cut the peppers as much as other brands. I am very pleased with the space and time it takes to dry everything. We have done jerky and it was great, of coarse the clean-up is harder but I soak the trays in a tote overnight and they clean easily the next day !!!

United States on Sep 24, 2023

L. Remmelg: Takes a long time to make fruit leather.

Canada on Nov 07, 2022

Amazon Customer: Excelente produto!

Brazil on Oct 19, 2022

Katrina: I make my own beef jerky but had lent my original dehydrator out (same make/model) & never got it back. So I ordered this one, again, with extra trays this time & with both herb tray inserts & fruit leather ones. Great value for the price & reliable. No temperature control though, if you're looking for that.

Canada on Sep 03, 2021

Marsha Graham: This is my first dehydrator. I planted a wee garden this summer with lots of herbs and what not and have been dehydrating them for my own stock and use. Works perfectly!!

Canada on Aug 29, 2020

Arturo Valencia Milian: un año desde la compra y funciona como el primer día, una gran compra !

Mexico on Sep 18, 2018

Ajax Dahgue: I got one of these as a gift and had a grand time making jerky, chicken strips for my dogs (good idea since the Chinese started poisoning our dogs) and dried herbs from my garden. I even wrote my own jerky recipe that friends now ask for.
I used it for a couple of years and the motor gave out. Only complaint I have it that it is noisy as hell. Had to banish it to my shop in the basement to make stuff. A bit of a pain, but for $35 this is a pretty good buy.

When it died, i replaced it with the Nesco FD-80 square model. It is about two-and-a-half times the price, but well worth it. It is whisper quiet and holds a ton of stuff - six racks about 12 inches on a side, which means six square feet of drying space. I also prefer the temp control. This one here - FD37 - runs at a constant temp around 170 degrees F. The FD-80 has a control you can set from 90 to 160/

My conclusion is if you're tight on cash this will do just fine. If you can afford the extra cost, the FE-80 is like having a Lexus dehydrator.

Pros:
Inexpensive. works fine. enough rack space for small to medium size production

Cons:
makes a crazy-loud racket.

United States on Aug 28, 2016

trishaa: If you have a garden or fruit trees or buy in bulk, then this Nesco food dehydrator is a must in your arsenal of kitchen must haves. We have several apple, plum, pear and peach trees and although I can and freeze as much as I'm able to, I wanted another way to preserve what we produced. I had been reading about drying foods but was a little skeptical on the quality I would have. I purchased this Nesco as it had good reviews and I haven't been sorry I did. I did have a couple of trial mishaps to start with as I cut the fruit either too thin, which left me with almost nothing after it was dried, or cut the items too thick which made them never dry to what they should have and then tended to mold. The most successful item I have tried is, of course, the apple. I found that I didn't have to peel or even core the apple, just slice it, dip it in a fruit fresh solution, pat dry and then lay on the trays. It doesn't really take long at all to dry a dryer full if one is diligent about rotating the trays from top to bottom. I found a jar of apple slices that I had dried three years ago and they were as good as the ones I was currently drying. I experimented with a...

United States on Jun 18, 2015

A. Shrine: Well, I've never owned a food dehydrator before, so I have nothing to compare this one to, but-it's inexpensive and it WORKS! So I am quite pleased. I kept finding myself buying ridiculously expensive "cheezy" kale chips from Whole Foods (5.50 per small bag!) and figured if I started making my own it would be a hell of a better deal! I found some easy recipes online for vegan raw kale chips (I am neither a vegan NOR a raw foodist btw) and I have to say, the results were AMAZING! I have to share! So easy:
In your food processor (ok not even gonna lie, I don't have a food processor, I used a hand blender, but a food processor would work much better)1 cup raw cashews soaked in water for a couple hours then drained, 1 red bell pepper, juice of 1 lemon, couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast, sea salt, pepper. Mix until smooth, adding more lemon juice if necessary. In large bowl hand toss a bunch or 2 of roughly cut kale with your sauce, making sure each leaf gets coated,or dredged, if you will (curly kale apparently works best but I used lacinto and it was fine) place in food dehydrator overnight and in the morning you will have thin, crispy, delicious, healthy...

United States on Apr 09, 2012