Dehydrating with a convection oven

[Guest guest]

To my astonishment when I went to replace my burned up oven, I was

told that I could replace it with a Whirlpool convection oven that I

can use as a food dehydrator. If anyone has any first hand knowledge,

information, or a source of information on how convection ovens

perform as dehydrators that they would be willing to share, I would be

ever grateful.

 

Thanks,

Pam

[Guest guest]

I forwarded the convection oven question to a NYC restaurateur friend of

mine who knows about equipment.

 

THIS IS WHAT I WROTE TO HIM:

 

 

 

In a message dated 2/1/2006 11:43:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, Vegwriter

writes:

 

Someone posted this to the Seattle raw foods e-group. I'd love to know the

answer to this myself. Do you know?

 

Thanks,

Judy

 

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL QUESTION:

 

In a message dated 1/31/2006 10:27:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,

smithonwoodscreek writes:

 

To my astonishment when I went to replace my burned up oven, I was

told that I could replace it with a Whirlpool convection oven that I

can use as a food dehydrator. If anyone has any first hand knowledge,

information, or a source of information on how convection ovens

perform as dehydrators that they would be willing to share, I would be

ever grateful.

 

Thanks,

Pam

 

HERE'S WHAT MY FRIEND WRITES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my answer is that i have not yet found a regular convection oven that can

keep the low temperatures we need- i.e. under about 115ish including the

differential in the thermostat. otherwise they would be terrific.