Excalibur D500SHD Electric Food Dehydrator, 5-Tray, Silver (Discontinued review and price compare 2024

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Product overview

Brand	Excalibur
Material	Stainless Steel
Color	Silver
Wattage	300.00
Item Dimensions LxWxH	18 x 17 x 8.5 inches

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10-Year limited
5" Fan for increased air circulation
Adjustable thermostat and 26-hour timer
5 stainless steel tray Dehydrator with 8 square feet of drying space
Includes Guide to Dehydration and Preserve It Naturally
110/120 Volt, 440 Watts
Made in the USA with USA and globally sourced materials

product description

The long lasting beauty and modern appearance of Excalibur's stainless steel dehydrators lends a touch of class to your kitchen. Dehydrate fruits, vegetables, nuts, meat for jerky, fruit puree for fruit roll-ups, raise bread or make homemade yogurt. The perfect snacks for you and your guests. Excalibur patented hyperwave technology and horizontal parallex drying removes water from food with a continuous circulation of thermostatically-controlled warm air, efficiently and user-friendly.

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Questions about Excalibur D500SHD Electric Food Dehydrator, 5-Tray, Silver (Discontinued

Is the interior also stainless steel or plastic?

Answer: Plastic Polycarbonate material.

Answer: The inner sidewall channels that the stainless trays slide into, are plastic, but the food does not touch them while they are on the stainless trays. The top inner wall liner inside is plastic, and the bottom inner wall liner is also plastic. The door is all stainless, and does not have a liner. The large inner airflow screen inside the back that protects the heat element, thermostadt, and fan, is metal, and I assume is stainless also.

Answer: Yes, I believe it is stainless steel.

What're deferents between Excalibur 3526TB and Excalibur D500SHD except Stainless Steel trays and Stainless Steel exterior?

What size of dehydrator sheets does this machine require? Thank you

The product info says the trays are stainless steel. Are they not?

Answer: I got this unit in October 2020 and the trays were stainless steel, along with the door.

Answer: Mine are but I bought it 6 years ago.

I would love to make delicious beef jerky with this dehydrator! Any suggestions for a novice?

Answer: I have never made jerky, sorry, love. But from reading, I know that you have to make sure it's really dry lest it molds on you.

doe the dehydrator come with the 10 year manufactures warranty?

Answer: The 10-year warranty is available if this unit is ordered directly from the manufacturer.

Answer: i DO NOT KNOW

what company makes this

What is the inside height measurement?

In the above description, it says, "BPA Free : No" . Which part of this dehydrator that contains BPA ?

The trays are stainless steel right?

Answer: I have the older model with the stainless steel door and it has stainless steel trays. In the picture the only difference I see is the clear door. The trays look just like mine

Answer: No they are a hard plastic, liners are a plastic mesh.

Does this dehydrator have the warranty since it is purchased from this company and not directly from the manufacturer?

Can you dehydrate foods at less than 105 degrees F? With a clear indication that the settings are less than 105.

Answer:

Answer: The three food categories -meats and fish, fruits and vegetables, and herbs- require different drying temperatures:

Product reviews of Excalibur D500SHD Electric Food Dehydrator, 5-Tray, Silver (Discontinued

Edgar W. : Four Stars

Great Dehydrator but was too small to meet My needs

zach harbour : Mommypotamus written by Elana Harbour

This thing is awesome I want it! The first thing I would make is fruit roll ups followed by dried apples and beef jerky!

C. Martin : Mommypatamus and dehydrators

Cant wait to try it when I am making some dried tomatoes for the first time!! I am so excited!

Penny : Great Company

I bought this item before I realized that getting fresh organic fruits and vegetables would not be easy to get. The company was great to deal with and took it back with a full refund. I will buy from them again and Amazon.

Isaac Waring : Mommypotamous

So lovely! I love finding new ways to save my family money, and I really hope to try this if I win the Mommypotamous giveaway!

~Lissy

me : My own strange review

Every one of these reviews claims to want to use the machine. None actually own it nor have any experience with the machine.
Very strange.

Are there any real users here?

C. Martin : Mommypatamus and dehydrators

Cant wait to try it when I am making some dried tomatoes for the first time!! I am so excited!

