Excalibur Electric Food Dehydrator Machine 9-Tray with Adjustable Thermostat, Accurate Temperature Control and Fast Drying with 15 Square Feet of Drying Space, 600-Watts, Black

I bought this in October, 2014 and just now in December, 2025 writing the review! I've used this now for 11 probably every month and it still runs like new. It's a work horse, so easy to load, clean, fill and reload. Super quality of materials and I've never had a problem. I almost exclusively make jerky and my friends look forward to that. I use cure and pasteurize the meat before dehydrating for safety. I have my Excalibur out in my laundry room to keep the aroma out of the house as I tend to run it at night when electric rates are low though this is only 600 watts. Meat jerky I think taste best with a slower dry. I make a popular jerky with crushed pineapple and it's covered with the dried bits of the pineapple all over the jerky. For Holidays I'll chop maraschino cherries and jalapeños also for the red and green colors to be festive. I'll use beef, pork or poultry for jerky, the Excalibur can dehydrate them all. I've dehydrated honey and maple syrup to grind into sugar which I've used in curing my own bacon or dusting icing on cookies or to serve to company to sweeten their tea. To freshen the Excalibur after rounds of jerky I put a paper plate on a rack and sprinkle some baking soda on it and let it run an hour to freshen up the marinade odors. I have citrus trees and dehydrate sliced lemons, limes, oranges and tangelos to make Arizona Christmas Wreaths for the door and tree ornaments.

Incredible dehydrator! room for everything, quiet motor, and temperature controls are perfect! Very easy to use!

I've used several dehydrators over the past 35 years, including a home-built unit, and this Excaliber unit is by far the best I've ever used, although it has one annoying feature (see below). It is a true no-nonsense, workhorse design that gets the job done. You remove the side cover—which hangs from the top edge—slide out the trays, load them up with food, slide them back in, replace the cover, and set the thermostat. The internal fan moves air efficiently through the unit at the same rate, regardless of thermostat setting (i.e., fan speed does not vary). The sideways air flow design is a MUCH improved approach over vertical flow designs for the simple reason that moist air exits sideways from each separate tray, rather than transferring moist air from one tray vertically to the next, and the next, etc., which takes longer because it is not efficient. Thus, the Excaliber is a workhorse that can dry more food faster while using less energy. Using this unit, you can dry at least two to three times more food than the smaller, vertically stacked, round designs sold in stores. (I've bought and used a number of these cheaper units over the years, and none of them worked particularly well. My last one melted itself!) The basic unit does not feature a built-in timer, which is not a problem. We usually set our dehydrator up at night, right before we go to bed, and turn it off in the morning when we get up, which is typically about how long it takes to dry a load of food. We have also plugged it into a standard, wall-type timer such as are used for lamps, and that works just as well. In fact, a standard wall timer is actually better since you can set up a schedule of on-off drying periods of varying duration. It is helpful to rotate trays 180 degrees midway through each drying cycle to get the most even drying. This helps with thicker-sliced food, whereas thin-sliced food will dry fairly evenly without rotation. Thick-sliced food toward the rear of each tray will generally dry faster than food toward the front. The ONLY annoyance of this unit is that it is loud. The ample fan, which is mounted to the center of a sheet metal rear panel, sets up a resonance with the panel, sort of like the way a National steel guitar uses its metal back as a resonator. While the fan is running—which is continuously whenever the thermostat is turned up from the "Off" position—the Excaliber emits a loud, resonate hum. If you locate the Excaliber in a separate area of your home, in a garage or laundry space, for example, it won't be any bother at all. But if you live in a small apartment and have to sleep next to it, this might be a bother. Hopefully, future designs will employ dampening washers on the rear sheet metal panel and/or a spring tensioner to absorb vibration from the fan motor. Overall, all things being equal, this is the best dehydrator I've ever owned. And because it works so well, I actually find myself drying more food than ever. I would recommend this Excaliber unit to anyone who wants a reliable, no-nonsense design that gets it done.

Wow! I feel this dehydrator works really well. It came with instructions, recipes and best care details. I love how many trays it has and the settings knob is easy to adjust. Since it is bulky, the light weight makes for easy transport whenever I need to clear the counter top. Very quite and can be a plus if you need extra heat in a cool room.

