Customer Reviews

KidCo Baby Steps Food Mill, with Carrying Case , 1 food mill

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My husband and I were first introduced to this baby food grinder about six years ago. We were at our friends' house, and they pulled it out, filled it with some veggies and rice from the dinner table, and had baby food in seconds! Their baby loved it. We can't imagine not having one now.

The mill is handy, especially when out at a restaurant. We don't have the tote, but we keep ours in a plastic baggie. After using it, we just pop it back into the baggie and wash it at home (which is a breeze).

The food that is ground isn't super smooth. It's more like the No.2 and 3 baby jar food. For dinner, we might have chicken, brown rice, and veggies. I just take a little of each, and I have the baby's dinner ready in minutes, without having to get up!

If you buy this, I can guarantee you'll love it. This is a great price for it, too, AND you get the tote.

The food mill is very handy. I didn't bother using it with my first two kids (I'd received one as a hand-me-down from a friend). It seemed to be too much hassle. In fact, it's really simple. I use it daily with my third child and wish I'd experimented with it a few years ago. Our pediatrician encourages us to give our child what we eat, not to depend on Gerber or Beech Nut too much. The problem is that it's difficult to mash (with a spoon or fork) foods like banana, avocado, potato, small curd cottage cheese and other soft foods to the consistency that my child will eat (super smooth). This food grinder does that for you. It is really easy to clean and simple to tote around. I'll even mill several foods during one sitting, cleaning it between food types - it's that easy to take apart, clean and reassemble.

In response to other reviews on this site, you can put cooked chicken into it, or crisp apple, but these won't become as smooth as yogurt. For that, you'd have to add water to the chicken, possibly add some other blending agent like potato, and use an electric blender. For apple or carrots, you'd need to cook it before you could put it into the mill and it would become smooth (like applesauce). Milling foods like corn and peas will probably result in some residual solid bits (the skin of the pea or kernel). To completely rid the food of that, you'd have to use a seive; even an electric blender would yield some solid bits.

This product is probably most useful for children between the ages of 6 months and 1 year.

My son was 7 months old when I got this food mill. I felt that this might be just another extra but I wanted to try it since my pediatrician recommended getting a food mill. It has worked out great so far. For example, last night I went to a family function. I selected chicken casserole, green beans, and potatoes to put in the food mill. I was able to feed my son easily and also clean up quickly by just putting the food mill back into the tote to wash later. I use it in restaurants and also at home. I am very pleased with Kidco products so far and the reviews on their other products are consistently positive. I feel confident from what I know so far that this is a great product for this stage of feeding. I purchased this from Baby Depot but several stores also carry it including BRU.

The product photo shows a metal grater and the description claims it is medical grade steel. In fact, what you get is a plastic grater.

I'm a nanny and the family I work for has an older version of it and it works great, so I went ahead and ordered one for my baby girl. I was very dissapointed when I opened the box and found that the "medical grade stainless steel blade" has been replaced by the manufacturer for a cheap plastic one. The box it came in still says that it comes with the stainless steel one though, even the picture on Amazon shows it, I find this misleading. It's really frustrating to find that what you end up getting is not what was advertised.

I was so excited to get the Kidco Food Mill and just as disappointed once I tried using it. First of all, it mashed the food. The grate is plastic and the blade isn't sharp at all. Don't let the picture on the box deceive you (with the metal grate). I think having metal turning against metal would help...not to mention a sharp blade. It is difficult to remove the plastic grate after you have sent food through because the handle unscrews from the grate before you can get it to turn and "unlatch". I spoke with a customer service rep where I purchased this item and she told me that the plastic grate was a fairly new change.

This food mill is very easy to use and clean.
I have found that a food processor works better for making food in bulk, but this does the job for small meals and dining out.
Great value!

I have a 5mo old and started on solids couple weeks ago. I've been making baby food at home since the beginning so I got this mill for it's convenience to make small quantities as needed for freshness. I make large batches in the electric food processor. Anyways, this mill will puree steamed fruits/vegetables, but the texture is not as smooth as the commercial stage 1 baby food in the jar. Like my daughter, your baby might need to get used to the coarser texture of pureed food from this mill. Another thing I don't like about this mill is that if you pour in the steamed fruit/vegetables with some juice still running, it tends to leak from the bottom...so it's a bit messy. Other than that it's pretty convenient to make fresh baby food without using the heavy electric food processor.

I was looking for a baby food grinder that would give me the option of pureeing fresh foods for my daughter quickly and simply. I also didn't want to invest too much money because I didn't plan on using the food mill every day, for every meal - just when it was convenient and I had the fresh produce on hand. This food mill was exactly what I was looking for. It's simple to use and doesn't take up much space in my cupboard. It's dishwasher safe for easy cleanup. It's small enough to throw in the diaper bag and carry into a restaurant to puree prepared table foods on the spot. This product has really been a blessing already in the short time I've owned it because my daughter has developed a keen interest in whatever is on MY plate and at times will not accept jarred baby food but wants to share whatever I am eating, even though she's not old enough to chew up most of it herself. With this food mill I can quickly and easily prepare my food into the consistency she can eat to satisfy her curiosity about what the grown-ups are eating.

I was excited to try this after receiving it as a shower gift. I remember watching my mom use this kind of grinder over ten years ago for my brother. When I finally tried this product, I was very disappointed. The blade isn't sharp at all, and it is very difficult for any food to come through the plastic grate. I end up just squeezing the life out of the food. Even macaroni and cheese had a hard time. I don't know why this has so many good reviews. Maybe those people have the version with the metal grate that actually works.