Operating instructions

11
Setting Up Your Food Dehydrator
Before operating your Dehydrator for the first time please be sure to completely read through
and understand the instructions in this booklet. Wash and dry the trays and any other parts
which will contact the food.
Stacking the trays
Before loading the trays with food it is a good idea to make sure that they are all aligned
right-side up by stacking them up in one place near the preparation area. The narrow side of
the tray always is the top. Trays have alignment arrows cast into the handle. The arrows (as
seen below) should all be visible on the top of the tray handles. Improperly stacked trays will
negatively affect the drying process.
Once the trays are all right-side up you can stack them in two different ways. Depending on
their orientation to each other, they can be set for thick or thin foods To change the stacking
height simply rotate a tray 180 degrees to change whether it is tall or short stacked. Refer to
the two photos below to identify the difference between these two heights.
Any combination of stacking can be used to accommodate the foods being dried. An
example would be some short tray stacking for banana chips and some tall stacking for large
strawberry halves. When properly stacked, trays will be locked into each other whether tall
stacked or short stacked and in any combination thereof.
Set trays in place
so that all the arrows
on the tray handles
are visible on the
top of the handles.
To change the stacking height simply rotate a tray
180 degrees to change whether it is tall or short stacked.
Trays Stacked
for Thick Foods
Trays Stacked
for Thin Foods