Excalibur dehydrators offer the Turbo Charged Parallexx Drying System. Millions have rediscovered the benefits of food dehydration. Healthy, nutritious, and tasty food at a huge savings. Now Excalibur makes drying easy. For centuries food has been dried in the sun or open air - a lengthy, messy and difficult process inviting contamination and spoilage. With the introduction of electric dehydrators the drying process was improved. Most manufacturers offered round, stackable models with a heating unit in the bottom. Excalibur pioneered a rear-mounted equipment package allowing horizontal or parallel air flow; The Parallexx System. The Model 2500 is the compact, counter size model. Yet, with 8 square feet of drying area, it is large enough for quantity drying. Dimensions: 9"H x 17"W x 19"D Great for drying Fruits, Vegetables, Fruit Leathers, Jerky, Fish, Raising Breads, Herbs, Yogurt, Cheese, Recrisping crackers. Simply remove some of the trays and you can dehydrate whole fruits or flower bouquets! Can also be used to develop photographic negatives and make cake decorations! Almost unbreakable and FDA approved polycarbonate trays are dishwasher safe. Very fast drying times (no tray rotation needed). Excalibur/Killer Baits Inc. (KBI) is the legal owner of the trademarks Excalibur ®, Parallexx TM, and Teflex TM and are used by permission.