NexTrend Garlic Twist - Clear

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Product Features

• The Garlic Twist is a winer of SIX industry awards
• Minces garlic to an ideal desired texture and neatly gathers minced garlic
• Crushes, peels and minces garlic
• Easy and fun to use, rinse to clean
• Tough polycarbonate construction that is also dishwasher safe.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3 x 1.5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000173JMS
• Item model number: GT-Clear
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,263 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Product Description
The Garlic Twist is highly recommended -- winner of 6 industry awards. We love and use it ourselves. Finally! No sharp blades, just easy-rinse clean, well-designed and well made and it WORKS! The NexTrend Garlic Twist is an innovative kitchen garlic gadget that uses the cross-cutting mincing teeth principle to prepare garlic for cooking. It has proven to be far superior to the problem prone traditional garlic press that it replaces. According to the manufacturer, "It crushes and peels garlic, then minces it to an ideal texture. It even neatly gathers the minced garlic, and rinses clean after use." The Garlic Twist is fun and easy to use and makes for an ideal gift for the home chef. Comes in three colors: red, blue and clear. And best of all, Made in America!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suggestions about the Garlic Twist, December 12, 2006

By	K. Strand (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've owned the Garlic Twist for years, so I've figured out how to get the best use out of it. I peel the garlic clove(s) using a chef's knife (as described below), then cut each clove into half. That makes it much easier to get the twist going. It is very difficult to get it started with large garlic cloves, but works well if you cut them in half. It's still better and faster than mincing them. My other pice of advice: Don't wash it in the dishwasher! I got lazy and washed mine on the top shelf of my dishwasher and the plastic cracked, allowing water in. I'm ordering another one (after three years of use) because of this. I'll be hand-washing from now on!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twist that garlic!, June 5, 2006

By	flora (California) - See all my reviews

This was an impulse purchase, but I use it almost every day. Smash the cloves with the cover to remove the skins, then drop the cloves (I've used up to five) into the container and slowly lower and twist the cover. The garlic gets shredded and pushed into two little triangles for easy use.

The first time I used it, I had wet hands and had trouble doing the twisting, but after a couple of tries, I was loving it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy little tool, September 30, 2006

By	V. Orcutt (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

I have to admit that I don't usually buy stuff based on only one review, but in this case I did, and I'm glad. First thing I noticed was the heft of the garlic twister...it's plastic, but not flimsy.

Reading the directions, I wondered how it would peel the garlic....well, it doesn't so much PEEL it as it does make it easier for the peel to come off - way easier.

Putting the clove inside, I had a bit of trouble twisting at first, like the other person did, but after the first twist it became much easier and I was twisting away.

I never did manage to get two cute little triangles, but that was probably due to the fact that I was having such a good time that I had smooshed the clove up to near paste (which actually works well for my purposes), though I could have stopped anytime before that, when the pieces were a bit larger and easier to deal with.

In any event, I was able to get most of the garlic paste out, and what little was left behind rinsed right out.

Yeah...it's relatively low-tech, but good exercise (hee hee) and inexpensive, won't rust, and doesn't take up a lot of storage space.