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KitchenAid Box Grater

by KitchenAid
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

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Product Features

Color: Green
  • 18/8 stainless-steel box grater with three grating blades, one slicing
  • 3-cup, lidded storage container fits inside grater to catch food
  • Fine, medium, and coarse grating blades; bottom rimmed with rubber for stability
  • Dishwasher-safe grater; dishwasher- , microwave- , freezer-safe container
  • Lifetime warranty against defects, with 1-year no-hassle, no-cost replacement

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.5 x 5.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B0000655Y8
  • Item model number: KG300GN
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,198 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
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Product Description

Color: Green

Amazon.com Review

Its bottom rimmed with rubber for slip-resistant stability on the counter, this stylish box grater is made of mirror-finish, 18/8 stainless steel and provides a serious cook with three grating blades and one slicing blade. For convenience, a 3-cup plastic container fits snugly inside the grater to catch food. The grater is calibrated in 1/2-cup gradations, has a lid for storage, and is dishwasher-, microwave-, and freezer-safe. There are three grating blades: fine for breadcrumbs, cheese, chocolate, and nutmeg; medium for pulping fruits and vegetables; and coarse for hard vegetables like potatoes and beets. The slicing blade creates uniform 1-1/2 slices in a jiffy. The grater has a large, round, satin-finish, stainless-steel handle and a rugged plastic top. It's rust-resistant and dishwasher-safe. KitchenAid says the first year of the grater's lifetime warranty against defects is "hassle-free," with a replacement shipped at no cost and without question if a defect is detected. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Like all the KitchenAid gadgets this one is solidly built and thoughtfully designed. This box grater has a large rolled handle for comfortable gripping, and a padded bottom to keep your counters safe. It is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning. The angle ensures that minimal downward effort is required for grating food, while the little storage container gives you a convenient place to catch the grated food as well as stow any extras for future use. Four sides allow you to grate anything from fine breadcrumbs to coarsely shredded potatoes for latkes.

 

Customer Reviews

80 Reviews
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 (22)
3 star:
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2 star:
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Average Customer Review
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131 of 131 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A great grater with only one flaw!, February 13, 2006
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I have to give this grater only 4 stars due to a design flaw. More on that later, but first, the good news:

-- The main reason I was so happy to find this greater is that the two main grating surfaces are COARSE and MEDIUM, not COARSE and FINE like virtually every other grater in the world. Why not more MEDIUM graters? I don't know. All I know is that I prefer to use a medium grater for most everything, and this is one of the very, very few MEDIUM graters (there's also one known as "the Greater Grater", which is pretty cool but is not as sturdy as this one and falls apart too easily.)

-- Yes, it's big. My other box grater fits comfortably *inside* this one. Which makes storing the two together rather convenient, actually. Anyway, a bigger grater means more grated cheese more quickly, right? I like the size just fine, but don't expect to stick it in the back of your silverware drawer...

-- Seems built like a tank. I'm sure it will last a long time.

-- The Empire Red color is really cool. If you don't get the red grater, you're missing out.

-- Yes, the rubber rim on the bottom *would* collect junk and be hard to clean, if I hadn't ripped it off and thrown it away immediately. Who needs it? The handle on the top is so big and sturdy, it's not like it's difficult to hold the grater in place or something... unless you like to grate cheese on top of greased glass?!?!

-- Can't comment on the tupperware catch-bin that comes with it. Seems fine, but I don't really use it as that's not how I operate.

Now for the bad news: On the first trip through the dishwasher, the tubular handle became filled with water. This water did not drain easily at all, in fact it's pretty much impossible to get out; however, just enough leaks out that you'll get grungy dishwater dripping into your grated cheese if you let it. Yuck!

However, the problem was easily rectified by two minutes with a power drill -- I just drilled a small 3/8" hole in each end of the plastic frame that's holding the handle in place. Now the water drains out just fine.

However, this is a phenomenally stupid design oversight on KitchenAid's part. Didn't they even test thing thing after a trip through the dishwasher? The handle could get water trapped in it even with hand-washing, I suppose, unless you were extraordinarily careful.

So, I would not advise you to get this grater unless you have a drill and some drill bits and don't mind making a slight modification to it after you receive it. Once the modification is complete, it's truly a great grater.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars It didn't break until the second time I used it, May 4, 2004
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Stefohnee "stef" (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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The tupperware-like container that you can stick onto the bottom of the grater to store grated cheese, zest, etc. is a good idea, but the hard plastic is very brittle and an edge broke off just from the pressure of grating some cheese on the grater. It's a sharp edge, I might add. The container still functions, but it's dangerous.

My second complaint is that there's a somewhat flimsy rubber piece that goes around the bottom of the grater, which fills up with cheese, vegetable pieces, or whatever else you've been grating, and after only putting it through the dishwasher 2 or 3 times I noticed how all the gunk in there had gotten REALLY gross. Luckily it comes off easily and I just rinsed it off, but I'm not a fan of things like that, which just make this thing more of a pain to clean. I'd like to find a grater that looks this nice and works this well but doesn't have an issue like this.

This thing would be worth 5 stars if it weren't for the strange plastic ring around the bottom and the easily-broken plastic storage container that it comes with.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great convenience tool!, September 10, 2003
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LibertyWarrior (Republic of Texas) - See all my reviews
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This is an attractive and easy to use box grater. Love the container which goes with it (under and in the grater for storage) for storing cheese, etc. The container sits under the grater when in use and also serves as a knuckle saver, as it raises the grater surfaces about 3 inches off the countertop.
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