Love this dehydrator! I've been using it every weekend since I got it to dehydrate all kinds of foods. The first thing I did was dry spring onions, garlic, celery and green peppers i had because I can't seem to use them up before they go soft. Then I simply rehydrate or just toss in recipe dry! Left some dried chopped garlic as is and made garlic powder with rest and did same with celery. Store had rump roasts at "buy 1, get 1 free" this week, so I had store slice them up for me and I made jerky for my husband. Love how much this holds and that I can dry bigger pieces of broccoli or other items by taking out every other tray. I dried frozen potatoes that were getting icy and rehydrate to use in stews and casseroles. Did same with frozen fruits that were getting old and icy -- makes a great natural snack. I just knocked all the ice off and put in frozen and they dried beautifully. Next weekend, I am going to cook various dry beans and dehydrate them into quick cook beans that cook in 20 min. instead of hours for faster meals. I don't have to buy canned with all that high sodium; however, i should note that many of the beans split as they dry, so they are best for soups and stews and refried beans. I could even rinse and dry canned beans, but cooking dry beans and then dehydrating is much more economical and I control the salt. I put all of my dried foods in mason jars and seal them with my FoodSaver, so they will last for years. It's so convenient to use what I need and simply reseal. You won't believe how much dried food fits into a quart mason jar. For longer storage, I put an oxygen absorber in jar with dried food and keep in dark, cool part of basement. Can't wait to grow, dry and store my own herbs next summer! I can even rise bread in this machine! Definitely very pleased with this machine because it will pay for itself in no time the way I use it.

食材や花を干しています。 温度調整機能のみ、シンプルで使いやすい。

Me encantó, es súper espacioso, yo lo utilizo para hacer galletas decoradas y les deja un acabado único

I hesitated for a long time before investing in this rather expensive dehydrator, but I'm so glad that I did. It's incredibly effective, and allows us to dry fruit and vegetables from our allotment when there's a surplus. There are a few things to be aware of, but even so I'm awarding this machine 5 stars. PROS Produce dries evenly, and trays can be turned through 90 degrees or 180 degrees to ensure consistent drying. Temperature control is excellent and consistent, as checked with a digital thermometer. The capacity is enormous (but see cons for space requirements) Our machine isn't too noisy (but some reviewers seem to have noisier machines) It's easy to wipe clean, and the shelf inserts wash quickly by hand. Drying is simply a matter of turning the machine on for a few minutes. The smell of drying fruit is delicious when the dehydrator is working. CONS The machine is BIG (but see pros for capacity) This model doesn't have a timer, but a cheap plug-in timer does the job. Note that timing depends on the original moisture content, so you need to check rather than simply rely on a timer anyway. The instruction book is pretty feeble. You'll need to buy "Preserve it Naturally" which is published by Excalibur to get proper instructions. The machine doesn't come with any Teflon sheets needed to make fruit leathers or to dry anything that starts as a liquid. We bought some heavy duty Teflon coated oven liners rather than the expensive Excalibur Paraflexx sheets, and they work brilliantly. The front simply hooks on, and can be dislodged. Take care. It's expensive, but, wow, is it effective!

Worst product. Fan coil got explode on second day of use. Seller refuse to provide any warranty. Don't buy from STS shop. They don't provide any support as money back guarantee is 4 days only.

I purchased this for use in our organic apple orchard for making apple leather and dried apple slices. I am so pleased with the results when using this dehydrator! All nine racks produce consistent quality, perfectly dried products. I do not have to flip the racks mid way through the drying time. The racks are easy to clean, easy to take out and put in, are not heavy and not too big to fit into a normal sized kitchen sink. With the entire dehydrator filled with apple slices or sauce for leather, it takes 14 - 16 hours to complete. For making fruit leathers, I purchased the matching dehydrator sheets. When using these sheets, to keep your leather mixture from sticking to the sheets, spray with a non-stick kitchen spray (Pam, etc). For the last two hours or so of drying, turn the entire sheet (with your leather mixture on it) over so that the underside can finish drying. Your leather will peel perfectly off. I highly recommend this machine.