Customer Reviews

Oxo SteeL 8-Inch Strainer

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This product is junk. I like most oxo products but this one is poorly designed. The hadle is spot welded and can not hold any weight. My second one broke after shaking the remains of a stock out. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!!

Strainers are kitchen utensils that one needs at inopportune times. At the last minute, when I am hurrying to get all my dishes finished at the same time, I might put forget to add hot liquid to flour or cornstarch, for thickening, and instead add the dry ingredient directly to the gravy or sauce. Then I end up with a lumpy mess unless I have a strainer (or cheesecloth) on hand. This OXO strainer is 8 inches across, so it is large enough to strain a pan of gravy without overflowing. The mesh is a fine gauge, so the gravy will end up smooth.

This strainer is perfect for hooking to the side of a bowl or pot and straining stock, soup, sauces, or any liquid and it catches fat, spices, bones or other unwanted items leaving you with the good stuff. This strainer has seen heavy use and has held up well over the years. Excellent product.

I agree with the reviewer who said this was junk. The spot welds holding the handle on the strainer broke when straining stock. Don't buy this product.

A lot of our kitchen accessories are made by OXO. We like the grips more than anything else. We only regret not having purchased the complete set of strainers instead of buying one by itself. Otherwise it works well.

Generally, I like this: it looks nice, it feels nice, and it won't rust. The last of the qualities is the most important to me.

I bought this because I needed to replace an 20-year-old, cheap, rusty, slightly torn wire mesh strainer that was about eight inches or so in diameter. This one is only slightly smaller in diameter, but it holds about half as much. When they measure it, they're counting the entire width of the fat metal rim as part of the strainer. It's also noticeably shallower. As a result, it's not useful for bulky jobs, like draining a pound of rigatoni. They don't seem to make one as big as what I'd like, but perhaps that's a good thing, given the complaints about the handle snapping off unexpectedly.

My other minor complaint really applies to the entire "SteeL" line: the small holes they provide in those thick handles aren't big enough for me to hang anything. I've got two different hanging racks, and neither type of hook works. (One doesn't fit, and one gets stuck, so you have to pry it off the hook when you want to use it.) So we're hanging this upside down, on the little loop.

It's Oxo, so it works great, as you'd expect. Well made and good looking, if a bit pricey.

I own almost all of the OXO steel gadgets. But this one has kind of scary feeling when lifted by it's handle with something heavy, like it is going to brake on it's weld.