Customer Reviews

Pedrini Pleasure Rotary Grater

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3 star:		(4)
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If you are in the market for a grater such as this, then you pare probably deciding between this model, and a Zyliss model. My mom has the Zyliss, and I recently purchased this one. The Pedrini is larger than the Zyliss. Which may or may not be a problem for you. I have small hands for a guy, and they are both comfortable to use. Since this one is larger than the Zyliss, it also handles more food (cheese, chocolate, etc...) to be placed in the feed section. With the Zyliss, you tend to have to cut parmesean or other foods into 1" or smaller chunks. The Pedrini is much easier to use in this regard. They both shred equally as well, so there aren't any complaints there.
If I were to make one complaint about this product, it would be that the handle on mine does not open outwards completly. It only opens to a 90 degree angle or so. Which could make it harder to clean for some people I suppose. It hasn't made it harder for me to clean, but I thought I would mention it.

I love this rotary grater - especially for cheese. The big hole fitting works well on Mozzerella and Cheddar /Monterey Jack cheeses and the smaller hole graters work really well on harder cheeses such as Gran Padano, Gruyere or Parmeggano Reggiano (Parmesan). So if you only want a cheese sandwich, or if you want to cook Pizza or Pasta or even a Swiss Fondue, you will halve the effort by using this grater.

You do have to cut the cheese into cubes before you grate it, and if you buy cheese in large pieces this can be a pain.

However, for really hard things like whole nutmegs or brazil nuts, it is difficult to get a grip with the handle. For those you tend to go back to the flat grater for small amounts or to a food processor if you need volume. By the way, Brazil nuts make a great stuffing for mushrooms!

As to this grater - it cleans well in a dish washer, but is less easy to wash out by hand. You need a bottle brush to clean the inner side of the drum. I think this is the thing that puts most people off rotary graters. But if you have a dish washer you will be OK.

I love it! I love shredded cheese but I've always hated shredding it. This grater works wonderfully, is small enough to store in a drawer & is easy to clean. And best of all, it's not overpriced!

This makes short work of Parmesan, Romano or even cheddar, though to get all the softer cheeses out of the barrel, you have to scoop with a spoon or finger. This is very handy for the kitchen, and solves the grated finger issue of making enough grated Parmesan for spaghetti night. Love it.

I didn't know what to expect when I bought this grater, but I have been very pleased with my purchase. I don't cook much and any kitchen gadgets I use need to be easy to use and easy to clean. This grater meets both criteria.

I have only used the cheese grater drum. I have used cheddar, parmesan, and mozzarela cheeses on it and all have grated perfectly. There is always a small piece of cheese left in the grater...maybe I am not pushing down as much as I should, but I like to think of that small piece of cheese as the bonus trial piece...just to make sure it still tastes good. :)

As far as cleaning the grater, that is EASY. Even if you don't get to putting soap and water to it until a day later (besides not cooking much, I don't clean as soon as I should) it still cleans in seconds. I don't have a dishwasher, so I can't provide input on how well it keeps up in a dishwasher.

And don't forget, using this kitchen gadget is just plain fun!

No more grated knuckles and bent back fingernails! The Pedrini Pleasure Rotary Grater cranks out loads of shredded parmesan cheese just like they do at Olive Garden. Three slick blades lets you choose the size of your shred. No harder to clean than a traditional cheese grater.

Used this grater ~3-4x/mo grating primarily mozz, parmes., swiss, & cheddar cheeses -- nothing heavy or out of line. Nice easy/comfortable-to-use design. But after 18mos the little rotating knob on the handle broke off while my wife was using it.

Good well-designed item, but the next one will be a more-sturdy all-metal design.

This grater works pretty well, as long as you're not trying to grate anything hard (like parmesean cheese). It will grate ok, but makes it more like a powder. I'm pretty sure this is due the the fact that the handle flexes and lessens the pressure on the drum, and the small-holed drum doesn't carve deep enough.

Not a bad buy, all things considered, but I'm sure there's better out there.

Parmesan cheese demanded a lot of effort. Mozzarela cheese was hard to clean. The molded plastic has a compartment that gets grungy and can't be cleaned. After a year the handle broke off. Why can't someone make a rotary cheese grater that doesn't break?

This is the best cheese grater I have ever owned. It does the hard cheeses as well as most others graters, but it does an absolutely wonderful job on soft cheeses like mozzarella.