OXO Good Grips Wire Potato Masher

by OXO

• Great for potatoes, root vegetables, and fruit
• Sturdy stainless steel wire head
• Cushioned handle absorbs pressure
• Large handle opening for easy hanging
• Safe to use in dishwasher

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004OCJK
• Item model number: 26291
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,411 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #3 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Fruit & Vegetable Tools > Potato Mashers & Ricers > Potato Mashers

Product Description

Amazon.com

If you're the kind of cook who prefers "mashed" to "whipped" potatoes, this tool may very well become your next best friend. With a stainless-steel wire head, the masher tackles the task at hand, all the while reducing pressure on your hands due to the soft, rubber cushioned handle that is nonslip, wet or dry. The wire masher works as well with yams, carrots, apples, or bananas, in case you've had oral surgery or have a baby in the house. Good Grips products are moderately priced and have won the Tylenol/Arthritis Foundation Design Award. --Laurie Notaro

Product Description

When it comes to mashing potatoes, turnips and other veggies you want to apply some muscle. How much nicer for you if the handle of the masher is soft, oversized and non-slip, while the business end is strong stainless steel.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding quality and great price. August 29, 2004

By M. E. Volmar

This wire potato masher, like the rest of the products from the OXO Good Grips line, is a great value of superior quality, unsurpassed durability, and flawless performance. Its ergonomic design, hefty body, and big, pressure-absorbing, non-slip grip, complete with flexible fins to accommodate your fingers, are the reasons why you'll prefer this product over the more traditional models, as they will allow you comfortable, daily, wet or dry use while keeping you away from any stress-related injuries.
Its elegant, stylized shape fits seamlessly with the rest of the OXO Good Grips collection, and it also comes with an oversized hole at the tip of the handle for easy hanging, and a strong, stout double-wire neck guaranteed to be unbendable.
Overall, this masher is perfect to mash potatoes, apples, pumpkins, carrots and other such foods, especially handy if you have a baby in the house. Its easy-to-clean, simple construction and dishwasher-safe, hard-wearing materials make it an addition that will prove a dependable part of your cooking equipment for years. Furthermore, its stainless-steel metal parts will permanently keep your rust worries away.
After submitting this product to over two years of normal, everyday use, mine is still just like new.
--Reviewed by M. E. Volmar

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Fine March 13, 2006

By NuJoi VINE™ VOICE

I made the pefect lumpy potatoes with this. Sounds odd, but that's what I wanted. I have a ricer, but I wanted the mashed potatoes from my childhood. I went out and bought this specifically for the task. I have no regrets or complaints. The handle felt fine, better than what my mother used to have. I remember hers having more mashing surface, but that may be because I was young. This one seems compact, so it works fine for a small amount of potatoes in a smaller bowl (perfect for me.)

If you want ultra smooth, this isn't the product for you. Get the Oxo ricer or use a mixer.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars It does it's job November 29, 2005

By Stefohnee

Nothing fancy, just mashin' action. I would give it 5 stars if the handle was a bit more comfortable (just hard plastic as opposed to something more comfortable, but it's not like you use it that much) and if the design was closer to the honeycomb open-hole idea instead of the curvy wires, which leave more lumps in your mashed potatoes. But really, if you want perfectly lump-free mashed potatoes, you should be using a ricer, not a masher.