Nesco TR-2 White Plastic Round 15 1/2" Add-A-Trays to fit NESCO 1000 Series Food Dehydrators 2 Pack

Bought additional trays. They fit well. No issues

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Fits perfect, same as the others

I have been drying lots of fruit and veg this fall and I didn't have enough trays to keep up. These are a great help.

I bought these to add to my Nesco Gardenmaster Digital FD-1040. My Gardenmaster isn't very old, I've only had it a month or two. They are not exactly like the ones that came with my dehydrator. They are not exactly like the ones in the pictures on the product page. They are not exactly like the ones in the picture on the box they came in. The pictures on the product page, and the pictures on the box, look just like the ones that came with my dehydrator. There is a little disclaimer on the box that says something like "product may differ slightly from item shown".In the picture on the left, are the new add-a-trays. They have a tall center ring, with turret-like cutouts, unlike my original trays, which have a shorter, smooth center ring that you can see in the picture on the right. The original trays are "dished", (sort of like a bicycle wheel) giving them a subtle shape like a volcano. When they are stacked, the center rings fit together with no gaps. The new trays are flat, and therefore deeper in the center, so the center rings are taller. If you look down the center hole in the picture on the right, you can see the resulting gap between the center rings of the original tray on the top and the new trays on the bottom. If I stack the new, flat trays on the original trays, I lose about 1/3 of the drying space around the center of the original tray that is directly under the new tray, because the original is a subtle cone-shape, and the new tray is flat.The second picture shows one of the little hooks on the new tray. My original trays dont have these. I'm not a big fan of the hooks, I already hurt my hand with one while cleaning it prior to use.I hope these trays will work for me. I am afraid that the center rings having cutouts will change the airflow inside the machine, which the advertising said was specifically designed to be efficient, and eliminate the need for rotating trays.The new trays are also just a hair larger than the originals, but they seem to stack up together ok.I haven't been able to contact Nesco yet, to find out if there is another add-a-tray out there for the FD-1040, because they're closed on the weekend.I'm going to go ahead and try these, because I've got produce that isn't going to wait until I find out where to get trays like the originials (if they're even available anywhere).

I bought a pack of two of these trays to add to my new Nesco Garden Master dehydrator. My experience with the Nesco Square dehydrator taught me that there is a limit to the number of trays you can use before the drying time stretches to an unreasonable length. Using eight trays in the 700 watt square Nesco really lengthened the time it took to dehydrate sweet potato treats for my dogs, so it made sense to drop back to six trays.Since the Nesco Garden Master has 1,000 watts of power, I was tempted to buy four additional trays instead of the two I purchased. After thinking about it, I decided to only add two to see how the new more powerful dehydrator worked out. You can always add more trays later if that appears to be a good option.I'm glad that I only bought the two extras. Having 1,000 watts of power instead of 700 watts sounds a lot more powerful, but the results don't confirm any additional efficiency. I ran both Nescos with six trays each of sweet potato slices to compare the length of time needed to completely dry them out. Both of them gave similar results over a twelve hour time period--and both of them needed another two hours to complete the job.Obviously your results will vary depending on how thick you cut your slices and how many you place on each tray. But unless you don't mind waiting for 14 hours to get the job done, stick with only six trays for each dehydrator.

Contrary to the experience of some of the negative reviewers, I received these trays promptly, in good condition, and found them to be identical to the ones that came with my NESCO FD-1018A, Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator. I can only caution potential buyers to be sure any trays you order are, in fact, replacement trays for your particular product, and not just that they just "fit." As for the complaints about not being dishwasher safe, my trays came with warning labels to wash the trays by hand and not to put them in the dishwasher. I suspect the problem with the dishwasher is the heated drying cycle, The trays necessarily require the trays to have rather thin plastic areas which apparently cannot stand up to high heat. I'm guessing that you could wash the trays in the dishwasher if you turned off the heating drying and avoided cycles that super heat the water, but you should be aware that the manufacturer says, "hand wash only." I have found hand washing to be relatively easy if you have a sink large enough to submerge at least a third of a tray in water. Otherwise, you might try the bathtub.