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Food Dehydrator Tre Spade Atacama Pro: Jerky, Fruit and Mushrooms, Dried the Professional Way
The Atacama Pro from Italian Tre Spade lets you preserve food the natural way, with no additives, keeping the original taste and nutritional properties. The patented Wide Flow technology delivers professional horizontal airflow that dries all 6 trays evenly at the same time, with no need to rotate them along the way. With 500 W, temperatures from ambient up to 68 °C, 6 automatic programs and a customisable EVO program, it covers everything from herbs and mushrooms to jerky and cured meat.
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Horizontal airflow with Wide Flow technology
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6 trays, a full 5500 cm² drying surface
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6 automatic programs plus EVO program
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Temperatures up to 68 °C, perfect for jerky
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The 6 trays measuring 25 x 36 cm are food-grade ABS and give a combined 5500 cm² of drying surface, enough for several kilos of meat, mushrooms or fruit in one session. The cabinet in painted steel and reinforced nylon is built for frequent use, and the keep warm cycle and safety switch make it safe to run overnight. For hunters, foragers and sausage makers, this is the machine that turns the autumn surplus into trail food, snacks and flavour boosters that keep for months.
Put the meat in the freezer for half an hour before slicing, it firms up enough to cut even, thin slices. Cut with the grain for chew, against the grain for more tender jerky. Marinate overnight in the fridge, and dry until the slices bend and crack at the surface without snapping, that is when they are done.
Features
- Even drying: Patented Wide Flow technology with horizontal airflow dries every tray equally, no rotating needed.
- Big capacity: 6 food-grade ABS trays of 25 x 36 cm give a combined 5500 cm² drying surface.
- Full control: 6 automatic programs, a customisable EVO program, temperatures from ambient to 68 °C and a keep warm cycle.
How to use
- Cut the produce into even, thin pieces and spread them on the trays without overlapping.
- Choose one of the 6 automatic programs, or set time and temperature yourself with the EVO program.
- Let the machine work, check towards the end of the time, and store the finished result airtight, ideally vacuum sealed.
Specifications
| Product | Food dehydrator |
| Brand | Tre Spade |
| Model | Atacama Pro (F77000) |
| Trays | 6 pcs, 25 x 36 cm, food-grade ABS |
| Drying surface | 5500 cm² |
| Airflow | Horizontal, patented Wide Flow technology |
| Power | 500 W |
| Temperature | From ambient to 68 °C |
| Programs | 6 automatic plus customisable EVO program |
| Functions | Keep warm cycle, safety switch |
| Material | Painted steel and reinforced nylon |
| Power supply | 220-240 V, 50-60 Hz |
| Dimensions | 50 x 27 x 26 cm |
| Weight | 5.5 kg |
| Colour | Red |
| Manufacturer | FACEM, Italy |
FAQ Frequently asked questions
What can I dry in a food dehydrator?
Most things: meat for jerky, fish, fruit, berries, vegetables, mushrooms, herbs and spices. With temperatures from ambient up to 68 °C, the Atacama Pro covers both gentle drying of herbs at low heat and meat at high heat. Mushrooms and herbs typically dry at 40-50 °C, fruit around 57-60 °C and meat at the machine's highest setting.
What temperature and how long does jerky need?
Classic jerky recipes use around 50 °C for about 8 hours for thin slices of meat that have marinated overnight. The time depends on slice thickness and how much you dry at once. The jerky is done when the slices bend and crack at the surface without snapping completely.
Does a food dehydrator use a lot of electricity?
Less than you would think. The Atacama Pro has a maximum power of 500 W, and the thermostat means the element is not on the whole time. Even a long 8 hour session therefore uses at most 4 kWh, in practice less, roughly like one round in the oven, but spread over the whole night.
Why is horizontal airflow better?
In cheaper dehydrators the air blows vertically from the base, so the bottom tray dries faster than the top one and you have to swap the trays around. The Atacama Pro blows the air horizontally across all the trays at once with its Wide Flow technology, the way professional machines do. The result is even drying on all 6 trays without rotating.
Manufacturer
Tre Spade