Excalibur 3900B 9-Tray Electric Food Dehydrator - Adjustable Thermostat for Accurate Temperature Control & Faster Drying - Includes Guide to Dehydration

Blake Woolley: Works amazing, very well built, don’t know how the other companies can charge around the same price and he made else where. Lame!

United States on Dec 09, 2023

jeb: Works great! Solid build quality.
Only gripe is that my fan has a slight rattle.

Canada on Nov 19, 2023

Takako: 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。

Japan on Nov 05, 2023

Susanne K.: I chose the base model and am very happy that I did. The temperature is easy to control, and there is no need for an automatic timer with shut off function. The time needed to dry the food depends on several factors, and a dehydrator that shuts off after a certain time means that some items may not have dried sufficiently or will absorb water again if you are not available to remove them from the dehydrator promptly and the humidity is high. This dehydrator is super easy to use and has so far delivered great results. Originally, I wanted the 5-tray version, but now I am glad that the 5-tray version could not be delivered and forced me to order the 9-tray version instead. Filling 9 trays happens fast.

Canada on Sep 05, 2023

SENDY SOEDOMO: I have been experimenting with this Excalibur to make bacon jerky and meat crisps. So far so good. I prefer to set to the highest temperature to achieve a slight dry and crisp results for the meat chips. Seasoned with salt and white pepper only. Chilli powder too sometime. Results from Excalibur is pretty consistent. Cleanup is slightly complicated. If you have a large enough rectangle or square container to fit the trays, immersed the tray with meat or fat residue in soapy warm water, clean up is much easier. Cleaning inside of the Excalibur. Wipe with warm soapy sponge, wipe with damp cloth or towel and let dry. Hope to get many years out of it or until one of the components gave out.

United States on Aug 29, 2023

Maria Angelica Torres mendoza: Funciona super bien, no eh tenido ningun problema con el

Mexico on Apr 04, 2023

Unagi604: Working good so far. Came well packaged.

Pros:
High capacity. (Did about 8 lbs of sliced beef in 1 run)
Easy to use with a single dial.
Easy to clean. Inside the machine and the removable trays both washed off no problem.
Space efficient. Almost the entire volume of the unit is usable drying space.

Cons:
The supporting tray bases have somewhat wide support bars. Some items needed shifting around part way for even drying (Like with sliced beef).
Normally quiet, but experienced some vibration noises. Unsure the cause but only seemed to happen when the heat was set higher.

Update: Purchased mid December, update for March after a few uses:
I found out what the vibrating noise was. Though the product works well, the overall assembly seems a bit shoddy. After inspecting the machine, one of the screws that hold the back metal grate had either vibrated out, or was not installed properly to begin with. This required removing the entire back panel, and from that process I learned that likely due to the flexible nature of plastic, not all the screw holes were perfectly aligned from the factory. Overall, it was a quick fix that didn't require any...

Canada on Dec 27, 2022

Val: We love dehydrating our tomatoes and herbs. We've been using 2 round dehydrators with a fan for many wonderful years. One finally wore down so we "shopped around" and decided to get The Excalibur. The 9-tray model has been on our "wish list" for a long time and now was the time to get it.
The manual/recipe books that come with it are easy to read and informative. Granted it's been a long time since we read a dehydrating manual but I think the dried puree/fruit roll-up type recipes listed in these guides may work for us.
So much herbs and tomatoes got us to buy a second round dehydrator. No regrets but glad we were able to get The Excalibur this time. It's a bit pricey but we knew from everything we read that this was going to be THE dehydrator to have and we are not disappointed.
I actually had dry tomatoes in a few short hours! Ours were sliced a little thinner than recommended since it was the first time. We also used only 3 trays spaced apart. The trays held more tomatoes than we thought. I used parchment paper carefully wrapped around the bottom mesh shelf to catch any dribbles.
--Parchment IS recommended in the user guide. Very happy the company gives...

United States on Aug 14, 2020

N. D. Bradley: 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...

United States on Feb 26, 2020