Customer Reviews

Norpro Stainless Steel Deluxe Food Mill

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This is a solid well-made product with holes in the mill inserts that are larger (5mm and 3mm) than the size of the seeds you want to keep out of your sauces. I primarily use a food mill for tomato sauces. This device will not work with tomatoes or seeds noticeably bigger(grapes). Unless you are pureeing watermelon you probably will be disappointed in this product.

Like everyone else has said, it s made very well and it looks great. If you intend to hang it on the wall, this is the food mill for you.

If you plan to actually USE the food mill, don't buy this one. My biggest complaint is that the mill simply will not push the food through. Food circles and circles, and hardly any puree goes through the strainer. What does manage to go through is too big because both the holes on both plate inserts are too large. It simply does not work.

This product is well made and works good but the grating is not fine enough for me. I can't do tomatoes for sauce with this. It lets the seeds go through.
I would work for apples though.
Depending on what you will be using it for it is a good product.

OK but took it back after one use. I used it to make mashed potatoes. Even though I had only a small amount of potaotes in the mill, they kept being pushed to the top and spilling over. I had to turn the handle several times back and forth before the food would actually go throught the holes in the plate.

I got this to take overseas with me so my housemates and I could make applesauce, pesto, and preserve various fruits and veggies from our CSA box like tomatoes.

Mom and I went all over town to find a food mill, first of all, and this was the only one under $50. (there were 2 or 3 total available). So i just put it in my suitcase and off I went.

This is a beautifully made stainless steel contraption, with an absolutely abominable design.

Mom has had her 'Foley' food mill for over 30 years, and it's still going strong and we can use it for everything. This thing wouldn't run grapes, roasted squash, cooked kidney beans, or even boiled potatoes through it. the spring-and-bar system of holding the blade in, combined with the super-smooth bottom plate, makes sure that no food items get caught under the blade. Instead they go 'round and 'round and then may even slide over the edge.

I finally finessed potatoes through by lifting up on the handle (compressing the spring), turning the blade to a new position, and letting go. over and over. i've never had such a long, slow way to make mashed potatoes in my life!

I'm taking this back to the store when i'm home for christmas, and i've already gotten an old-style genuine Foley, with nut-and-spring/cleaning wire blade holding system. It will be waiting for me when I get home.

don't waste your money on this. it's beautiful metal, but it's junk if you want to use it.

Also the whole concept of interchangeable plates for the bottom seems completely gimmicky and unnecessary to me. Especially because then it requires the bar-and-spring assembly system that makes this a failure.

Bought this product a couple of years ago for tomatoes. It has since resided in my attic because it is totally useless. My experience has been the same as the other reviewers - food just spins around and spills out and nothing comes out of the bottom of the sieve. Thought I'd give it another try with cauliflower, but even that won't mash, even though I cooked it very well. Don't buy this item!

I recently bought a Norpro Stainless Steel food mill for making apple sauce in rather large quantities. The mill was very easy to assemble, use and clean. I also love that it won't rust or stain! The only drawback I noticed so far, is that, because the mill has separate sieve bases that allow for different levels of "mashing", some of the unwanted particles of apples were able to sqeeze through the botttom of the mill, into the sauce. I didn't have any of that problem when using a one-piece mill.

I tried to use this product, but the meat and/or vegetables that I put in it just spun around and I could not get them to grate through the holes. I ended up returning for a refund.

This is a horrible product. I spent so much time trying to figure out why it's not working as it should. The instruction is written unprofessionally. I bought it from Bed Bath and Beyond and thought it must be a good product if it's carried by a good store but it's a big disappointment. I recommend to stay away from this product.

This definitely doesn't work as a food mill. The blade pushes the food around and around but not through bottom of the mill. I tried this with tomatoes and with RIPE American persimmons. Anyone who has used tomatoes and American persimmons knows how soft they are and these items should easily push through the holes in the bottom, right? Wrong. Instead of pushing the food through the bottom blade, the "paddle" part just pushes the food around. I took this back and bought a Foley here on Amazon.