Customer Reviews

Excalibur 2500 Food Dehydrator - 5 Tray - Black - Food Dryer Kitchen Appliance - Food Storage & More

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I appreciate that this model blows air from the back of the racks. This ensures that food dries quickly, thoroughly, and safely. Other styles blow air from the bottom, therefore up through the layers, creating moist air conditions at the top racks. I don't trust that for safe food preservation. This unit is fast, fast, fast! And it is easy to clean. The fruit/veggies maintain beautiful colors and flavors. Highly recommend this unit.

I bought this dehydrator to make SCD yoghurt and crispy nuts (soaked and dehydrated). Both come out perfect. It is easy to remove trays to place pint jars inside. It does run a little loud from the corner of the kitchen in our 1200 sq ft apartment, but if we could plug it in somewhere a bit more out of the way, we wouldn't notice it.

got this for the GF at Christmas and it works great. it does make a little noise but we have an out of the way room for it. we are both very glad we got it.

I've never owned a dehydrator before so this is my first experience with one. Does the job well enough, but it is, in my opinion, too loud. And it's not just the hum of the fan/motor, the plastic case vibrates significantly enough that it makes a buzzing sound. I live in an apartment with the living/dining/kitchen rooms open to each other. If I run this thing in the kitchen I have to turn my TV up quite a bit from what I usually have it set at. So, I put it in the bathroom, but even there it's very noticeable.

And I'm one who actually likes to have some background "noise" going on. I have tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and keep a fan running in my bedroom at night to mask the noise in my head. But this dehydrator is just annoying to use. Which is a shame, because I really like the results it gives.

I've done some searching and reading and discovered that others have had this problem. It seems to be a random thing. Some units are quieter than others - which means there are issues with quality control.

I dried some tomatoes and green peppers today. They came out great, but good grief... it's such a relief to finally turn the thing off after 12 hours that I'm not exactly in a hurry to use it again.

This is simply the best dehydrator I've ever tried. I love it. Food dries fast and fairly evenly. I might even buy the nonstick sheets for making fruit rolls eventually. The booklet that came with the dehydrator was great too. Full of wonderful ideas.

I have only used this dehydrator for a few weeks. Its the last weeks of deer season, here in Oklahoma, and I have been making a lot of deer jerky. This excalaibur 2500 5 tray works great! I like the fact that it dries at 155 degrees. I feel confident that it will kill any parasites if any exist. I purchased this brand because, I wanted something that would last more than one season. I hope I will not have to buy another dehydrator for many years. The 5 year warranty was a plus in the purchase. The 5 tray makes all the jerky I care to mess with. So far, So good.