02970 Professional SaladShooter Electric Slicer/Shredder, Black,1 count

I bought the Presto Professional SaladShooter in January, 2010, and it still looks and works like new. At the time, I also purchased 2 more cones that offered additional slicing and shredding sizes. I have used this SaladShooter often in the last 5 years, primarily for shredding large quantities of cheese that I freeze for later use. Although my primary use is to shred cheese, I have also used it to shred cooked potatoes for hash browns and for slicing vegetables. It has done a wonderful job on everything I have used it for. I have found it very easy to clean, but I have always washed the parts by hand. The cutting cones come out, and can easily be washed and dried. The chute unit comes off of the base for easy cleaning. A couple of the reviews have mentioned that food is caught outside of the cutting cones, and also gets stuck in crevices. I am a bit of a kitchen appliance junkie and have a few appliances that can be used for slicing, shredding, etc. including the attachments for the Kitchen Aid mixer, a Cuisanart food processor, and a couple of Ninja Kitchen Systems. Some use the cones as this one does, and some use blade discs. I have found that every single one of them leaves some chunks of food that isn't processed with the rest, and the blade systems generally have food sitting on top of the blade that isn't processed. Let's face it - even with a hand shredder you end up with a piece that can't be shredded unless you want to add a portion of your fingers to the food. All things considered, the Presto SaladShooter can do anything that the larger processors can do, but takes much less storage space. Since it is a smaller, hand-held unit, you will be more likely to use it more often than a larger, heavier unit that has to be moved from the back of a cabinet. UPDATE 12/02/16 I have had this Presto SaladShooter for almost 7 years, and it's still going strong. Of the many appliances I have, the SaladShooter does the best job of shredding cheese with the least waste. UPDATE 08/04/25: At this point in time, I have had this Presto SaladShooter for 15 years, and it still works as well as the day I bought it. The one I have is in white and is the same model as shown on this page. I still use it for shredding and slicing a number of veggies, potatoes, and cheese. Since it is so easy to clean, I just wash it by hand. Really, how many appliances sold today last and still work for 15 years!! I do have a couple of large food processors that I use when processing large batches, but this is my go-to appliance whenever I have a smaller amount of food to process. I hope this review was helpful for you.

Living in a small apartment, I try to be selective about the gadgets that inhabit my kitchen. They have to be things that I use regularly and genuinely make my work in the kitchen easier. To that end, my "major" appliance-type purchases are a Vitaminx blender, and a stand mixer. The Vitamix let's me do a lot of prep-type work in it, I can do course chopping and such if I don't care if the pieces are uniform. Everything else, including shredding cheese, I'd been doing by hand. I cook a lot and we LOVE cheese (and don't like the wood pulp that they coat pre-shredded cheese in), and it was very time consuming. I'd been considering a food processor, but I didn't want the extra bowl to wash, and in part that would overlap with what my Vitamix does for me, so I didn't think that was necessary. After some research, I settled on a SaladShooter, and I couldn't be happier. Use: This thing shreds cheese like nobody's business. I take out a block of cheese, cut it into a few chunks and feed it through... and boom. a big pile of cheese. The shredder that comes with it is a larger shredder, I'm considering picking up another one for more fine shredding. This one is about the same size as the big bags of mozzarella that you can get at Walmart, the big thick shreds. Which is a great size for hashbrowns, too. I've shredded everything from hard Parmesan to cheddar to room temperature mozzarella with no problems (which is almost impossible by hand), though I'd really recommend against using warm mozz - it does a much better job when it's cold, of course. It does get thin slices of unshredded cheese stuck around the shredding cone, but this happens when you shred it by hand, too, and I think it gets more of the cheese shredded than doing it by hand does anyway. We use a lot of shredded cheese, so after I go grocery shopping I just get this thing out, shred a few blocks, divide it up into 1 cup sections in a freezer sandwich bag, label, and stick in the freezer. Usually use some right there to make mac and cheese sauce to freeze, and that cuts down meal prep and dishes for later. The other cones are great for slicing sweet or regular potatoes or zucchini for roasted or fried potatoes, slice cucumbers for salads or sandwiches, slicing fruit or veggies to dehydrate (Homemade apple chips? Amazing!), shredding broccoli stems and cabbage for slaw, etc. Clean up: There are inevitably some unshredded/unsliced bits that get stuck in and around the cone and in the little plastic divots and locking ring. I just take the ring off, slide the cone out, wipe all the leftover bits with a damp paper towel. then the cone and locking ring goes into the dishwasher, and I clean the body with a soapy cloth. Fast and very simple. Misc. comments: I do wish that it had some sort of storage case to keep all the cones and parts together. The cones keep getting separated as I move things about in my cabinets. I probably need to just start keeping it all in a big tupperware container or something. Always always always unplug the unit before taking the cone out. The on/off button sticks out a bit from handle, and is on the opposite side from the cone and I once got to talking and got careless while I was starting to change it and bumped the button against a nearby bowl on my counter, turning the unit on. Luckily I hadn't removed the ring yet, but it was a good reminder on kitchen safety. It's a bit on the loud side, but worth the noise, in my opinion. The thin slice cone is grey, making it easy to tell apart from the thick slice one, which is nice. The shape (long and relatively thin) allows me to choose whether to store it sideways in a drawer or upright in a cabinet - great for small kitchens. Purely cosmetic, I know, but I wish it came in black, every other appliance in my kitchen is black and this stands out like a sore thumb. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this purchase. It fills the exact need that I'd been missing, saves me SO much time in the kitchen, is effective and easy to clean.

We bought this for our catering company and it gets used many many times per day, everyday. There has been absolutely no issues with dullness, breaking, motor not keeping up. We've had it for over 2 years now and it just keeps on going without fault. It's so easy to take apart and clean. I bought 2 more, 1 for myself and 1 for my daughter-in-law.

Absolute Fraud and Amazon keeps promoting them and periodically removes bad reviews

Buen producto y ahorra tiempo y esfuerzo

Excelente producto. Me hace la vida más fácil. Andaba en búsqueda de algo que me ayudara a recortar tiempos. Deja la verdura fresca y de buen aspecto para ensaladas o guarnición.

I have had shreders, graters... spiralizers...and finally I got the one! Easy to clean, assemble, and spectacular - you can show up your skills on the table, hold it in your hand and let it shred the salad...simple!