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