Presto 02970 Professional SaladShooter Electric Slicer/Shredder, White
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Presto 02970 Professional SaladShooter Electric Slicer/Shredder, White
Customer Review: I use this for one thing and one thing only
Summary: 5 Stars
This thing rocks for shredding cheese! My family doesn't like the pre-shredded stuff, and loves to just grab handfuls of freshly shredded cheddar cheese to munch on. However, normally shredding cheese involved grating your knuckles in the process, and a lot of arm muscle. Enter, the Salad Shooter!
I purchased my Salad Shooter last November. I buy 2 lb bricks of Tillamook cheese, and cut them into 5 pieces so they'll fit into the chute. This is the most time consuming part of shredding cheese for me now, and it doesn't take that long! Then, I shred the cut sections of cheese. Yes, the Salad Shooter is loud, but it only takes me seconds to shred 2 pounds of cheese. So, I don't mind the noise.
Clean up is easy. A quick rinse to get the bigger bits of stuck cheese off (not sure if this is even necessary, but I do it anyway), and then everything goes in the dishwasher, except for the motor bit, and that only rarely needs a quick wipe with a paper towel. I love it.
I've probably shredded about 30 pounds of cheese with my Salad Shooter, and it's still going strong. For every family gathering, I volunteer to bring the shredded cheese.... it's just so much easier for me to do it.
*Update: October 6, 2008* I've probably shredded well over 60 lbs of cheese now with my Salad Shooter, and it still looks brand new. Since I wash everything in the dishwasher, I kept expecting rust spots to show up on the metal grating part, but there's no rust to be found. I'm very pleased!
**2nd update: July 2010** Still going strong.... I don't even want to guess how many pounds of cheese I've shredded with this Salad Shooter! :) Shredding blade cone had a hairline crack in the plastic part of it for several months but I kept using it, and now there's a bigger crack near it. Ordered a replacement cone directly from Presto this month, arrived in 4 days. I have a habit of pushing hard on the cheddar cheese in the chute, so I think that put a lot of stress on the shredding cone. 2 and a half years for that first shredding cone isn't bad, though, seeing what I put it through!
Customer Review: EASILY BREAKS !
Summary: 1 Stars
FOLLOW UP: 1-15-2010
After 2 years of use (about 4 times a month), the plastic gear shaft that plugs into the main mechanism was never properly snug. So, it stripped out and as well, the area where the shaft is inserted into is also stripped, i.e., both the base mechanism and grater holder are stripped.
Maybe the plastic used is too soft?
So, anyway, can't use it at all and there is no way to repair it. Definitely not as solidly made as the ones 2 plus decades ago. Big waste of money. Bought many new graters and no way to use them unless I buy a completely new machine. Do not want to waste my money on a new one. Will buy a food processor instead.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Needs a Second Size Grater
Good old Salad Shooter. Got a cordless one back in the mid-80s and loved it, but they stopped making the battery piece for it and mine died. Should have bought the one with the cord, so I could still use it.
With the Professional version, the blades and feeding shoot are bigger and wider than the basic Salad Shooter, but sadly, there is only one grating blade and it grates in thick results. So, you have to go to [...] to order variable grater sizes.
No fine grating here. That's good for carrots (FYI, celery does NOT grate well in this -- it clogs horribly, use a different blade), but if you want your parmesan delicate, you will need to then put it in a food processor to pulverize it to powder. No in-between solution for thin, grated cheese.
Kind of defeats my main purpose of the shooter. Would have preferred to see 2 types of grating blades in the package.
Easy clean up (except be warned, when you grate cheese a good dollop is left behind the twist-on ring and in the bottom of the shoot). A little clumsy getting the unit to snap together. The old basic Shooter was easier to lock and load.
Otherwise, seems to be a strong tool (it's a bit loud) -- had it about 3 months; so far so good.
Customer Review: I just love shootin' that salad!
Summary: 5 Stars
I waited a long time to order the salad shooter because finances were tight and the time didn't seem right. Finally, I ordered it and now all my slicing and shredding dreams are coming true before my very eyes.
It used to take me forever to cut up veggies for soups, so I often didn't get around to it as much as I would have liked. With the salad shooter, I now pop in whole onions, potatoes, carrots, parsnip, celery, squash, cabbage, and whatever else I can think of, and just shoot it right into my slow cooker. I top it with chicken or beef, herbs and other seasonings and just walk away for several hours. Before you know it, I have beautiful soup to eat and share with my friends. (I'm becoming very popular these days since I got my salad shooter, I kid you not.)
I hate slicing onions and now I no longer have to. The only two complaints I have about this product is that it only slices and shreds, but doesn't chop foods. However, if you don't mind things in a sliced shape, then this probably won't affect you. The other thing is that I wish it could slice a little bit thicker slices. The directions indicate that it takes practice and that each time you use it will be easier. This is true and my results continue to be better each time.
I LOVE this product and believe that every household should have one. You won't regret it!
Customer Review: Disappointed and Now Deaf!
Summary: 1 Stars
Shocked at all the good reviews for this product! Unless you are using it to process massive amounts of food (I didn't, so not sure if it could even handle that load) you don't want to use this. A knife is as fast, clean up is faster and easier, but, most importantly to me, you will not damage your hearing. The decibel level of this product is unacceptable. It literally hurt my ears. If you insist on using this product, please protect your hearing by wearing ear plugs! I'm totally serious about that. As to product performance, I tried several attachments, and cut or grated romaine, carrots, scallions, cucumber, celery. It did okay grating carrots, but a hand grater is just about as easy. Slicing celery was the best result I had, but how long does it take to chop a couple of stalks of celery? Scallions it couldn't handle at all. I got about 1/2 teaspoon sliced from 5 scallions. The remainder wound up caught up in the product somewhere. Cucumber was fine, but again, I can slice with a knife as fast. The romaine was like the scallion, just got pulled all into parts of the salad shooter and caught...very little came out chopped. My final analysis: Ridiculous amount of work for a salad. Crazy level of noise, and totally unacceptable to me. I'm packing it up, and shipping it back.Customer Review: Nice product
Summary: 4 Stars
The SaladShooter is great. Previously, I was unaware that it did anything other than chop up vegetables but I was wrong. It can grate cheese. After reading the reviews about it having this feature, I decided to purchase it and I'm glad that I did. Before, grating cheese was such a chore. Grating 6 blocks of cheese took almost an hour, now it takes less than 3 minutes.
I, of course, don't use the SaladShooter just for grating cheese, I also use it for vegetables. However, the cheese grating feature was the main selling point for me.
I also love the multiple attachments which allows you to chop and slice like a dream.
The only negative is that this product is a real pain to clean. When you're shredding, the food particles do not just stay inside the shredding attachment, it goes underneath it. This makes the interior of the unit very messy. I find that no matter what I slice, food particles get stuck in the crevices of the device.
However, I would still buy the SaladShooter again in a heartbeat. The cleaning of this unit is still faster than the time it would take to manually slice and shred.
Great product.