Edgar W. : Four Stars

Great Dehydrator but was too small to meet My needs

E. M. Bilek : Versatile and well made

The Excalibur five-tray stainless-steel dehydrator (D500SHD) is excellent. I got it to replace my four-tray Excalibur dehydrator that finally had its heating element fail after nearly 40 years. After that time, and after surviving two overseas moves (during which I operated the dehydrator through a step-down voltage transformer), there were also some cracks appearing in its plastic case and there was a crack in its door. So rather than contacting Excalibur to replace the door and begin troubleshooting the heater by replacing the thermostat, which were parts that they could have sent, I decided to get a new stainless-steel model.

To be clear, the stainless-steel is, apart from the door, stainless panels that are cladding over a plastic box that is BPA-free according to Excalibur’s claims, but I think that the steel will add additional durability to that box. Though I decided to get a new model, Excalibur has appeared to have kept its basic designs and sizes for decades, making parts exchangeable and readily accessible. I appreciate the fact that if a small bit breaks or wears out on one of their dehydrators, that there’s a good chance that it can be repaired.

So far, I am impressed with this new dehydrator. I am happy to see that Excalibur’s quality has not appeared to deteriorate since I got my last Excalibur dehydrator in 1982. Though I was happy with my previous unit, the fan on the new dehydrator seems like it’s more powerful. Thus far I’ve only dried some tomatoes in the new unit, but was pleased at how uniformly the pieces dried. The documentation that came with this dehydrator is much expanded over what I received 40 years ago, and I am looking forward to trying some of the recipes and suggestions in the “Preserve It Naturally” book that came with the new dehydrator.

This new unit feels solid and well made. The five trays that came with the D500SHD dehydrator are 304-grade stainless, according to Excalibur. Neither they nor the stainless panels on the unit’s exterior provide much attraction to a magnet, which is an indication of the metal's quality. Even the machine bolts supplied to attach the door handles are stainless; it’s a nice touch, but if Excalibur puts quality parts into such small things, which most people would not notice and on which they could have saved a few pennies by putting in non-stainless parts, it gives me confidence that the rest of the unit is both as well made and well thought out as it appears. Another indication of its quality is that Excalibur provides a ten-year limited warranty on the dehydrator if it's ordered direct from the factory -- a length far beyond warranties on most consumer products.

As with my previous Excalibur dehydrator, I appreciate the fact that I can operate this unit standing up on its narrow edge. I frequently use it in this position when I make jars of yoghurt. I like the fact that this unit has a timer; but although I can set it for up to 26 hours, I wish that the timer also had an “always-on” setting -- my only criticism with this dehydrator.

I found my previous four-tray model to be big enough for my four-person family (though we did not have a large garden and I never had a large amount of game requiring immediate processing). The new five-tray model is plenty big for my purposes, and I am hopeful that in stainless steel, it will last me at least another 40 years, and if anything does go wrong with it, Excalibur will be around and will have the parts to repair it. I highly recommend Excalibur’s D500SHD five-tray stainless steel dehydrator with no reservations.

Healthy or bust : Seeking life long health

Would love this dehydrator to maximize the use of our fresh garden produce and in season produce. I love creating new dishes and I have seen many people use these on TV. Would love to try more raw foods.

Emily Lawson : Mommypotamous

Can't wait to make fruit leather and dried tomatoes! There are so many wonderful recipes to try - especially for healthy snacks for kids!

Lea : I'm already looking up beef jerky recipes!

I can't wait!!! Beef jerky & dried fruit....so many good things! I'm excited to think of what else I could use it for.

Jeremiah Foster : Mommypotomus

I'll make granola for the whole neighborhood( if they all like granola) and my entire family where I live in NE.

Kindle Customer : Excalibur Dehydrator

I have the Non-stainless Excalibur Dehydrator. I love it, it has been running constantly almost since the day I purchased it 3yrs ago. Sturdy, dependable, easy to use and clean.

Luv2bgreta : Love this

I can not wait to make fruit leather with one of these food dehydrators. So excited to try it at home.

SmithFam : Excalibur dehydrators are the best!

