Something I did last year when I needed my gourds to dry quickly was to green peel them and then set them out in the sun for about 2 weeks. When I did this, even my larger gourds dried within 2-3 weeks. The spinner gourds dried in 8-10 days.

It is very time consuming to green peel them. But I like the clean, perfectly colored surface for making ornaments, etc. On my dipper gourds, I discovered that by doing this, the gourd turned a beautiful tan color and it seemed like the final product was heartier than the normal way of drying them. That's just my experience with drying gourds.

I tried putting some gourds in my food dryer 2 years ago and it worked OK but the smell wasn't that pleasing. Drying gourds can put off a very interesting smell. It still took quite a while and at least with my food dryer, it wasn't economical. It really pulled the electricity! Hope this helps!