For those who say it only pushes food around, is it p;ossible that this must use several tomatoes/potatoes to work?
364794
I think the trick is you have to turn the handle in both directions back and forth no matter what you use in it. You should be able to use one potato at a time. I have never had a problem with quantity when using mine. I have used it for cactus apples for the juice and at times put one in and mushed it fine. I have used it with tomato's and different foods. Hope this helps, just grab the handle and work it in both directions.
364795
I'm not an expert but my gut says yes it probably works better when there are several " things". That isn't necessarily negative.
364796
I found that if you cut the vegetables up a bit smaller it seems to work better. I've had good results with just two tomatoes. Keep experimenting to see what works for you.
364797
I make portions for my husband and me but I also make larger portions. It works for big and little amounts. I love mine!
364798
I love mine. Used it for applesauce and tomato based things this canning season
364799
I cannot imagine getting it out for one potato. I made several batches of cherry tomatoes into sauce this year. I have also used it for grapes, apples, etc. The point of the mill is that skin, seeds, pits and the likes stay in the mill while the rest is passed through. And it is great for that and for saving time.
364800
I don't see where anyone is saying the food is only pushed around. Reviews say the products works whether you use larger or smaller amounts of item. Make sure you are using the right attachments in the food mill. There are different ones, you might want to try a couple of them to see which one does what you want it to. I use smaller and larger amounts and it works great.
2272699
It depends on how fine you what things minced. I only have experience with potatoes, and the larger grate works great.
151193
Since others have answered on quantity, I will just point out that if you want to puree tomatoes, this is not the best machine for that. It turns pieces of tomato into blah pink foam.
103799
I haven't had any problems with it moving around a lot. It doesn't move around like other graters I have had in the past. This one works pretty well for me without a lot of movement.
341130
if you don't do it too long or too fast, it will work for hash brown potatoes but not for cubed potatoes. This shreds things completely if you do it too fast. I found it doesn't do tomatoes or things with the squishy inside very well.
261156
The potatoes can be as long as will fit into the machine but like mentioned before it takes a lot of force to push it through the smaller sized blades. I had seen videos online (YouTube) showing how to mount it. Makes sense to mount it vertically with the potato coming out the bottom so one can collect in a bowl. This is how I use mine.
1895134
There seems to be no problem of sticking. If I load too many/much potato it get messy, But my wife lets me rice potatoes for our family dinners. They are very fluffy without that beat up feel from a mixer.
35326
I've been using it for awhile and found that it takes too much muscle to use on vegetables other than zucchini. It does string it to thin spaghetti but you constantly have to adjust the vegetable and crank it slowly.
977707
I haven't tried veggies. However, I think that based on the way it handles meats that is should do fine with onions, potatoes, celery, beets, etc. Carrots may be a little too hard and tomatoes could be messy.
875455
it pushes all the food through unless it is a very fibrous or tough food like celery or beef, for example
1849618
Yes! I just tried mine out last night, and I was surprised at how tough it is to push. I thought it did a pretty good job, but the jury is still out on whether or not I will keep it.
197967
It is designed for planting one per pot. The tomatoes will get pretty large and you should plan on using stakes or even a small tomato cage. Our planters are doing wonderful this year. It really helps that you can move the bags to maximize the fun. Very happy with these!
1963222
It doesn't mush some of the food before the rest is chopped. you have great control over size of chop. It has a sweeper on the bottom that moves the food around well.
1459921
it doesn't really peel anything tried to peel potatoes, apples and carrots. The potatoes were to big ,oranges just rolled around carrots jut bounced around. And this was for like 15 min each try of each food type. All this machine diod was make a lots of noise . Now it is making noise in some garbage dump! I tried using it once that was it.
346702
I haven't personally done it, but I believe so. I used it when I was in a hurry once and made mashed/whipped potatoes. It was actually faster than using the regular beaters.
980094
I just bought this and tried it today. We have lots of rocks - big, little, and large sizes. Soil is sandy/loamy like. Yes it drags up rocks that are close to the surface. No way around it. Even using the smooth side... still brings up rocks. I gather if one continues to use it, eventually maybe no more rocks?
7726
Mine does a good job with the larger 'grater' side, and the 'slicer' side does nicely for potatoes; but the other two sides not only make a big mess, they are really hard to get clean - even in the dishwasher. It is dishwasher-safe though, so I'd buy it again if I needed to.