How much does it costs to freeze dry 4.03 lbs of strawberries?
About $1.68. Our cost per kilowatt hour is $0.10 (this number came off our power bill). With some "simple" analysis of the data we pulled from our freeze dryer logs, you can see exact stages of the cycle.
For this cycle, we had a single layer of strawberries on the freeze dryer trays, so this was a light load. You can stack the strawberries on each tray, separating the layers with parchment paper, which will give you move volume in your cycle...something else for us to test.
We used silicone mats to get the dried strawberries off the trays easier. The mats were cut from an Ateco 24" x 36" Fondant Work Mat
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