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TIPS FOR BEST RESULTS
• Before dehydrating/drying your food, some steps of preparation are needed. Refer
to the following chapter ‘Preparations’. Only use flawless food for dehydration.
• The correct dehydrating time depends on the type of food, the freshness and
thickness of slices or pieces and the desired consistency (see: ‘Preparations’).
• Very larger pieces will be dehydrated better, when cut into slices or stripes.
However, very small apricots, peaches, and pears may be dried in halves. In
these cases, expect a considerably elongated dehydrating time. However, for
fitting properly onto the food trays of the appliance and, for free circulation of
air, leaving a suitable distance to the food tray or cover above, any pieces of
food may not be thicker than 2 cm (4/5 inch).
• Flavours of strongly aromatic types of food (e.g. onions, garlic) could influence
other delicate foodstuffs, when dried in the same dehydration cycle. Therefore,
you should load your food sorted according to their various tastes and types
and process them in separated dehydration cycles. Clean the appliance, before
starting the following dehydration cycles to avoid any interference of flavours. To
optimize the air flow within the dehydration chamber (built by the food trays),
place your food on the food trays beginning with the upper food tray down to
the lowest food tray. To allow an efficient air circulation, always use at least 5
food trays, even with some food trays left empty. When food trays are filled with
thick pieces, you may alternate empty food trays and loaded food trays.
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Do not place any food directly on the top plate of the heating base! Additi-
onally, ensure that no pieces of food hang down from the lowest food tray
and block the air vents of the fan assembly.
• Spread your pieces of food on the food trays separated from each other with
some free space left between the single pieces. to ensure good circulation of
air. This way, your food will be dried evenly and you avoid that the pieces will
stick together. Do not overload the trays.
• Always close the dehydration chamber with the cover. Otherwise, the function-
ing of the appliance as well as favour and quality of your food will be affected
disadvantageously. Use the pause function via the Start/Stop button, if you
wish to open the dehydration chamber. Immediately after closing the dehy-
dration chamber, continue operation by pressing the Start/Stop button again
(see: ‘Operation / Pause Function’). Avoid elongated interruptions. During ope-
ration, the temperature on the lowest food tray will be the highest. Thus, you
should place food needing a higher temperature for dehydration on the lower
food trays. For getting an even result on all food trays, you should change the
sequence of food trays on the heating base several times during the dehydration
process. For this, use the pause function.
