COSORI Food Dehydrator for Jerky, Large Drying Space with 6.48ft², 600W Dehydrated Dryer, 6 Stainless Steel Trays, 48H Timer, 165°F Temperature Control, for Herbs, Meat, Fruit, and Yogurt, Silver

A Very Solid Dehydrator with Great Capacity. I got this for Christmas 2022 and love it. I would get this one again if I had to do it over. I originally had the large Excalibur but decided I didn’t like all the plastic and the resulting flimsiness (damaged in shipping) so exchanged it for this one (the 10-tray) and like having the metal much better. Pros: 1) Very generous drying capacity, which comes in handy during harvest time. 2) Temperature control and range – I don’t know that I will ever need down to the degree, but every 5 degrees is great, and I can do everything from delicate herbs to jerky if I want. 3) The air circulation system does seem to dehydrate better than the circular Oster model I was given just to see if I liked dehydrating. 4) The glass door is nice to keep a general eye on progress. Cons: 1) The trays are fairly close together, which may restrict airflow somewhat, so I start out loading every other tray but typically wind up using most or all of the trays. I also try to skip completely the top and bottom trays due to their proximity to the top and bottom of the interior. 2) It only came with one fruit roll sheet and one mesh tray – both hard plastic. The hard plastic fruit roll sheet is great to put under the lowest tray to catch drips and bits and pieces. I’ve never used the hard plastic mesh tray yet. I did order and love the flexible silicone mesh mats and fruit trays. The flexibility of these makes getting dehydrated foods off of them much easier, and they wash up fairly easily. 3) It certainly isn’t cheap, especially after you add on the cost of buying the extra mesh and fruit roll sheets. I love this dehydrator, but it’s a significant investment; I suggest if you are new to dehydrating, see if you can borrow or find a basic, small dehydrator to find out if dehydrating is useful and something you want to continue doing. I started out with a $40 Oster basic model without hardly any bells and whistles but was able to determine investing in a really nice dehydrator would be worthwhile for me. Things to consider generally: 1) This sucker takes up a LOT of room! It was way too big to fit on our kitchen countertop and under the upper cabinets with enough clearance for airflow, which is important. We wound up putting it on a large, sturdy stainless steel utility cart (and up on bricks to give clearance for the dehydrator door to open) I purchased years ago from Sam’s Club for my office (I think it’s still available). 2) It will put out some heat (welcome in the winter but not so much in the summer, lol, as we don’t do air co) and doesn’t run completely silent (but not bad). 3) Think about how much drying space you realistically need in a dehydrator. There’s a 6-tray model that you should look at if you don’t need quite as much. 4) You will probably need to condition whatever you dehydrate. It’s a process, and you need to educate yourself on how to do this safely! 5) Think about other food preservation methods (e.g., water bath or pressure canning) and how long you need your food to stay good in storage and how you would use dehydrated foods 6) Join a FB dehydrating group or two for education, great tips, recipes, and community feeling. I have a favorite page that I rely heavily on. Happy dehydrating!

GREAT Dehydrator & GREAT Price. I’ve had the high-priced food dehydrators, and they died on me…some within minutes of being taken out of the box.Being once bitten and twice shy, I opted to go with a cheaper dehydrator with the hope that I’d get a month or two out of it.This food dehydrator is such a nice surprise!It’s compactIt’s relatively quiet.It’s easy to operate and programIt actually worksThe trays are stainless steelIt has a glass door, so you can see what’s happening insideIt flashes the time and temp constantly, so there’s no guessing on how much time is leftYou can mute the beeps, if you’re so inclinedIt actually fit more than I thought it wouldTwo things:1: If you’re going to be dehydrating items that will be on the small side, you’ll probably want to buy the silicone tray “catchers,” which I think I’ll be purchasing for something like $15.2: It does vent the hot air into the room where it’s operating. This is not a big deal for me, but if you live somewhere where it’s hotter than the surface of the sun, you are going to need additional ventilation and air conditioning, but that would be true for ANY dehydrator.All in all, for HALF THE PRICE of the big daddy of food dehydrators (which I’ve purchased and had to return because the fuses needed to be replaced right out of the box), you would be hard pressed to beat this little gem.I. Am. Loving. It.

Worth every penny. I purchased this dehydrator November of 2020, it is now September of 2023, so basically a 3 year review. This dehydrator has done everything asked of it, no issues whatsoever. It has dehydrated over 100 pounds of deer and elk jerkey, has dehydrated salmon jerkey, banana slices, pears, apples, and kiwi. This is a great no thrills appliance that looks sleek as well. Doesn’t take up too much space, but yet is the perfect size to do a 5 lb batch of jerkey.If anything ever happens to it, I wouldn’t hesitate replacing it with the same exact brand and model.If I HAD to nitpick, the only negative is the timer only goes in increments of 30 minutes. It would be nice to have 15 minute increments. This is easily overcome with your phone timer.