I have never owned an Excalibur dehydrator because I have I have a Nesco American Harvester which is a work horse but I cannot do yogurt with it. I have children with a lot of different allergies and I struggle making yogurt! Everyone that I know that has an Excalibur loves them and they can do so many different things! So, the first thing that I would make is yogurt!

Penny : Great Company

Littlebarefootregners : I would love this

The first thing I would make would probably be fruit leather or beef jerky! I would love one of these for herbs as well!!

Janell Weaver : dried fruit!

If I were to win this I would use it first to make healthy dried fruit snacks for my son... and go from there!

Nora Ann Allgood : dryer

I find it very noisy. I like that it has a timer. Wish there was a little more room between trays

Brit : wow!

This is something that I would love to have. It would save my family so much money and I have a recipe for vegetable chips that my friend who is gluten free can actually have :D I really want to do them, and make yummy fruit leather, dried fruits, jerky... so many things you can do!!!

Isaac Waring : Mommypotamous

So lovely! I love finding new ways to save my family money, and I really hope to try this if I win the Mommypotamous giveaway!

~Lissy

Kai Bates : woohoo

I can't wait to get this dehydrator! Its so exciting.
MMMmm cant wait to make some delicious Kale Chips, yum yum!

Isaac Waring : Mommypotamous

So lovely! I love finding new ways to save my family money, and I really hope to try this if I win the Mommypotamous giveaway!

~Lissy

Healthy or bust : Seeking life long health

Tatjana Dyck : Mommypotamus

I would dehydrate my garden veggies, and all the peppermint growing around our property for making tea. tea is quite expensive if you drink it almost every day, and would make a lovely gift for others

Isaac Waring : Mommypotamous

So lovely! I love finding new ways to save my family money, and I really hope to try this if I win the Mommypotamous giveaway!

~Lissy

Darren Reeser : Mommypotamus

First thing would be homemade skittles out of dried fruit, thinking strawberries first, the some oranges, and apples fill it up with all I could

Isaac Waring : Mommypotamous

So lovely! I love finding new ways to save my family money, and I really hope to try this if I win the Mommypotamous giveaway!

~Lissy

Pam Burbank : Mommypotamus

This is an excellent product. The first thing I would do is dehydrated raw nuts after soaking to get all the best nutrients out of them!

VeggieMomma : Mommypotamus

I've been wanting one of these for the past 5 years. Can't wait to start drying herbs, tomatoes and making fruit leathers and energy bars! ~Janet

zach harbour : Mommypotamus written by Elana Harbour

This thing is awesome I want it! The first thing I would make is fruit roll ups followed by dried apples and beef jerky!

Amazon Customer : My review

I would make kale treats. I always buy them. I will finally be able to make my own. I would definitely make toast/bread/crackers for raw pizza :-)

M : Kale Chip Conundrum

I am happy with the way that this dehydrator functions overall.
The only reason I rated it a 3 is to bring attention to the spacing inside of the machine.
For foods with more bulk like kale and cauliflower it doesn't work to fill all 5 trays.
There isn't enough space and then the food gets smashed and doesn't dry as well.
People that enjoy kale chips know that you can't just make 2 trays for a party.
I tried making 4 trays and things were cramped and I needed to re situate things
after they had cooked for awhile. It worked, but not as smoothly as when I only made 2 trays.
I would have ordered the 9 tray, but I noticed all of the complaints about how noisy it was so I opted for the 5 tray
knowing I wanted something that I could carry easily and have in a smaller space. Initially the 5 tray doesn't sound that loud,
it's white noise ish, then you start to notice it. When I have it running in the day I put it in the laundry room and shut the door, then
it's fine. In hindsight the 9 tray may have been more useful since I can really only load the 5 tray up with 2 or 3 trays if the food has some puff. If you want to make more than 1 recipe it is nice to have the option of more space.
My recommendation for someone that is going to use the dehydrator for several dishes at a time, kale chips, etc. is that if you have the space and can put it in a room and close the door or have an area of the house that you don't have to hear it go for the 9 tray. I am using the dehydrator often so I started thinking that in the future when we are living in a different home I may consider getting a 9 tray in addition to what I have to accommodate making more food at one time, especially for parties and holidays.

Janell Weaver : dried fruit!

If I were to win this I would use it first to make healthy dried fruit snacks for my son... and go from there!

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