Customer Reviews

Amco 13-Inch Splatter Screen

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4 star:		(7)
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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I've been looking for a basic splatter screen for a while now and this one is the best that I've seen. Others are so cheap that as soon as you try to clean them the screen comes out of them. Not with this one. Highly recommended.

The screen's very fine mesh does hold in the splatters; however, it also holds in the steam thus causing the food to steam rather than fry/brown. The screen needs to be removed from time to time to allow the steam to escape and the food to brown. The handle is very weak and not attached well. I am disappointed in the handle's attachment.

We do a log of pan-grilled meat, and this screen is the best we've ever used at keeping the splatters inside the pan. Highly recommended

UPDATE: I originally purchased this in November 2009. It is now November 2010 and this splatter screen is still going strong. It has stained but I haven't tried anything other than Dawn to clean it so maybe that staining would come off - it was stained when I sauted something in vegetable oil. Anyway, I use it about once a week and while it tends to bow a bit because of the weight of the screen, it is still intact and I am glad I bought it.

ORIGINAL REVIEW: I have only used this a few times but I like it. It is large enough to cover my large 12-inch pans and is sturdy. I purchased it based on the Cook's Illustrated recommendation.

The splatter screen is high quality . . . should last for many years to come. It's large . . . mesh area is 12.5 inches across.

This screen works better than the average screen. I bought it because of a recommendtation from Cooks Illustrated magazine. Some splatters get through but only about a third of what gets through my older screens.
Another great use for these screens is cooling cookies or cakes. I put the screens on top of a dutch oven and my cakes & cookies cool very quickly and there's room for a couple dozen or more depending on the cookie size.

Cook's Illustrated just tested 8 different splatter screens and this is the only one that got the "recommended" rating!

I hesitated on this for a while (did I really need it? would it really work?) until seeing it in action in my friend's kitchen. I've had occasion to use it twice since the purchase, and it works great! It really is very reassuring when you start realizing that oil is beginning to splatter all over your kitchen, to reach into the cupboard, grab this screen, and viola 97% of the splatter is eliminated!! This is top-rated by cook's illustrated for being the most sturdy (i.e., mesh won't break on you after one use!) and being of good size (enough for a 12" pan, I believe they said). Highly recommended, and once you have one, you'll wonder what you did without it!

Every kitchen needs a splatter screen sooner or later. The screen works so well because the screening is so much finer than that of the average splatter screeen. Porus enough to allow water vapor to pass, but fine enough to catch most oil or grease dropplets or splatters. No harder to clean than any other screen.

It's a little larger than I was expecting but works fine. Keeps the splatter in the pan.