Customer Reviews

Duke Company Pecan Nut Cracker

5 star:		(44)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

This is the last nut cracker you will ever need. It's even endorsed by her highness, Martha Stewart.
We annually recieve a big bag of black walnuts from friends who have a tree in their yard. They are very good eating, much better than store bought walnuts. However, shelling them is often more trouble than it's worth, as black walnuts are among the toughest nuts to crack.
Then we heard about this inexpensive device, so we picked one up, and it works very well. You'll be amazed, it will leave the whole meat intact a high percentage of the time. It adjusts to fit a wide range of nut sizes, and it allows for a great deal of leverage to be applied to the nut being cracked without being unwieldy.
The only downside I can see is that is will sometimes send shell fragments flying at high speeds and for long distances. I'd recommend either doing your shelling outside, or using it in the nice box it comes in which will contain most of the projectile shell fragments. You might even consider safety glasses. (EDIT: We ordered another one of these for said friends with said tree, and theirs did not come in the same type box. You might have to cut open a long side flap to use it like I suggested.)
Overall, if you're in the market for a nutcracker, you can't go wrong with this one.

This is an excellent nutcracker for someone who wants to crack pecans or other tree nuts and finds using lightweight nutcrackers tiring or too slow. It could be useful for someone who doesn't have the strong grip needed for hand-held nutcrackers. I bought this nutcracker for my mother who is in her 80s. She loves pecans, but using hand-held nutcrackers was slow and tiring for her. She is very pleased with this nutcracker.

The workmanship on this product is good. I have not found a product that works better.

Only good for cracking the same size nut.
By that I mean you can crack other sizes, but it takes for ever to adjust.

I bought two of these (at the same time or order) and returned both of them. You may want to google for Lehman's best nutcracker. It's expensive around $30 but the design is great, by that I mean there is nothing to adjust for any size nut and it will crack black walnuts with a
compound action, 11 inch lever, weight is around 4 pound I believe.

My wife was having problems trying to open black walnuts. Her hand was too small and fragile to hold the hand grip nutcrackers and she couldn't get any leverage because the hand grip had to open so very wide to accommodate the width of the walnuts.

This great little tool solved the problem immediately! Effortless to use, it makes short work out of extracting perfect unbroken nut meat out of the hardest and largest walnuts. We put the tool in a small box so the shell pieces didn't make a mess when each nut was cracked.

I can highly recommend this teriffic little nutcracker, without hesitation! Great product cracks the toughest nuts with ease.

Once you get the hang of it, this is the best nutcracker for cracking those hard-shelled Texas pecans. Ten times better than a hammer (what I was using before I got it), this cracker leaves the nut meat whole or in usable pieces rather than smashing it all to pulp.

It takes a little practice to get it just right, but then you can really go to work on a batch of the best nuts around.

I would like to have a setup so that the shells didn't fly all over, but that's really my only complaint.

If you're dealing with nuts with very, very hard shells, I recommend you get one of these. It will do the job!

Four stars!

This is wonderful. We recently bought a home with several walnut trees that had not been taken care of so the nuts are all different sizes, and this cracker adjusts easily. You can sit in front of the TV and process almost a full grocery bag of nuts in less than an hour. Easy on arthrithic hands.

Okay nutcracker, I have to put a towel over it so as not to get pecan shells flying all over the place. The product is made in China

I purchased this sturdy lookinf nut cracker based on a couple of reviews that stated they used it to crack black walnuts with ease. I don't know how they done it as it is a strong cracker and good for most your average nut and definitely would have no problem with pecan as it is named to do. However it isn't for black walnuts that grow in the Blue Ridge Mtns of NC though as Mom and Dad got it and thought they would be able to throw away the hammer and anvil but no such luck as dad with all his might couldn't even get one nut to bust open with the nut cracker as not enough leverage there to do it. Maybe if you modify it a bit to make a longer handle and mount it on the wall somehow to where you could get some down pressure on the nut it would do it but then it could be dnagerous with hard shell particles flying around in my opinion. So i would say if you looking to crack a load of pecans, hazel nuts or white or english walnuts you can't go wrong but don't plan on using it with much success with black walnuts and hickory nut either as it doesn't come together close enough or adjust out enough to do a nut that small from what I saw anyway. Thanks Jeff

This is the greatest invention since sliced bread. The cracker leaves the pecan intact which is great for pies and decorating. Leaves pecan dust on whatever surface you are using but it is worth the mess. Use a newspaper or something underneath where you will be cracking. The slide where the pecan goes adjusts for small to large pecans. I think the price is too high from Amazon especially if you have to pay shipping. Apparently you can get the same brand at Wal-Mart during the holiday season for a fraction of the price, but I never get lucky to snag one in town so had to pay the price! It is a well made pecan cracker and will last many years if well taken care of.