Zyliss Rotary Cheese Grater

by Zyliss

Product Features

• Hand-crank cheese grater for fine grinding of hard cheese, nuts, and chocolate"
• 2-1/4-inch by 1-inch well for portion control
• Drum is open on side opposite crank to sprinkle gratings over food
• Stainless-steel grating drum removes for hand washing
• Guaranteed for two years

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 4.5 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004T148
• Item model number: 11-222
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,825 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Put away that cardboard canister of prefabricated, over-processed Parmesan cheese and grate your own with this Zyliss hand-crank cheese grater. You'll never go back to the packaged stuff again. And, thinking versatility, this fine grinding drum works equally well on hard cheese, nuts, or chocolate. Dust some ground chocolate over cocoa or crepes, nuts over brownies, and, of course, fresh Parmesan over spaghetti. Just slip the steel drum inside the grater, hold on with one hand while twisting the handle on with the other, place the cheese or nuts into the 2-1/4-inch by 1-inch well, and grind as little or as much as you need. The drum is open on one side for easier sprinkling over food. --Doree Armstrong

Product Description

Used by cooking schools and professional chefs, this Zyliss cheese grater quickly turns a chunk of cheese into tasty shreds for pasta, salads and more. Great for both left- and right-handed cooks, the manual tool is easy to use: Just put the cheese in the top opening and then turn the crank to pass the food over the grating drum. Comes with a bonus coarse-grinding drum for shredding soft cheeses and for turning vegetables into fancy salad strips. Grater disassembles into 3 pieces for stress-free cleanup. White. Imported. 5Hx3Wx4L".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars there's no substitute for fresh grated cheese!, May 3, 2000

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Kathryn Glass (Cuba) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zyliss Rotary Cheese Grater (Kitchen)

This is a very fine grater and so much better than the straight plane graters. It is very good for hard cheeses and sometimes for chocolate. It is not good for softer cheeses like Cheddar unless you cool them down in the freezer first. Soft warm cheeses tend to clump together in long strands and are difficult to get out of the cyclinder. We use this grater several times a week for our pasta dishes and even keep the cheese in it in the refridgerator. It cleans up easily and at five years out is showing no wear.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My knuckles wouldn't survive without this grater, November 21, 2000

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East Podunk (Boulder) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zyliss Rotary Cheese Grater (Kitchen)

This HARD cheese grater has been in daily use (we loooove parmesan) in my kitchen for over 5 years with no signs of wear, not even the grater teeth. It is equally handy (not to mention, esthetically pleasing) sitting on the table for topping off. The Zyliss has regularly survived the dishwasher TOP rack with no bending, melting or warping.

It's major limitation is the min/max quantity of cheese required for a good grating experience. Thin slices (slip right through or get jammed) and huge blocks of cheese (the Popeye arms requirement mentioned in another review) just don't cut the mustard, or the cheese in this case. BUT...any reasonably sized (1/2"-~2") piece of cheese grates like a dream. Don't make cheese formfit the cheese container or it'll get stuck. Basically this is a common sense issue.

Zyliss produces a wonderful quality grater that's become an integral part of my daily life. If it ever breaks, I would happily buy a new one.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have for pasta fans, April 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Zyliss Rotary Cheese Grater (Kitchen)

This grater is intended to work with dry, hard cheeses like fresh Parmesan. It is attractive enough to be used on the dinner table like a pepper grinder. Cleaning is simple. I've had mine for over 5 years with no noticable wear or dulling of the stainless steel grater blade.