I want to make yogurt, suggestions on whether I should buy the 5 tray or 9, thanks
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I have not used mine for yogurt. I have made jerky and dried fruit and it works great. As far as tray or 9 tray, my 5 tray is great for my husband and I. Sorry I can not be of more help to you.
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I have only used the product for making dried meats like jerky or biltong. The product works well for meats and fruits.
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I got the 5 tray and it works for yogurt making. I use 16 oz glass almond butter jars and they fit wonderfully!!
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I started out with a 5-tray, but when I made yogurt in quart mason jars, I had to tip them significantly to fit them into the dehydrator. I later purchased a 9-tray, which holds several jars without tipping.
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I have 2 trays, and looking at the price it must have come as a 2 pack...I know I wouldn't have spent $40 and ordered 2 individually. I am a retail store manager and work 40-50 hours a week and I did fine with the 2(and I had a serious over supply of milk so I was pumping and freezing A LOT!). Get yourself into a good rotation, remember to take them out of the trays the next morning and store them in a dated freezer bag. Do not put them in the dishwasher, my husband did once and one got a little warped.
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i have never bought a starter for yogurt. i just use a couple of tablespoons of store bought yogurt, works fine. i have found that i must set the machine on it's longest setting, about 11 hours.
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The 3 drawer panel is too short to raise bread and too short for a quart of yogurt. So far, they have refused to make me a 4 tray cover. I hope they will change their minds and make me one because I have to drape a towel over the front of the unit to use it for bread or yogurt right now.
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I always use my homemade batch as a starter. My first batch I divide up into 3 tablespoon servings into multiple ziplock snack bags that I put in the freezer. The culture will keep when frozen, plus it is your strongest batch. Make another batch with 3 tbl spoons from the 1st batch. Then I eat my yogurt and leave over about 3 tbs for the next batch over and over until one batch seems a little too loose, then go to the freezer and start over. Think of the savings!!!
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What is the recommended brand of starter yogurt that gives out the best results ?
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I have a book about yogurt that doesn't say anything about not using the homemade batch as starter. I suspect it probably has more to do with the company wanting to sell you more starter than it does the quality of the homemade batch as starter. I'm not an expert, however, so I've compromised. I use fresh starter about every fourth or fifth batch. So far, no problems... I should mention that last time I bought a different brand of starter which has no warning about not using the homemade stuff as starter!
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Sabra, that's an excellent tip about using a glass quart canning jar & adding water. I presume the standard metal lid & screw band will be okay in the yogurt maker. Or do I even really need a lid at all?
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Freddie- I don't have the YM-9 model, I have the original GM-7 made in 1974. Works fine. Salton products are here to stay. And no I don't work for the company, but I sure love yogurt. I've got one complaint though. I want a machine that makes bigger batches. I can't keep up with consumption. Candy
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Sorry, I've never made yogurt in the really small containers. We had a yogurt maker that made about 2 pints at a time, but we got thru a lot of yogurt so this one is more convenient for us.
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I used glass so I can have multiple containers with yogurt. I go through a lot of yogurt now.I find that the lids for the jars do not fit inside the machine, so I cover it with plastic wrap and do a water bath. when I remove the jar I can dump any condensation, cover it, and put it in the fridge.
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The recipe book has several recipes that include yogurt. I made several batches using yogurt and liked the creaminess and dairy flavor. The recipe book suggests using cubes of yogurt that has been frozen. I sometimes just mixed in refrigerated yogurt when I was ready to eat the dessert. I really prefer it WITH the yogurt.
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Do you really need this maker, I just boil the milk and then add a tablespoon of shop purchased yogurt and add it to the luke warm milk and then leave it overnight and you will get yogurt ready the next day. This process is ideal during summer and during winter I just warm the cooking range for about 5 min and then place the container in there and by the next day your yogurt is ready. I am doing this for the past 20 years. You don't need any maker to make your yogurt, save the money for something better.
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They say you can do it 10 times, but realize each time the yogurt gets more tart. You can also fill ice cube tray with the yogurt, wrap with saran wrap, and store in freezer...and then use like 2-3 cubes to inoculate your next batch of yogurt.
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Not sure, I have a Euro Cuisine Yogurt Maker, Sorry. Amazon is good about returns if you want to try and they don't fit. Just a thought.
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I use 2, 5g packets of yo'gourmet freeze-dried yogurt starter with 2 quarts of any kind of milk. The only change I make to the directions on the back of the packets is that I incubate it in the Yolife yogurt maker for 24 hours. I make the double batch and make it in 2 wide mouth quart glass jars that fit just fine under the taller lid.
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It's just as wonderful making the yogurt in the glass insert as with the plastic insert. The choice of container does not affect the quality at all. I alternate between them, starting my next batch (in the OTHER container) when the first batch is getting low, so as not to ever be without my yummy yogurt.