Don and Rachel Matesz wrote:

> Does anyone have an effective way of cleaning the trays from a food
> dehydrator?  I have an American Harvest dehydrator.  The trays are made from
> a white plastic.  I have found it almost impossible to get the dark meat
> residue to come off the slats on the trays.  The trays don't fit in our
> sink. I tried the bath tub; what a mess!  :-o  Next, I bought a galvanized
> steel tub for soaking the trays and a brush for scrubbing.  Still....I can't
> get them clean.  Any secrets?  Do those of you who have such appliances
> clean the trays after every use or just every now and then?

You can get inserts for the trays, which are usually used to make fruit
leather.  They are a very smooth plastic, with a little lip on them.
These are perfectly washable.  I always use the inserts to make jerky,
in fact the American Harvester booklet suggested it.

Lynnet