I know you have one of the Cabela's dehydrators. I was curious if it was the 80L or the 160L model and also was interested in anything else you had to say about it such as drying time with a full load of jerky.
I did notice on their site there is conflicting information as to the size of the heating unit in them. On this page it indicates both sizes have a 1600 watt heated.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat602009-cat570005&id=0019202515819a&navCount=8&podId=0019202&parentId=&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=7IS&rid=&parentType=&indexId=cat570005&hasJS=true
And on this page it indicates the smaller unit has a 1200 watt heater and the larger has 1600 watt heater.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?cmView=full&type=pod&id=0019202
If your is the 80L unit do you know which size heating unit it has?
Thanks
Mike
Mike, I just bought the 80 and it says it is 1600 watts and the parts list has the same part number for both the 160 and the 180.
Thanks Dick
What's your opinion on the unit?
Mike
Same thing Mike
1600 on mine too 80L
nepas
I have been through many dehydrators, from the round ones, eqi-flow's, excaliburs and the Cabelas beats em all. My eqi-flow takes around 9.5 hrs to 11 hrs for a full unit, around 10 pnds. The Cabelas cut it down to 7 hrs and i can do just under 13 pnds.
nepas
Wow... 13 lbs!
I didn't realize it would hold that much. Have you tried doing much else in it? I have never done tomatoes but would also like to make something along the lines of sun dried tomatoes.
Mike
I havent really done enough yet to know for sure, but think its going to be everything I hoped for.
If you do things that will shrink alot you will need the tray covers. Food grade FDA approved that sit on each rack. They are small 1/8" square holes. I use them when i do banana chips, chunk style jerky, ancho peppers and the like.
nepas
Thanks Guys!
What are the openings in the standard racks? Are the racks metal with chrome plating?
Mike
Quote from: Mr Walleye on August 30, 2007, 06:24:31 PM
Thanks Guys!
What are the openings in the standard racks? Are the racks metal with chrome plating?
Mike
My racks are 3/4" square coated. And they have not peeled at all.
nepas
Mr. Walleye--you won't believe how good your dried tomatoes will be. We do a whole batch every year and they are unbelievabley sweet and tasty all winter long.
T2
Thanks again Guys!
I think I may have to order the 80L unit. They appear to be very well constructed. I have had a few different dehydrators but none of them were that good.
Mike
Hey guys.... one more question.
How is the unit for cleaning? I see it has some sort of drip tray, is this helpful?
Mike
Holy crap guys! >:(
I just tried to order it. I thought great, they have it on sale for $249, so I run through the online order, everything looks good, get to the shiping selection and I select surface, it comes back and says it's too big for surface, I change it to internation air and my bill is $485.96!!! Needless to say I guess I won't be getting it. >:( >:( >:(
Man that sucks!
Mike
Quote from: Mr Walleye on August 31, 2007, 11:47:12 AM
Holy crap guys! >:(
I just tried to order it. I thought great, they have it on sale for $249, so I run through the online order, everything looks good, get to the shiping selection and I select surface, it comes back and says it's too big for surface, I change it to internation air and my bill is $485.96!!! Needless to say I guess I won't be getting it. >:( >:( >:(
Man that sucks!
Mike
Yeah Mike its a pretty good size box.
nepas
Mike,
You may want to check out ordering on Amazon, if they have it. A lot of times if you spend x dollars...shipping is free? Just a suggestion!
Thanks La Quinta... I will check them out.
Mike
Interesting.... Here is a link to a site that sells refurbished units that I assume are the Cabelas unit. Judging by tha fact you can't get Cabelas to ship this unit by ground outside of the US I would bet they have had bad experiences. May be the reason they have so many factory refurbished units. Who knows?
http://www.reallycookinggood.com/p278.htm
Mike
Quote from: Mr Walleye on September 10, 2007, 04:00:51 PM
Interesting.... Here is a link to a site that sells refurbished units that I assume are the Cabelas unit. Judging by tha fact you can't get Cabelas to ship this unit by ground outside of the US I would bet they have had bad experiences. May be the reason they have so many factory refurbished units. Who knows?
http://www.reallycookinggood.com/p278.htm
Mike
I have heard about this company that buys freight damaged units and repairs them.
nepas