Why I chose the Excalibur Dehydrator

I almost got another brand dehydrator but then realized after reading lots of reviews, that it wasn't a better choice. Excalibur has so few unhappy people about their product that it's almost nonexistent. I looked at the Cabela's commercial dehydrator, the Ronco, the generic round ones you can buy anywhere, the Sedona, the Cabela's brand counter top one, and after assessing all each had to offer,and reading so many negative reviews, I have chosen the EXCALIBUR.

They offer 10 year warranty, carry all the parts from their 30+ year old models, will walk you through a repair if something happens, have the greatest reviews all around, require no to very little rotating of the food's dehydrating for even drying, are dependable, and built to be used 24/7.

It came in this huge box very neatly packaged:

Video of me unpacking it:

 They let us pick if we wanted a free jerky seasoning bag, or a Teflon drying sheet and my husband picked the seasoning.

 A side view:

Everyone online recommends it, and mostly all YouTube videos on dehydrators are about praising the Excalibur.

An open front view of the 9 trays:

 My first attempt at fruit leather:

So I have chosen the Excalibur. I don't like the idea of the plastic trays, but they say it's a plastic that is food safe #5. Their choice of nonstick tray liners you can buy are silicone coated, which I'm comfortable with. Their other option is Teflon coated which I'm against. I'd rather pay the $95 or whatever it comes out to, to get the silicone ones. Call me odd if you want -I don't care.
I bought 5: (they are heavy duty and thick and work very well and clean easily)

 My dehydrator didn't come with a timer, but it has a very nice temperature guide right on the machine:

In all, I am very happy with my new dehydrator. It has so far worked exactly as I had imagined. I would recommend it to anyone.

Have fun eating raw!
Trisha

Raw Spaghetti

RAW SPAGHETTI

Well, almost raw. The canned sun dried tomatoes weren't.

Ingredients: raw tomatoes, raw bell pepper, raw garlic, dried-basil, oregano, black pepper, sea salt, and of course canned sun dried tomatoes. All served with homegrown squash "noodles". Recipe called for olive oil, but I left it out. the sun dried tomatoes had olive oil in them.

It actually tastes really wonderful! Better than I expected it to. It has that real taste. Very Delicious. Actually better than canned. And even weirder, I actually don't even miss the pasta! And I LOVE pasta!

I was skeptical that the bell peppers would taste good in there, but they do. And eating it cold, it's actually very refreshing.

Hope you give it a try!
Trisha