Hospitality Connect stocks five commercial food dehydrators for restaurants, cafes, bars, small producers and food manufacturers. Dehydrators remove moisture from food using low heat and moving air, which is how kitchens make dried fruit, vegetable crisps, herbs, jerky and garnishes in house. Benchstar and Waring are the brands stocked.
Tray count is how these units are sized, and it sets how much product you can dry in a single cycle. Because drying runs for hours rather than minutes, a unit one tray short of your batch adds another full cycle rather than a few extra minutes. Check the temperature range as well, since different products dry at different temperatures. Bench space is the other constraint, because the unit runs for long periods and needs somewhere it will not be moved.