Best Fruit & Vegetable Corers & Pitters
The oxo good grips stainless steel pineapple slicer cores and slices awhole pineapple quickly and easily.simply slice off the top of a fresh pineapple and twist the slicer ontothe exposed fruit to create perfect pineapple rings. Knob and shaft separate with the press of a button for easy cleaning and are dish washer safe.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"UPDATE: I discovered that the pineapple core does not become lodged in the cylinder if one doesn't drill all the way down to the bottom of the pineapple."
"It literally took a push of the hand and the whole pineapple was spiraled into thin rings."
"I love pineapple but I feel really bad about wasting so much of the fruit and the juice when I cut it with a knife."
"It makes clean slices around the inner edge of the pineapple and, with a bit of pressure applied (just leaning a little into it), cuts/slices through the pineapple with ease. This product makes cutting up a pineapple an extremely easy process with minimal effort (much easier than just using a blade to cut all the edges off and then cut it up by hand)."
"Liked this so much I gave one to my daughter-in-law for her birthday."
"Now I can buy pineapples and my teens can cut the tops off and then use this to get all the juicy delicousness out of them."
"I purchase alot of pineapple to freeze and I was hoping this would make cutting them easier."
"Sharp and works well, but its hard to store in a drawer."
Simply insert the stainless steel claw, push gently, and twist out the stem of strawberries to leave the sweet flesh intact for filling and more. Bold colors and a fun design make this strawberry tool easy to find in a drawer.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"After starting to make my own preserves a few years ago, I'll never go back to store bought. My standard strawberry preserves are hulled, then thinly sliced, with one whole lemon thinly sliced and chopped (minus seeds) for about 2-3 pounds of strawberries."
"It’s sinple to use, push the top in, stick it down the top of the strawberry, let the top out, it closes, turn and pull and your strawberry is cored."
"This was a gift for my daughter because she buys strawberries year-round (her 2.5 yr old son loves them)."
"Not really sure how long it will last but it really does what it is intended to do."
"This little kitchen gadget is directly responsible for the upswing in strawberry consumption in our household."
"It may seem silly to have a gadget like this that only serves one purpose."
"I got this as a gift after my husband saw the product review on America's Test Kitchen."
Splatter shield protects work area from juices and removes for cleaning.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 because it does tend to occasionally lock itself when you close it on a cherry, but once you figure out that's what's happening it's only a minor annoyance."
"Interestingly, I gave my 9 year old a shot at doing it and he stuck the splash guard right down against the bowl and it helped tremendously!"
"This is way better than this style: Gonicc Zinc Alloy Cherry & Olive Pitter(CP-1001), Dishwasher Safe, Remove Cherry pit quick&easy or Cherry Pitter Olive and Cherry Pitting Tool."
"Great for pitting cherries, ok for pitting kalamata olives."
"Easy to use pitter but one still needs to be cautious to make sure the pit was extracted from cherries."
"The genius thing about this is the cup no more spattered cherry juice."
"I would still wear an apron or hold the bottom of the pitter in the sink so the juice doesn't stain your clothes."
"I didn't think I needed this little gadget and here I was looking at yet another recipe that called for pitted cherries that I would not be making because I was too lazy to pit the cherries by hand."
Best Fruit & Vegetable Corers
The oxo good grips stainless steel pineapple slicer cores and slices awhole pineapple quickly and easily.simply slice off the top of a fresh pineapple and twist the slicer ontothe exposed fruit to create perfect pineapple rings. Knob and shaft separate with the press of a button for easy cleaning and are dish washer safe.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Pineapple... one of those fruits I never buy because when whole it is the biggest pain in the world to peel and cut and I never buy pre-cut because it is usually $7 for a container of a half pineapple when a whole pineapple costs $2.99 in the same store. Just perfect pineapple and an empty pineapple shell with almost no meat left inside."
"It literally took a push of the hand and the whole pineapple was spiraled into thin rings."
"UPDATE: I discovered that the pineapple core does not become lodged in the cylinder if one doesn't drill all the way down to the bottom of the pineapple."
"It was fairly easy to use but I had trouble getting started until my daughter held the pineapple and kept it from turning with the cutter."
"I love pineapple but I feel really bad about wasting so much of the fruit and the juice when I cut it with a knife."
"It makes clean slices around the inner edge of the pineapple and, with a bit of pressure applied (just leaning a little into it), cuts/slices through the pineapple with ease. This product makes cutting up a pineapple an extremely easy process with minimal effort (much easier than just using a blade to cut all the edges off and then cut it up by hand)."
"I purchase alot of pineapple to freeze and I was hoping this would make cutting them easier."
"Sharp and works well, but its hard to store in a drawer."
Best Fruit & Vegetable Pitters
Splatter shield protects work area from juices and removes for cleaning.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 because it does tend to occasionally lock itself when you close it on a cherry, but once you figure out that's what's happening it's only a minor annoyance."
"One minor flaw, which I don't think are the fault of this brand but just the general design: sometimes the core piece disturbes the pit but does not completely dislodge it, and instead it spits out a tiny piece of cherry."
"Interestingly, I gave my 9 year old a shot at doing it and he stuck the splash guard right down against the bowl and it helped tremendously!"
"This is way better than this style: Gonicc Zinc Alloy Cherry & Olive Pitter(CP-1001), Dishwasher Safe, Remove Cherry pit quick&easy or Cherry Pitter Olive and Cherry Pitting Tool."
"Great for pitting cherries, ok for pitting kalamata olives."
"Easy to use pitter but one still needs to be cautious to make sure the pit was extracted from cherries."
"The genius thing about this is the cup no more spattered cherry juice."
