Nesco American Harvest FD-35BJW-5 Snackmaster Entr?e Fodd Dehydrator with Jerky Kit

by Nesco

Product Features

• Snackmaster Entrée has a top mounted fan with 425 watts of drying power
• Easily dries fruit, vegetables and jerky quickly and evenly
• Comes with 5 trays and jerky gun
• Simple and easy to use
• All parts are Safe to use in dishwasher except the power head

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 9 x 13 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000FFVIQK
• Item model number: FD-35BJW-5
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,147 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #97 in Kitchen & Dining > Small Appliances > Specialty Appliances > Dehydrators

Product Description

The FD-35BJW-5 Snackmaster Entrée has a top mounted fan with 425 watts of drying power. Easily dries fruit, vegetables and jerky quickly and evenly. Dries food in hours not days. Comes with 5 trays and jerky gun. Unit disassembles easily and all parts are dishwasher safe except the power head. The Opaque Vita-Save exterior helps block harmful lights which destroys nutritional content of food being dehydrated. The Patented fan flow radial air action forces air down the center of the unit and horizontally across each tray for fast, even-drying. No need to rotate trays.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Happy with this purchase.., August 6, 2006

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Jae (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nesco American Harvest FD-35BJW-5 Snackmaster Entr?e Fodd Dehydrator with Jerky Kit (Kitchen)

I bought this item based on the above review and i'm glad i did..

it's a little on the noisy side...and puts off quite a bit of heat...but other than that.....it does a great job.

I've been drying peaches in it for the last few days and i'm quite pleased with the way they turned out.......can't wait to try other fruits in it and beef/venison jerky as well.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't be beaten at this price!, April 28, 2008

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C. Day "Charski" (Central Coastal CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nesco American Harvest FD-35BJW-5 Snackmaster Entr?e Fodd Dehydrator with Jerky Kit (Kitchen)

I bought this on a whim, after reading a review about somebody making beef jerky. When I first unpacked it, I was a little bit miffed that it didn't have a temperature setting - but it was soon enough proven that wasn't really necessary!

For my trial run, I made a batch of beef jerky, slightly tweaking an Alton Brown recipe by using artificial sweetener instead of sugar. I used presliced ball tip roast (aka carne asada meat) from Costco; marinated 3 hours, dried about 6. It came out - PERFECTLY!

Next, I loaded up the trays with thinly sliced dry Italian salami and made "salami chips" - pretty good too!

Third batch, another of beef jerky - this time, after loading the trays, I sprinkled some with freshly-ground black pepper, some with red pepper flakes, and left the rest as they were. I also used some top round I had in the freezer, slicing it thinly with a good sharp knife.

Fourth batch, salmon jerky! I used the farmed boneless skinless filets from Costco and quickly learned that slicing it LENGTHWISE of the filets worked much better than CROSSWISE slices. I trimmed off the fattiest parts, made a sort of teriyaki marinade, marinated it for an hour and dried for about 9 hours. YUM.

Tomorrow, I will make more beef and salmon jerkies! My hubby is in jerky heaven. 3 pounds of meat is about right to fill the trays, and comes out to around a pound plus of jerky.

This little device works perfectly. You can buy additional trays if you like - for us (family of 2) what came with it is perfectly adequate!

One of these days I'm going to try the ground meat jerky and use the "jerky shooter" that was a bonus when I bought this!

It's easy to clean too - I find that just running a sinkful of sudsy water, letting it soak, then using a dish brush on it works faster and better than the dishwasher, which had a tendency to "warp" the trays out of shape slightly.

I want to try some veggie chips too - zucchini maybe, or Butternut squash - so many ideas, so little time! ;-)

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good product, September 14, 2007

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Diana L. Wyss "Lynnrd" (Mexico, Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nesco American Harvest FD-35BJW-5 Snackmaster Entr?e Fodd Dehydrator with Jerky Kit (Kitchen)

I have already used this two different times since purchase. I use it for jerky making, drying herbs and fruits. It is powerful and works quickly. I am well pleased with this dehydrator.