# Is dehydrating in the APO a thing?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-dehydrating-in-the-apo-a-thing/28789>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-dehydrating-in-the-apo-a-thing/28789 "2021-05-18T19:56:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Bradford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/peter_bradford/32/7283_2.png) [@Peter\_Bradford](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Peter_Bradford)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-dehydrating-in-the-apo-a-thing/28789/1 "2021-05-18T19:56:52Z")

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Just received 80 pounds(!?!) of grape tomatoes. They are **ripe**. I can make tomato jam, ketchup, and a few other things, but 80lbs? Is is possible to dry these in the APO? As I said, these babies are ready to cross the line in a day or so, and unfortunately they have been refrigerated, so any speedy help would be very much appreciated. Thanks

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**Author:** ![john.jcb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/john.jcb/32/7269_2.png) [@john.jcb](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/john.jcb)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-dehydrating-in-the-apo-a-thing/28789/2 "2021-05-19T18:02:54Z")

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Yes it will dehydrate. You will need to choose the temperature. Dehydrating is done from 100° to 200° F depending on the results you are looking for.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Bradford](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/peter_bradford/32/7283_2.png) [@Peter\_Bradford](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Peter_Bradford)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-dehydrating-in-the-apo-a-thing/28789/3 "2021-05-19T19:03:40Z")

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Thanks for the input. I was unable to dislodge the sous vide setting (my tablet with the app was dead) and I set it at 135F with sous vide on and 0% steam, but the moist air needed to be vented manually. I’ve charged the tablet and will try it again. I just put the tomatoes that wouldn’t desiccate into my standard oven at 170F, and they seem to be drying nicely. I have so many tomatoes I’m going to enlist the aid of neighboring ovens! Thanks again.