Customer Reviews

KitchenAid KG301 Rotary Grater, Black

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

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!

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.

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.

Don't be fooled by this apparently well-designed grater. The hinge is weak and will break. The grater looks and feels great, but don't expect it to last.

The reviews describing this device's construction problems are accurate. I just had my grater break at the threaded shaft that connects the handle to the grating cylinder after maybe a dozen uses for grating parmesan. Their stand mixers are the undisputed champs, but KitchenAid's hand graters are of a different and inadequate caliber. Save the $20 and look elsewhere.

I received this grater as a Christmas gift, and the following August it broke. I stripped the plastic screw that holds the handle to the grating barrel. And all I did was unscrew it for cleaning! If these reviews don't get your attention, let the amount of plastic on this grater send up red flags. Why would the part receiving so much torque ever be made of plastic?!? I am curious to see how KitchenAid will handle my complaint, since I can't find this product anywhere on their website, and a search for it comes up empty. Not a good sign...

My grater broke after a year of occasional use. This is now the second plastic grater I have wasted my money on. I will spend the extra $$$ for a metal rotary grater now!

This grater worked ok for a few weeks, but then the crank borke off. I thought maybe I just got a bad one and bought another, but after a month or so, the crank broke off.

This thing worked like a champ, impressed friends, and lasted all of 6 months...and then, the plastic screw that attaches the handle to the grating drum snapped. Cheap, Cheap, Cheap! and at $20/per...definately not considered disposable! Look elsewhere. The Zyliss will be my next purchase and I will leave feedback.

This thing worked like a champ, impressed friends, and lasted all of 6 months...and then, the plastic screw that attaches the handle to the grating drum snapped. Cheap, Cheap, Cheap! and at $20/per...definately not considered disposable! Look elsewhere. The Zyliss will be my next purchase and I will leave feedback.