We purchased a medium Harvest Right freeze dryer with the upgrade to an oil-free pump in early 2022. Ours is now an outdated model with only 4 trays.
Instead of buying expensive commercial freeze-dried meals which often contain ingredients we prefer not to eat, we use our freeze dryer to prep our own meals and meal ingredients.
Are freeze dryers energy-efficient? While freeze dryers consume energy during operation, they can be cost-effective in the long run by reducing food waste and allowing for bulk food preservation.
As an authorized dealer, we provide comprehensive support throughout your freeze-drying journey. From selecting the right model for your needs to expert technical guidance, our team ensures you get the most from your investment.
So, if you do not have a 20 amp plug in your home that you can use for the dryer you will need to install one. Otherwise your circuit breakers will be tripping all the time (11). If you cannot change the system you will need a small freeze dryer. They will work with a 110 volt, 15 amp system.
Some models, like the Cube from Prep4Life, have rectangular chambers for better space efficiency. The Elite model from them also has an internal pump, reducing needed floor/shelf space.
Freeze drying completely removes water in about 24 hours. Pelo other preservation method comes close to removing water this quickly. This is important because the longer a harvested plant or compound retains water, the greater the chance it has of spoiling and losing nutrition and potency.
The other step is storing it properly. If you don’t, moisture will seep back into the food and it Buy Now will likely go bad in just a few weeks. Maybe less. So how do you store your freeze dried food once you have created it?
I freeze dried both cooked and raw pork chops; the cooked pork chops tasted great cold without reconstituting them, the raw pork chops reconstituted beautifully and fried up great. I could not tell them from fresh pork chops. Now I can put away exactly the foods I want.
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Every owners manual has at least a few pages dedicated to the machine operation, and it’s worth the time to go through them. I often skip over instructions myself, but there is so much going on with these machines that it is worth the small time investment to familiarize yourself in the manual.
Freeze-drying food involves more than just tossing it into the machine. We need to spend time cutting fruits and vegetables into the right sizes, blanching as needed and preparing meals.
Most freeze dryers increase their capacity with tray count and deeper drums. The front of freeze dryers in various sizes can appear to be similar when, in fact, there are large capacity differences. Tray size can illustrate this best:
If, however, you are planning to create a viable long term emergency food bank for your entire family you will likely need a larger freeze dryer. Each freeze dryer will indicate how much food it can process at any one time.