Customer Reviews

Hoffritz Stainless Steel Rotary Grater

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This grater is not a convenience, it's more of a punishment. I have tried it for hash browns, cheese, chocolate, etc. I thought at first I was using it incorrectly, but then realized, there really is no wrong way of using this. Everytime I have used it it has caused me so much pain in my hands that I would rather do it the old fashioned way and just grate the cheese manually. My fingers and hands ache so bad that I can't even hold a pencil after using this gadget. I would not recommend this to anyone. Unfortunately, you have to rate this with 1 being the lowest star, but in reality I give it NO STARS!!

I bought this product in a mall-store, but had to leave my comments here. It is easy to turn and fits comfortably in your hands, but I've found that the cheese (as it is grated) jams up inside the tube instead of falling out as you go the way it ought to. This means you have to dig the grated cheese out with a knife or fork, and then you don't have shreds of cheese, you have jammed up chunks of cheese shreds.

Stainless rotary graters do require more hand strength, but they get the job done much better than this one does.

If you're of Italian heritage and you grate a lot of cheese, don't waste your time with this one. When the quantity of cheese in the grater gets low, it tends to be very difficult to turn. It also didn't last as long as I expected. Try a different one instead.

This grater is fine when you can get it to work, but most often the handle doesn't screw in correctly and you can't get it to. It's mostly a waste of time, though the concept is a great one. I'd recommend trying maybe a stainless steel one instead of this plastic one.

The right-handed folks in my family like this little gadget and manage to get nice, fluffy Parmesan out of it, but my daughter and I are left-handed and find it very awkward to turn the crank. I wish you could screw it together both ways for lefties and righties. Also, I think it would be much more durable and work better when the cheese block gets small if it was made of metal parts instead of plastic.

This is a good product and grates cheese well, but be careful. Although it says that this grater is dishwasher-safe, mine warped in the dishwasher and doesn't work anymore. It works well, even on softer cheeses like cheddar, just make sure to wash it by hand.

I have been using this cheese grater for 3 years and find it works great. It gives a very good medium sized grate (not ultra fine) which allows you to really taste the cheese when put over pasta, stew etc. Many family and friends have asked for the name as they really liked the grated cheese.

Despite the description, this "Stainless Steel" grater is plastic with a stainless barrel. From the description, I thought that the ENTIRE UNIT was stainless. Although the exterior is a heavy-duty plastic, it is plastic, nonetheless; not too much different than the cheapo version that I already own!

This is surely the easiest way that I have ever seen to grate cheese. Just cut a small block of cheese and place it into the grater, then turn the handle. This is a quick an easy to use tool, and almost as quick to clean up, it comes apart easily and goes right into the dishwasher.

One adantage of using this grater over a standard cheese grater is that you can grate the cheese right on to you plate. You don't need to first grate the cheese onto a serving plate. Just server the cheese directly from this grater.

If you are someone who has been using the same cheese grater for 25 years, and don't know why you would want to upgrade to something new. Take my advice here, just try it, cheese graters have come a long way in the last 25 years. If you still don't think that you would be interested in changing cheese graters, then you might want to check out the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" instead :)