1000th Post Party Giveaway: Deluxe Excalibur 3900 9-Tray Dehydrator ($220 Value)
It’s been a hard secret to keep, but at last I can announce that after the smashing success of our Excalibur Dehydrator giveaway last fall, it’s time to give away another one!
I’ve owned a 9-Tray Excalibur for about a year and a half now. I keep it on my kitchen counter the way that most people have a microwave or toaster oven. Yes, I use it almost that often!
As someone who uses my dehydrator so extensively, I can’t imagine going back to the cheaper model I used to have. This is the ultimate dehydrator. It is absolutely top-notch and I cannot say enough good things about it.
In my previous review, I mentioned the main reasons that I chose to go with an Excalibur Dehydrator in particular:
- Large, square shaped trays (as opposed to round with a hole in the center). The means no more wonky-shaped fruit leather. No more grains falling through the cracks into the dehydrator motor. Less wasted space in arranging items on the tray.
- Adjustable trays. You can remove the tray above if you’re drying something tall to give it more space. You can remove all of the trays to do something like mason jars with yogurt, or for rising bread. You can remove the bottom half of the trays to do pint sized jars of yogurt and still keep drying nuts or herbs or fruit on the upper trays. The possibilities are endless!
- Trays that slide out through the front. With a round dehydrator, I had to lift off all of the top trays in order to access something in the middle or on the bottom. With the front access, I can just open it up and pull out the exact tray that I want to see.
- A heating/fan unit along the back, rather than down at the bottom. This allows for more even heating of the entire dehydrator and items that finish more or less at the same time.
There are so many things that I use my dehydrator for! These days, the most common is probably for making crispy nuts (nuts that are soaked and then dried). I also use it frequently for making granola, for soaking and dehydrating oats for granola bars, for drying herbs or vegetables, for making dried apples or pears or fruit leathers, for making “cheese” crackers… just to name a few.
One additional feature about the model that is being given away is a 26 hour adjustable timer, so that you can set the dehydrator to turn off while you are out or during the night, so that you don’t over-dry things or waste energy! This is new since I bought mine, but it would be such a handy feature to have!
To learn more about my thoughts on the Excalibur Dehydrator, definitely check out my review.
Another great place to learn more is in this promotional video. I wanted to embed it into this post, but wasn’t able to. It’s worth clicking through and visiting their website, though, so that you can get more of a feel for how the dehydrator functions and what makes it unique.
So who wants to win themselves a Deluxe Excalibur 3900 9-Tray Dehydrator ($220 value)?
To streamline giveaways a bit more, we are experimenting with a new system. Rather than leaving multiple comments to get all of your extra entries, simply click on the link below and complete one survey, checking off the entry options that you have completed! That’s it!
Giveaway ends Friday, June 25th at 4pm PST. Giveaway has now ended!
Oh my goodness! I have been trying to figure out where I can squeeze my budget to order an Excalibur! Your giveaways are amazing!
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i would love to win this! i’m really interested in getting one, but it’s hard to pay that much! 🙂 i did have a problem doing the giveaway survey though…the first time i’m pretty sure i forgot to put in my email address and name. so i tried the second time, and it didn’t let me do it. i wonder if i’m in or not? what shall i do?
@Karen, You could try clearing your cookies on your internet browser and see if it lets you take the survey again. Otherwise, if I choose a winner with no email/name, I guess I’ll know it’s you! 🙂
Oh, thank you! I don’t think I’ll try clearing the cookies, since I don’t know how, and I’d have to get my husband to do it for me. I’ll just trust that if you pick my survey (high hopes here! 🙂 ), you will remember who it is! 🙂 Thanks again for helping me with this, and for the great giveaways that you’re doing…so fun!
Wow! You keep giving away stuff I really want 🙂
.-= Stacy @ Delighting in the Days´s last blog ..My daughter is growing up! =-.
Wow, thank you thank you for this giveaway!! My husband and I were just saying how badly we needed to get another one of these. We had one, but sold it last year when he was unemployed. Now we’re going back on raw foods, and this would come in really handy. I am totally doing this contest!
Thanks!
wow! that’s awesome, I have been wanting to get one! my boys love dried fruit and it would be wonderful to make my own without all the added sugar!
wow what a give away. 🙂
Hmm, when I clicked on the link to read your previous review, I got an error message. It’s past my bedtime as it is, so I will try to click around a bit more tomorrow. :>)
I did want to mention that I have a Cabela’s dehydrator that is similar to an Excalibur, and I posted a review of it today, kind of based on what Katie at Kitchen Stewardship said about the Excalibur versus the Nesco round one. Interesting stuff, for sure!
.-= Lenetta @ Nettacow´s last blog ..7 Quick Takes – Cooking Edition =-.
Wow – your blog is awesome and you’ve found some INCREDIBLE stuff. I need a morning to spend more time here reading and drooling over stuff you have posted plus checking out your other blog. You sound like you have a lot in common with us. We are trying to move to a more self sufficient sustainable lifestyle.
We now produce our own meat, milk, veggies, fruit and working on honey – I wish it was 100% but every little bit helps.
Thank you for offering this! We have wanted one for so long. I hope we win.
.-= Ranee @ Arabian Knits´s last blog ..Menu Plan: June 13 – June 19 =-.
This prize is going to make someone very happy!
This is an INCREDIBLE giveaway, Stephanie!
On the giveaway survey (which is GENIUS, by the way) does it count if we are already subscribers to KotH and Saving Naturally?
.-= Megan@SortaCrunchy´s last blog ..When I Feel Brittle =-.
Oh what a blessing this would be! Actually I would give it a friend, who has a large family…..blessings!
.-= Andi´s last blog ..~ The Iris ~ TOH Challenge #13 =-.
I love this giveaway! It is so cool.
I got one after Christmas and I LOVE it!! It also has taken the place my microwave used to have, because I, too, use it THAT often. I usually dry sprouted grains in it, but occasionally use it for yogurt, drying herbs, etc. Couldn’t live without it!
.-= Kate´s last blog ..Family Life Updates =-.
Oops, forgot to change my blog address!! 🙂 And my latest post is so cool. I prove even with Walmart-brand prices, eating real food is STILL cheaper than processed. 🙂
.-= Kate´s last blog ..SAD VS. Real Food =-.
Oh, what fun!
blessed.mama4 at yahoo dot com
I have tried to sign up for this three times and it says that it can not because it was submitted already. It never accepted my entry.
I just entered the giveaway, but I’m pretty sure i forgot to put my name and email in at the top! I thought I’d post here in case your submissions are timestamped or something. Sorry!
Love your blog!
What a wonderful giveaway! What fun it would be to win one!
Excellent review 🙂
What a fun giveaway…. I’m quickly becoming addicted to checking your blog each day!! Thanks!!
I was just wondering when a winner would be announced for your givaways. I love your blog by the way. I have found some very good information here and I have reccomended your dite to others via facebook.
Who won? Who won?!! Please say me. 🙂
I’m also wondering when winners will be announced for the giveaways. Thanks for chance to win such great stuff!
@Whiterock, The winners are coming soon! There were SOOO many entries and 5 giveaways, too, so it’s a bit time consuming to put together in the midst of our new house, but we’re working on it! 🙂
@Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home, Thanks for the reply! I understand about the house…. we are about to move for the second time within a year. We just bought a house with ~5 acres and fruit trees! So excited (and in need of a good dehydrator)! =D