Munchkin Baby Food Grinder

by Munchkin

Product Features

• Makes homemade baby food at home or on the go!
• Expands food choices beyond what's offered in jars
• No batteries or electricity needed
• Replaces expensive commercial baby food
• Ideal for 6+ months; Colors may vary, you may receive in one of the following colors: blue, pink and green

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 4.1 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000GB0NZA
• UPC: 735282137013
• Item model number: 13701
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,367 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #17 in Baby > Feeding > Food, Mills & Storage > Food Mills
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color: Colors May Vary

From the Manufacturer

An easy-to-use, portable food grinder that turns any food into baby food in seconds.

Product Description

Munchkin Baby Food Grinder Know exactly what goes into your baby's food with the Munchkin Baby Food Grinder. Make it all natural - just fill the grinder with everything your baby needs and loves, grind, and serve. Quick, easy, and compact, this product is great for travel and requires no batteries. Instructions and recipe booklet included!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good job for the price, July 8, 2008

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Olive (Brandon, MS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Munchkin Baby Food Grinder, Colors May Vary (Baby Product)

I purchased this item and then came home and read the reviews. I almost returned it, and then decided to give it a shot. I'm glad I did. Most of the other reviewers complained that it leaked. It does, but I just sit it in the sink to grind. Then there were complaints of the force you have to use to grind the food. I don't think that's the case at all. I think the key is the grinding motion. You have to push down on the green plastic part while grinding with your other hand. If it becomes hard to push, you simply keep grinding until it becomes easier to push. I believe most people are trying to grind it too fast. Also, I believe some of the complaints are because people aren't using food that has already been cooked. If you want to grind up a food such as squash, it is common sense, I think, that the food be cooked until soft. I just ground up cooked corn that was cut off the cob, and it ground up great.
Also, I think the thing to keep in mind with this product is price. It is only $10!
I feel that for under $10, you are getting a great product that does what it is supposed to do: grind up cooked foods in quantities suitable for feeding to a baby.

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Requires two-man operation, impossible to clean, September 6, 2007

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R. Anderson (Waipahu, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Munchkin Baby Food Grinder, Colors May Vary (Baby Product)

This grinder is difficult to use. First, you need to assemble it and then load in the food to be ground, then put the grinding part on top and twist it to secure it on the chute. If your food is too tough, the grinder doesn't do anything, and any force you might use to press down on the grinder may result in the grate popping off and the food flying everywhere. My husband and I tried to use it on meat, which required one of us to push down, and the other to turn the grinder. Once you've done that, then the instructions say to simply remove the grinding plate (grate) and the handle. The grinding plate is impossible to remove as the force of turning and pressing down on it makes it screwed in so tight, you can't remove the grate unless you use an icepick or the tine of a metal fork to loosen it. The handle to turn the grinder is very small and hard to use. Your hand gets really tired and sore.

We discovered that putting the metal blade on upside down (with the flat part not against the grate) did a better job of moving the food upwards to the grate.

Also, if your food is overly moist or wet, the grinder leaks at the bottom.

I must also mention that there are a lot of parts to wash and some are small, they sometimes get lost in the sink or drying rack.

I believe Kidco has a manual grinder too, that has a bigger handle. We haven't tried it since we gave up on manual grinders. I also tried the Bella Cucina (like the Magic Bullet), which was the worst thing ever as plastic shavings from the lid went into the food from the edge of the cup. Each time you screw on the lid, the sharp lip of the cup would create little shavings from the lid (which is colored plastic) that sometimes fell into the ground up food.

I ended up getting a Cuisinart SmartStick with the chopper bowl accessory, and that worked fine. I also have the Kitchenaid stand mixer and had the food grinder attachment as a gift. We used that it grind mass quantities of meat that we froze so that we would have meat on hand. We would grind one whole rotisserie chicken (deboned) twice, and then package the loosely ground chicken in ziploc bags and freeze them. Then we would simply take one bag out and leave it in the fridge to thaw so she would have some meat to mix with soft cooked veggies. Any parent knows how difficult it is to ensure your baby gets the right amount of protein each day.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too Difficult to Use, Clean, March 17, 2007

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Nancy Small "Cat Herder" (Central Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Munchkin Baby Food Grinder, Colors May Vary (Baby Product)

The small parts are too difficult to use and clean, and the grinder only works if the food is **very soft** (already soft enough to feed in small bites to our 6-9 month old) or if you push down on the top cylinder *very hard*. I could not make it work. Seems like the force I had to put on it just pushed the food through the grate--I couldn't tell that rotating the grinder did anything useful. One of the wand-style food blenders which comes with a mini chopper did the trick for us.

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