"I would still wear an apron or hold the bottom of the pitter in the sink so the juice doesn't stain your clothes."
Best Fruit & Vegetable Zesters & Reamers
A soft, comfortable, non-slip handle provides a secure grip and cushions hands during repetitive grating motions. Sharp, etched stainless steel blades for fast, easy zesting and grating.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My wife has been wanting one of these for a very long time, I should have bought two, her son seems to use our kitchen stuff more than we do and we don't usually find it until the next family gathering!"
"Great zester Good size to lay over a bowl and zest away."
"The zester is long enough to hold comfortably and slim enough to use simple strokes to make zesting a simple project."
"It's a bit hard to clean by hand due to pieces sticking."
"This is my first hand-held grater and I love it."
"Gave it 4 stars only because part of it is white material which immediately gets discolored with orange or citrus zest."
"Great size, balance, and heft."
"What fun zesting can be!"
Best Fruit & Vegetable Cleaning Brushes
Sturdy nylon bristles clean thoroughly, while its flexible, non-slip body rests comfortably in your palm. The Good Grips line features durable, nonslip flexible handles on every product. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Although I buy organic, cleaning fruits and vegetables is still a good safe practice for pregnant women, so I bought this based on the good reviews."
"Also a great veggie brush I’m sure, but I would NOT use the same brush for both eggs and veggies. from the veggies or fruit and transfer them to farm fresh eggs."
"The difference between this veggie brush and a cheap dollar store one is like doing a 180."
"In the meantime, she bought herself one, and since it was on my wish list, she bought me one."
"I like this vegetable brush because it's soft enough that it will clean your vegetables but it won't entirely rub the surface off like some with harder bristles."
"When I started making my own baby food, I wanted to get serious about actually cleaning my vegetables instead of halfheartedly rubbing them under running water."
"The silk gets tangled in the bristles, and needs to be cleaned out thoroughly afterwards."
"It's a good vegetable brush that is the right size to fit in your hand to clean your food."
Best Potato Mashers & Ricers
The OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Ricer is designed for making smooth, fluffy mashed potatoes without breaking a sweat. Ergonomically designed to fit the palm comfortably, the pressure-absorbing, processed rubber handle puts less tension on the hands, while still providing an outstanding grip. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It makes wonderfully fluffy, perfectly even riced potatoes."
"However, when I put the potatoes inside most of the potatoes get out good but some are left in the ricer."
"I know this press from Germany and we use it to make potato balls and mash potatoes."
"Made 20 lbs of riced potatoes for Thanksgiving."
"Before I had my ricer, mashed potatoes were not my favorite food to cook; peeling potatoes is a lot of work and they are difficult to mash up in small quantities (I typically only cook for my wife and me)."
"It takes a fair amount of hand strength to squeeze potatoes through a ricer and with my first model I felt that if I applied too much stress to the handles then they would break."
"This one could be bigger but I get done with a big pan of potatoes in no time and my family loves them."
"It's not hard on your hands either which is a huge plus and because it isn't bulky, storing it is great!"
Best Grapefruit Utensils
Stainless Steel Grapefruit Spoons - Set of 4. Includes set of 4 sturdy and durable grapefruit spoons - Serrated edges easily loosen grapefruit sections.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"These are very nice spoons."
"Sturdy, inexpensive, good quality stainless steel."
"My daughter loves these for eating lemons."
"Very nicely made."
"Good price, shipped quickly, works well, and is exactly what I was looking for!"
"The spoons arrived on time and do what grapefruit spoons are supposed to do."
"Perfect."
"I haven't yet eaten with these spoons, but they look durable and have nice finish and weight."
Best Manual Juicers
Strong, safe and super-efficient, the Bellemain Stainless Steel Lemon Press is also easy to use, clean and store ... proving that the simplest designs are simply the best. Juices Lemons and Limes to the Last Drop With one powerful plier motion, the nesting bowls squeeze every bit of juice from your lemon or lime; unlike reamers which force you to dig around and around, and still not get it all. SUPERIOR STRENGTH FOR PROFESSIONAL SQUEEZING: Say hello to the best manual juicer on Amazon. Bellemain® juicers are 18/10 stainless steel so your juicer looks the same on the 100th day of making lemonade as it did on day 1—etch-free, rust-free, and simply marvelous.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is because some juice pools at the sides of the lemon/lime once it's flattened, the juice can't get to the holes."
"It's pretty good; it certainly juices well, and is easy to hold and squeeze."
"The red silicone that covers the handles though, gets wet easily underneath and slides on the handle.I took them off and find the squeezer works just as well without them."
"I threw away all my chipped up lemon and lime squeezers - this one does it all."
"Purchased because it's top rated here on Amazon."
"This juicer works excellently!"
"So happy to have a stainless steel lemon squeezer!"
"feels sturdy and looks sturdy."
Best Melon Ballers
Package Quantity: 1 |. Size: A. Features two scooping ends made of durable stainless steel.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have not used this for melon balls yet but I did use it to complete a cupcake project."
"I was really not familiar on using this, so I watched a couple of videos on YouTube to make sure I did it correctly."
"Only one side works.. the other side looks like it caved in before I received it.. Would not buy online again."
"as for it making perfect melon balls that is completely up to the users skill."
"I cut the apple in half and use the melon baller to take out the core."
"My purpose in ordering it was to pit Cherry Tomatoes but, as has been mentioned by others, one keeps discovering uses for it that you hadn't thought off."
"Love this for apples...cut apple in half, scoop out core, replace with peanut butter!"
"Other than using them for melon balls, they are good for a lot of other things.."