Kalahari Khabu Stainless Steel Biltong Box Food Dehydrator and Drying Cabinet – Large 10 Trays, 5 Hanging Rods, with 20-90°C Temperature Control – Perfect for Drying Biltong, Meat, Vegetable & Fruit

As an ex South African and a master butcher and also a supplier of The biltong King chain of stores with my biltong i must congratulate the maker of this biltong drier for the excellent engineering work that went into it. Right now i am enjoying the biltong that i made with it. Baie Dankie Boet

I have been watching this product for a while now and finally decided to buy it!!!I am now on my second batch of biltong and highly recommend this unit!!! I am a novice biltong maker but, as a South African living in the USA, I really miss eating the stuff.I'm super happy to be able to make it myself!!! The first batch turned out really well. It was so easy to make and I can't wait to try the next batch!!!Buy it, you won't be sorry!!!!

Makes chilly sticks, biltong, and dried bacon just like it was from South Africa. I love this! Great buy!

Really awesome small batch biltong maker. As a South African I can say with 100% confidence you won't regret buying this well designed unit for excellent homemade biltong. Even comes with recipe booklet for drying all sorts of meat products (not just biltong). No more paying extortionate prices for sub-par biltong purchased online!!

When I plugged in the appliance, I got shocked by the unit and it tripped my circuit breaker. Does not appear as though quality control is effective. Waiting on a replacement. Wasting $50 worth of meat.

The unit was shipped very professional. I bought the black unit and it's very well made. This will be perfect for the normal homeowner who wants to make Billtong or any other type of meat. My hunting buddies are on notice to bring me deer, elk, bison. I want to throw some fresh salmon in it as well. Excited to get started.

To preface I used to live in South Africa and have been making biltong recreationally and commercially in the States for the last 10 years.I was initially intrigued with this unit because we dont have many manufactured products available in the US for biltong making. Now that I've had this unit for a bit and have made a batch of biltong with it already, here are my thoughts, positive notes and critiques.Who should buy this unit? I feel the product features, operation and quality make it suitable only for amateur makers or new makers wanting to try out biltong making at home. This is not a unit that will be suitable for someone who wants to frequently make biltong at home let alone a seasoned maker.Cons:Expensive - At the time of this review i paid $300 USD for this unit and for what it is you would be far better to make a homemade box for a fraction of the cost.Construction - It is very obvious when you get the unit that it is a repurposed tray dehydrator. The quality of the unit is sub par and flimsy. My unit actually came with a bent door hinge that makes opening and closing a challenge. Additionally, the unit is not well sealed and flies can easily enter through gaps in the door area because there is no sealing or weather stripping.Additionally, the parts used to convert this once-dehyderator into a biltong maker were not well thought out. The metalic hooks provided will not fit over the horizontal hanging rods and meat without modifying or bending each hook. There is also such little space inside the cabinet that you will only be able to fin a couple pounds of wet product in the box.Operation - The box is not designed for biltong making. As a previous review mentioned, you need to reset the unit every 24 hours, as thats the longest amount of time the countdown timer will allow the unit to operate.Pros:For someone who has no experience and doesn't want to build their own box, and has the money to spend ont his unit, you can successfully make biltong with a few modifications o the unit. But outside of that, i would not recommend this unit to anyone else.

The fan made a noise that sounded like it turned on but never did. LED lights worked fine. Rotted $97 worth of meat and am not being compensated for it. I will remove this review when I am reimbursed.