I have found the best dehydrators at garage sales. My current machine is
a "Bee Beyer's Electric Food Dryer with exclusive AirOmatic Control". It
has a thermostat and has a capacity of 11.6 square feet on 8 metal screen
shelves. It's an all metal unit except for the glass door. It resembles
a large microwave oven and looked like-new when I bought it for $7. It
replaced a larger but less attractive unit I had bought for $5.
I'm waiting for the post Xmas garage sales to replace the food processor
I recently wore out. I want one of the French ones but won't go over
$15.
I usually use about 5 lbs. of eye of round ($2.49 lb.) for my weekly
batch of pemmican. I season with dried cherries.
Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin:A Caveman's Guide to Nutrition"