Kitchen Utensils for a Food Dehydrator

Jars

These are ideal container for storing dry fruits. Arrange the jars in cool dry place away from light.

Mandolin Slicer

It cuts strips and slices of equal size of fruits and vegetables. The equal sized slices are ideal for drying.

Knives

These are Useful for cutting fruits and vegetables inside the kitchen.

Cutting boards

A board helps in cutting items and prevents damage to table or countertop. You can buy either wooden or plastic one.

Balance

It weighs the fruits and other items. It is useful to optimize your trays or to calculate your return on drying.

Banana cutter

Peel the banana and place it on cutting board. It cuts the pieces of equal sizes without any effort. It is preferable to buy cutters where you can adjust the width of the blades.

Peeler

It removes the skins of vegetables and fruits with less wastage as compared to knife.

Vacuum Sealing Machine

Place the dry fruits in a bag. Now place the top of bag inside the vacuum machine. The sealer will remove all the air and it will seal the air tight bag. It will improve the life of your dry fruits. The only disadvantage of this method is that the bags are not reusable unless you are ready to cut the top of the bag and compromise with its storage capacity.

Cherry Pitter

It is very nice option to remove the pits.

Thermostat

It allows you to accurately measure the temperature of your dryer. Please check your manual on how to use it.

Programmable Timer

It stops drying after a specified period of time. It is very useful if you want to dry something in the night or when you are away from home.

Apple Corer, Mango Splitter and Pineapple cutter

These kitchen appliances are must for your dryers. This appliance saves time and helps you to cut equal length slices of these foods for your dehydrator trays.

Progressive Fruit and Vegetable Chopper

This is one of the best products for cutting and chopping food items inside your kitchen. Another equally good product for chopping is Chef n VeggiChop Vegetable Chopper. Both the items are available on amazon and costs less than 50 dollars.

Rolling Pin Rings

It rolls dough of uniform height that allows for uniform heating inside the dryer.

Yoghurt pots

Set of pots with glass lids that help you to prepare yogurt in your food dehydrator.