Weston 28-0501-W Steel Alloy 24-Rack Food Dehydrator with Glass Door - 1600W

This unit looks great, but we are completely disappointed by its functionality. We prepare and sell premium dehydrated dog treats. We have been using multiple Excalibur 3926TW 9-Tray Electric Food Dehydrators, which work quite well, but thought it would be worthwhile to upgrade to a larger commercial dehydrator. It has been a disaster. The Weston 28-0501-W has a maximum temperature of 160 degrees. Reaching that maximum temperature, let alone maintain that temperature, has been impossible. Even after relocating the Weston 28-0501-W to a room with an ambient temperature of 78 degrees, the problems persisted. These problems were exacerbated by the fact that the Weston 28-0501-W heats in an extremely uneven fashion -- both front to back and from top to bottom. Even doubling the time required by our less expensive Excalibur dehyrators, rearranging trays from top to bottom and front to back Read More

I have had this product for a little over 6 months and have begun to notice the coating on the trays is starting to come off. i see small signs of rust. So i'm not really sure how much longer i will be able to use them.

Not sure if I have written one review but this dehydrator does not dry food evenly from top to bottom. I discovered that the top most racks dry better and food closest to the back of the oven also dry better. My final comment on this machine is about the non stick racks. I believe someone else mentioned this in their review. The coating on the racks did not last long before they start peeling off. A stainless steel rack might be better. In conclusion, in my experience, this is not a commercial grade dehydrator and the heating is not uniform all over .

I brought this Weston Dehydrator and it was the worst investment I made for my small business. Not worth the money! If I had the chance I would of stuck with the Excalibur Model No. 2900ECB which is for house use only! This Weston do not reach the temperature of 170 Degrees to do my chicken jerky treats for my business and the timer on the machine went out on my first usage. The fans blow uneven and one of my legs broke seems to be cheaply made. I have 3 brand new machines never been used and looking to sell them or maybe get some type of return or exchange. If you have a business and looking to mask produce any meat jerky this is NOT your machine.

Had high hopes for this dehydrator. Minor complaint is when it’s completely loaded up with jerky, the front of the racks cook uneven than the back. While I’m okay with rotating the racks a few times during the process, what I’m not okay with is the nonstick coating has started to come off on all the racks exposing rust after 4 times of use. Now it just sits unused.

Fantastic, dehydrator been using it everyday since we got it,we did beef jerky, bananas, peaches, apples, pineapple, it works unbelievable been dehydrating for 30 years, went through 6 dehydrators this is the best one I've ever used.

Just needs a drip pan but works great

We sell powdered garlic spices and pepper we grow on our farm. The dehydrator has given us an advantage in labor reduction and time saved plus the quality and freshness as well. Do mostly to the time and temp control. I have never used it for other products. We have used it going on third year now and has been trouble free.

The Weston 24 Rack food dehydrator is an absolute unit. This thing can actually dehydrate 40 lbs of jerky (depending on your humidity in the room) in about 5 hours. It uses a pretty stout heating element to move the hot air across the product so be careful on your circuit breakers because adding anything else to your typical 20 amp will throw the breaker. I gave 4 stars and not 5 because when i ordered two of them the control panel for one wasnt working upon arrival and the other one went out within a few weeks. However! I didn't give them three stars (this caused me alot of problems) because their customer service was fantastic and they shipped us replacements right away. I absolutely plan on buying the smaller version just as soon as business picks up and its needed.

First off what a great price for this dehydrator. I dehydrate a lot of meat and so far this has been lovely. The racks are a little close together so some of the meat is which and touches the racks depending on what I am putting in there. But all I have to do is skip a row and its fine. It heats evenly and does a great job on the meat. Its a pain in the butt to clean, but I'm sure ill figure out a better solution one day. Overall great deal

Best dehydrator to buy. it is easy to use and an easy to read screen. Not hard to put to the wheels on witch makes it easy to move around if needed.

After receiving this machine.. my production have grown due to the fact that it hold more meat.. I really like the way it operates.. it's simple and straight forward.. I will be ordering another soon

We LOVE this dehydrator. We use it in a 'non-conventional" way. We use it as a small proofer in our bakery. It's very durable and well built. We would buy this again!