KitchenAid FVSFGA Fruit/Vegetable Strainer and Food Grinder for Stand Mixers

by KitchenAid

• Both strainer and grinder attach to all KitchenAid household stand mixers
• Prepare fruit and vegetable sauces, chutneys, and jams
• Grind meats, dried fruits, vegetables, cheese, and bread crumbs
• Strainer and grinder assemble easily without tools
• 4-Inches long

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 9.5 x 13 inches ; 3.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SGFJ
• Item model number: FVSGA
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,977 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com

These two accessories, which may be used with all KitchenAid household stand mixers, turn many tough kitchen chores into walks in the park. The strainer, for example, converts cooked apples and pears into sauces for preserving or immediate consumption. Freezer jams are a snap; so is fresh tomato sauce. Baby foods can be made in quantity and frozen. The grinder is equally versatile--think chuck or turkey for fresh hamburgers; Parmesan for pasta or cheddar for quesadillas; peppers, onions, and tomatoes for salsa; apples for chunky sauce. The grinder has two plates, coarse and fine, the latter of which converts stale bread into crumbs in a jiffy. Both strainer and grinder assemble and disassemble quickly and easily without tools, and most parts are dishwasher-safe. --Fred Brack

Product Description

KitchenAid's Fruit & Vegetable Strainer with Food Grinder Attachment includes a strainer cone, strainer tray and splash shield fit onto the included Food Grinder Attachment for straining or pureeing fruits and vegetables into foods like jam, sauces and baby food. Two stainless steel grinding plates, fine and coarse, are included. Grind raw or cooked meat and dried bread using the fine plate. The coarse plate is used to grind firm vegetables, dried fruits, cheese and raw or cooked meat. In addition to the grinder body and plates, the attachment comes with a combination food pusher/wrench to help safely push foods into the grinder as well as to help loosen the ring from the grinder body.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

114 of 116 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best applesauce maker since the tree May 3, 2000

By G. Powell

Length: 1:11 Mins

This gizmo makes the shortest work of making applesauce you ever imagined. You slice the apples, cook in a large pan with a small amount of water until they are soft. Then you push the apple mush, skins, seeds, core, stems, etc. in the top of the food grinder, and out the sieve part comes pure applesauce, out the end, comes the seeds, skin and stem. It takes maybe 10 minutes to process a 16qt pot of cooked apples.

I usually get every burner on my stove going, heat the pots of apples, process the mush into sauce, then can the lot. The canning part takes the longest.

Anyway if you can apple sauce, you need this tool.

Update: I made this short video so you can see the food strainer in action, sorry it got cut short, my chip ran out of space, and I'm out of time. But you can get the gist of how easy it is to use.

PS
It should not be used for blackberries or raspberries. The seeds clog up the strainer and too much of the fruit comes out the end. I ran my tailings through twice and cracked the end of the strainer. It still works for applesauce but a replacement is expensive.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Works well, but... July 25, 2006

By Kevin

The tray on the top of the unit it very small. Yoy can only put about 1/2 cup at a time in it. I know they make an attachment you can buy for like $25-30 to give yourself a larger tray. But it should just be designed larger. We usually make about 15-20 quarts of Applesauce at a time. the larger tray is a must. The "pusher" to move food down the throat is a bad design. Should be a solid cylindar instead of a cross shape. Tends to catch food and is messy.

The end result of using it is good, but it's over priced, and could be designed a little better.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars If You're Only Making Applesauce January 17, 2009

By NuJoi VINE™ VOICE

If you're only making applesauce, this is a 5-star product. If you had other uses in mind, keep reading:

I thought this would replace the need for a food mill. Not quite. This would be better if you could vary the size of the holes in the screen. I don't like it for tomato sauce; the juice was too thin. I do use it when making spinach lasagna to get all of the water out of the spinach (the spinach is really bone dry when I'm done, which was what I wanted.)