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08/29/12, 11:13 PM
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Need help cleaning dehydrator trays
Well I learned my lesson. I will never again make jerky using Worchestershire (sp?) sauce and honey marinade. Now I can't get the stuff off the trays. One has been soaking all day in hot water, dish soap and baking soda. The other has been soaking a few hours. I have used a tooth brush and a tooth pick trying to get the crud out of the ribs but it still won't come off. Plastic trays, round dehydrator. Any help is appreciated. I still have celery and onions to dehydrate.
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08/29/12, 11:39 PM
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bajiay
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I soak mine in hot water with white vinegar. use a small scrub brush on the trays and it all comes off
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08/30/12, 01:40 AM
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ha! After I made tuna jerky, my husband saw me doing the scrub brush and toothpick treatment and told me "I can pressure wash those."So I let him take them out and try. No go.That stuff is STUCK! It's like this every year ...I soak and resoak and eventually they come clean.
It helped a lot this year to spray the trays with Pam. Not excited about adding those ingredients but it did help a LOT with cleanup.
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08/30/12, 05:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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we use
we use plastic canvas cut to fit that is brown colored,,,,figured we could wash in washing machine but haven't had to. soak and quick brush,,trays are basically clean........
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08/30/12, 06:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Maine
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Gonna be watching this thread for pearls of wisdom, we have the same problem every year.
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08/30/12, 06:31 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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I just ignore it. I figure if it won't wash off with soaking,scrubbing,cursing and pressure washing then it probably isn't likely to soak into whatever else I put in there.
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08/30/12, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by OkieDavid
I just ignore it. I figure if it won't wash off with soaking,scrubbing,cursing and pressure washing then it probably isn't likely to soak into whatever else I put in there.
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Haha those were my thoughts exactly as I read the thread. If it's that hard to wash off it probably won't effect anything at all. I'd just wash as normal and forget it.
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08/30/12, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Cliff
Haha those were my thoughts exactly as I read the thread. If it's that hard to wash off it probably won't effect anything at all. I'd just wash as normal and forget it.
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oh am i the only one that cringed when i read this?? ewwwww
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08/30/12, 08:01 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kentucky
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I've had the same problem before, and what I used was Powdered Brewery Wash. An overnight soak in that took everything off. If you look for it on a brewery supply site it's just called PBW.
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08/30/12, 08:08 AM
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Anytime I find something I can't clean off with reg soap and water, I break out the Bon Ami powder. You can get it at Meijers for $1.00, it doesn't scratch and is safe for plastics and glass. Just make a paste with it and scrub with a scrubby sponge.
DH burned maple syrup to the bottom of one of my all-clad pans in an attempt to make maple sugar. It was stuck on there for almost a year cause I couldn't find anything that cleaned it. I was complaining about the loss of my pan to an old neighbor lady and she told me to use the Bon Ami. I guess they've been around forever.
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08/30/12, 09:19 AM
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can you cut parchment paper to fit it for next time so you don't have to go through all that?
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08/30/12, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Indiana
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I buy Dawn Overnight Soak dish soap. It cleans stuck on food in minutes instead of having to soak for hours.
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08/30/12, 10:20 AM
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Try soaking it in Coca-Cola
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08/30/12, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by mare
oh am i the only one that cringed when i read this?? ewwwww
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Really? It's more or less just stained...?
If it's not going to support the growth of bacteria and it's not going to affect the taste of other things you dehydrate, who cares? Or maybe I should ask WHY would you care. I really am interested to know, that's not a rhetorical question.
Last edited by Cliff; 08/30/12 at 10:25 AM.
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08/30/12, 11:02 AM
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Pressure washer 
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08/30/12, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by OkieDavid
I just ignore it. I figure if it won't wash off with soaking,scrubbing,cursing and pressure washing then it probably isn't likely to soak into whatever else I put in there.
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This is what I'm going to have to do. I have soaked (changing water occasionally) for 24 hours and used baking soda and vinegar. Scrubbed with a toothbrush and toothpick and scraped with my fingernails. Even ruined my good nail brush and tried a nipple brush between the ribs. Gunk is still there. I was going to use Borax next but as will happen with the BonAmi, I just can't get it into the tight little corners.
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Originally Posted by mare
oh am i the only one that cringed when i read this?? ewwwww
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No. The eeeewwwww factor is the only reason I'm still messing with them.
I've always been able to get the gunk off before. Even when ds made jerky from my 6 month supply of ground beef. Hot water and Ajax got that right off. Not
working this time.
No power washer, no dishwasher. You better believe I will use some kind of liner or no stick spray next time. Or else just not use Worchestershire sauce.
Jerky didn't even turn out that great. It's ok but ds does a better job.
ETA, thanks for all the suggestions. I'll have to look for that Dawn overnight soak.
Last edited by Danaus29; 08/30/12 at 02:28 PM.
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08/30/12, 02:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mare
oh am i the only one that cringed when i read this?? ewwwww
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No!
Seriously, we use plastic canvas cut to size and Pam.
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08/30/12, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by luvrulz
can you cut parchment paper to fit it for next time so you don't have to go through all that?
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The issue with parchment paper is that the air won't be able to flow through it to dehydrate the product.
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08/30/12, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ardie/WI
No!
Seriously, we use plastic canvas cut to size and Pam.
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is plastic canvas food safe ? as far as I know it could be made from old roundup buckets
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08/30/12, 08:50 PM
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I wonder who made a louder 'Ewwwwww', you 'ewwwing' about a brown stain from Worstershire or me wondering how much chemicals aren't rinsed off from Bon Ami, Ajax, et al.
Ewwwww!
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