Excalibur Food Dehydrator Select Series for Jerky, Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs, Pet Treats with Adjustable Temperature Control, 10-Tray

I have other dehydrators, and the excalibur seems to work best because of the effective drying time.

I'd say this is the best dehydrator we've owned, and we've owned several. It's whisper quite, very easy to use, and the timer feature works perfect. All of the racks are high-quality and easy to clean. Big win!

Beautiful perfect machine, amazing results and nice and quiet. Our 1st Excalibur is still running strong after 18 years, but this one is superior in every way. Very happy!

Four trays on this dehydrator are slightly over-sized/defective which make them difficult to insert and causes them to buckle upward when forced. The product I'm drying gets moved or scraped off by the tray above. I have included 2 photos from different distances showing one of the defective trays beneath the correctly sized tray, with tops and bottoms aligned, the defect is on the left side of the bottom tray. On Amazon Chat, a rep offered me a refund of $48.00 (which I accepted) only to find out from a rep of The Legacy Companies (the Excalibur manufacturer) following the Amazon Chat that each tray costs $32.00 to replace. That means if I want to replace them, I'm out almost $80.00 on a brand new product. I love the dehydrator but will never recommend it anyone.

Double check your measurements for sure! This isn’t your normal countertop dehydrator. We make our own pork jerky from pork tenderloin and we had 4 good size tenderloins and we could have easily done 2.5x the amount after slicing, pounding and curing it. We spaced the pieces generously covering the wire rack, but far enough apart that they wouldn’t dry together. It’s fairly quiet, also! I checked it a few times because I couldn’t hear it. There is a small space in between the French doors that I don’t love, but it doesn’t affect temperature control at all! Quality feels sturdy and well made, and there wasn’t a burning smell from the motor like some give off. Overall, the value is great and we look forward to deer jerky this year!

I have mixed feelings about this purchase. The last dehydrator I had was a Tribest Sedona. I let a friend borrow it and felt bad asking for it back so decided to replace it. Excalibur has been the biggest name in dehydrators for as long as I can remember. It seems like dehydrators have recently made a comeback in popularity and the market is over saturated with them. I decided to go with the cadillac of dehydrators here. These trays honestly stress me out WAY more than even the generical off brand plastic trays. I've just come to terms with ALWAYS using parchment paper with them. The good is, it's fine. It heats up, it keeps a consistent enough temperature, it seems to dehydrate evenly enough. So it works. For the cost though there is absolutely nothing spectacular about it. The quality of the trays is despicable. I have gone back to see what it called them and it says "chrome plated" for food? They are super thin and it's really inconsistent and bendy. The housing of the machine is VERY thin. When it starts it releases a chemical smell. It took 2-3 different sessions before it really went away. Moral of the story for me is, this is fine. If you get a GREAT deal on it go for it. Otherwise the other off brand generic crap machines truly look like they would beat this in the quality department and at the moment that I'm writing this at less than half the cost, if I had it to do again I definitely wouldn't have paid extra for Excalibur. For basically being the brand of machine that everything is ranked on, it's REALLLLLLY underwhelming and disappointing. It works though, which is nice (it's not always the case).

I just received my dehydrator and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! It is much lighter in weight than I anticipated, and extremely powerful. This appliance is also more significant in dimension than it looks, so be aware of that aspect. I had been using my Ninja all-in-one as my dehydrator and this appliance is much faster and more efficient. So far, so good.

Loved loved loved this machine. Had to sell to pay a bill. Durable dehydration easy to clean. Lots of trays. Metal, durable.