I have a round tray nesco like amberg works well.i grow and dehydrate ghost hobnero meruga scorpion peppers and carolina reaper and grind them up and put them in mason jars *s-word is rough you have to were a rag over nose and mouth the dust from them peppers makes you snot and sneeze like a *b-word.my wife makes me dehydrate peppers in garage i make my jerky out of eye round roast i found it to be best cut of meat my local butcher will slice it for me unless i feel like it.i make my marinate out of dales,honey, black pepper,cavenders seasoning some of my dehydrated crushed peppers, and some pineapple juice the acid breaks down the cells in the meat some. I make some mild for wife and kid and put the spicy on the bottom so it dont drip on the mild