KitchenAid KG301 Rotary Grater, Black

by KitchenAid

Product Features

• Includes fine, coarse, and slicing blades, each made of stainless steel
• Large handle holds food in place while smaller handle turns
• Impact-resistant ABS plastic body disassembles quickly for cleaning
• Measures 8-1/2 inches by 4-1/2 inches
• Dishwasher-safe

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 5 x 3.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008DHPS
• Item model number: KG301OB
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,636 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #19 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Cheese Tools > Graters
  • #47 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Graters, Peelers & Slicers > Graters

Product Description

Use the slicing blade to cut hard vegetables, cukes, potatoes, and hard cheeses. The coarse blade is ideal for grating root vegetables such as fennel, beets, turnips and parsnips. And last but not least the fine blade will make bread crumbs, grate nutmeg, chocolate, and hard cheeses. The handle holds the food in place while the arm controls the grating.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's too flimsy and clumsy to work, January 9, 2004

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Michael Mauzey "pormike" (Canby, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid KG301 Rotary Grater, Black (Kitchen)

I was so excited to buy this for my Mom who has arthritis.
She said that she couldn't get it to work, but I figured that it was just because of her arthritis ... but it's not. I don't have arthritis and I couldn't get it to work either. It's just too flimsy and too clumsy. In order to slice cheese you have to put in something like a 1 inch by 1 inch square and then it sorta lobs off pieces .. very impractical!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor construction, January 11, 2005

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Robert W. Geary (Dalton, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KitchenAid KG301 Rotary Grater, Black (Kitchen)

I usually rave about kitchenaid products, but this one has been problematic from day one. The little chrome handle fell off the first time I used it. A real pain to keep putting the turning handle back on. After the first few uses, the handle hinge broke off so that the grater had to be held together while attempting to use it. Too much pressure required to shred all but the softest cheese, and now, after less than a year, the crank broke off on one of the graters so the entire thing is USELESS...into the trash it went. I'm the eternal optimist so I'm gong to spring for the battery powered one I saw in another catalog. Don't waste your money on this one.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay for hard cheeses, broke twice, February 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: KitchenAid KG301 Rotary Grater, Black (Kitchen)

I bought this because I was looking for an easier way to shred mozzarella cheese. I used tried all three blades, and was disappointed with the results. The fine blade, even though is designed for hard cheeses, worked best for all cheeses. Basically, I personally found the other two blades too much of a pain to bother with. The handle is awkward with no grip. Like the other reviewed mentioned, it is clumsy to use. The handle screws into the blade barrel. I stripped the treads on the handle while grating during normal use. (Won't turn, therefore, won't shred) KitchenAid was great and replaced the whole thing. Well, after a couple months more, the threads on my new one chipped during normal use, leaving the whole thing again useless. I didn't bother getting it replaced because it wasn't worth it.

Before it broke, however, it did work okay for parmesan cheese.