I don't read a lot about how good it is for making tomato juice. Do you use it primarily for tomato sauce?
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Making tomato juice is a product of boiling tomatoes with water and then straining out the bulk. This unit will easily remove the bulk and leave you with a thick tomato juice...but to thin out the juice run it through a double layer of cheese cloth after processing it with the VKP250. We often make tomato juice out of the "left over parts" from canning stewed tomatoes.
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I primarily use this for making Applesauce and it is a dream machine for that!
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It makes tomato juice. You have to cook it down to make a drive. You can't go wrong with this product.
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Yes. However isn't tomato juice the same consistency? If you're thinking of a V8 type of tomato juice I would image you could put your cooked veggies thru the mill too. I believe they have different strainers so if your looking for a pulpy consistency you should be able to obtain it with this tool.
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Just used it to make tomato juice this past week and it was super easy. Take off stems, cut off bad spots, quarter or smaller, if like, then crank away. No pre-cooking. Pressure cook or waterbath to your preference. Before the canning part it took about an hour to make 17 quarts of juice. Making tomato sauce this week. Involves reducing the liquid content down before canning. A lot of time involved in that.
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I'd give it a C. The pulp still has a lot of juice in it and when I'm juicing beets, sometimes a small mist comes out even though it is locked tight. My previous one was a slow juicer and the pulp was really dry. I wouldn't recommend it.
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I would say yes if you're using meaty tomatoes like romas and pulse slowly rather than just turn it on. The blade is so sharp that it wouldn't take much to turn it into tomato juice if you just ran it. Like every other food processer, it will leak around the shaft if there is too much liquid in the bowl (voice of experience!). I have done this for other things (omelets for one) and it works very well... onions and peppers in first chopped to a little bigger than I really want it, then the romas, pulsed one or 2 times and then it's ready to go. I think this is one of the best food processers out there and the price makes it doubly good! I would say yes if you're using meaty tomatoes like romas and pulse slowly rather than just turn it on. The blade is so sharp that it wouldn't take much to turn it into tomato juice if you just ran it. Like every other food processer, it will leak around the shaft if there is too much liquid in the bowl (voice of experience!). I have done this for other things (omelets for one) and it works very well... onions and peppers in first chopped to a little bigger than I really want it, then the romas, pulsed one or 2 times and then it's ready to go. I think this is one of the best food processers... » Read More I would say yes if you're using meaty tomatoes like romas and pulse slowly rather than just turn it on. The blade is so sharp that it wouldn't take much to turn it into tomato juice if you just ran it. Like every other food processer, it will leak around the shaft if there is too much liquid in the bowl (voice of experience!). I have done this for other things (omelets for one) and it works very well... onions and peppers in first chopped to a little bigger than I really want it, then the romas, pulsed one or 2 times and then it's ready to go. I think this is one of the best food processers out there and the price makes it doubly good! « Show Less
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I only use it on my spaghetti. I don't like sauce and this is the closest thing I found to the blue can of Kraft grated american cheese. I've never used it in any recipes. Sorry.
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I use mine to freeze stocks regularly. While the stocks are not as acidic as tomato sauce, I wouldn't hesitate to use them for that purpose.
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It's great for onions. It also works fine for firm tomatoes, but has a little trouble if the tomato is a softer variety or a little overripe.
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It taste great with any tomato based sauce. I use it in place of all my pasta recipes. It doesn't have a strong bean taste to me more nutty and firmer than regular pasta.Just like regular pasta the longer it sits in the sauce the more of the flavor it soaks up. Just don't expect it to taste just like regular pasta
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Tomato sauce doesn't. I don't cook with wine or vinegar. I'm getting more used to this pan. Someone suggested to bring oil in the pan to shimmering heat before trying to cook anything. That helped the sticking eggs but still not as good as a well-seasoned cast iron pan. We use this SS unit a lot for a hamburger-onion-garbanzo-black bean-kidney bean-mexican tomato-olives-cumin dish. Open five cans and we can eat for several days. Don't short the cumin. I like the lid that came with this unit, it cleans up easily, the handle stays relatively cool.
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I have only used it for my tomato sauce. And if it makes apple sauce as good as my tomato sauce, then I would purchase this. I was amazed on how it knew to strain the skins and seeds. I love this appliance!
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The primary purpose I use this device for is making sauces in hot pans. I use other tools for items like you are describing. The right tool for the right job is important. Less grief when employed. There is a small chopping device and a whisk. These are light-weight and I don't use them. The stainless-steel blender attachment is worth it weight in hot liquids...soups, hot sauces, etc. I hope this will help your decision.
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I love mine.use it all the time from making jelly, tomato juice, even like a ricer for smooth mashed potatoes. Definitely not smooth.
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I think it would work great honestly... I want to get a couple more. The manufacturer suggests using it for lemon juice, now I want one to spray lemon juice and water on my fruit for my kids lunches :) best of luck
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I'd like to know if you can also make a V8 Type of juice using Tomatoes and Celery? Anyone know if you can use it with these vegetables?
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I'm not sure what kind you mean. You can make sauces. It has an attachment for that. I made some pomegranate juice that I turned into a syrup for desserts.
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You also get pulp from it. So if you want to make a sauce you can strain the and separate the juice and get two products for the effort of one.
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I used this pot to blanch tomatoes so I could peal them to make spaghetti sauce. I have not used the pot to can tomatoes or salsa, which is why I bought it but never got around to canning anything. I didn't have any problems blanching the tomatoes. I hope this helped you.
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I've made spaghetti sauce with it. When you stop looking at this machine as a "Jam & Jelly Maker", and realize it's a cooker with a built-in stirrer, things open up a little. But keep in mind, it comes to a boiling temp of its own setting, and the stirrer needs things to be mashed up pretty good. Perfect for things like spaghetti sauce, maybe homemade catsup, but I haven't come up with too many other things as yet...