5 Vegetable Kitchen Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious
Design and usability guru Dan Formosa returns to test and improve upon 5 gadgets designed to help you easily get your daily dose of veggies. Watch as he tests each vegetable kitchen gadget weighing in on what works, what doesn't, and how he'd improve their design.
Check out the products Dan reviews in this episode:
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Rolling Garlic Chopper: amzn.to/3fplZgF
Fullstar Vegetable Chopper: amzn.to/3ovOVrh
Rapid Slicer: amzn.to/2S7vIQs
Handheld Spiralizer: amzn.to/3opSAqy
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5 Vegetable Kitchen Gadgets Tested By Design Expert | Well Equipped | Epicurious
Check out the products Dan reviews in this episode: Upright Carrot Peeler: amzn.to/3eXc6ry Rolling Garlic Chopper: amzn.to/3fplZgF Fullstar Vegetable Chopper: amzn.to/3ovOVrh Rapid Slicer: amzn.to/2S7vIQs Handheld Spiralizer: amzn.to/3opSAqy All products are independently selected by Epicurious editors. If you buy something through our retail links, we earn a commission.
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A trick: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Manuel Kyle Yup, have been using flixzone for since november myself :)
@Manuel Kyle definitely, been watching on flixzone for years myself :D
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I don't even need to read the title anymore, I just see this man's face and click
Same!! I love Dan and this series
Saaaame
Truth
You recognize the man by his chin?
I feel the same I've watched every episode and I want about 50 new episodes daily lol
*Me and the gf getting frisky in the bedroom* Her: Babe what are you doing Me: By making my non-dominant hand slippery, it's gonna quickly highlight areas for improvement
Your gf: I don't care as long its lube you're using to make slippery
The best part is that Dan mentioned this comment and the others like it in the Cheese video 😂😂😂😂
@@beebradbury8925 I'm literally about to watch that one right now. 💀
😂😂😂😂
What would you redesign? Your Benis?
"And include the logo of the company so that when you do find it in your drawer, you'd know where it goes" Dang, that's some next level design experience, and exactly why I watch this series
Right? so many important things accidently thrown away...
My favorite ever mandoline slicer had a blade locking feature you just click, a simple thumb slider for thickness, and a matching hand guard with a matching logo. They also made the hand guard the same color with the same black trim... it was very obvious what it went to if it got separated. Those small features made it one of my favorite tools and even after I cut the tip of my thumb off, I still own it! Haha it's the only gadget to survive several moves because the parts never got lost. It was 2 simple pieces that easily match eachother, share a logo/name, and the guard clicks to the underside for storage. Nice. I always wondered what this guy would think of my slicer! Haha
Honestly if I had to peel a bunch of carrots that peeler would be dope
Yeah, perfect tool to use when doing carrot soup, I'm talking about the amount of carrot soup that will fit a 50 litre stock pots, imagine how long you take to peel the carrot using normal peeler
you just shove one after the other, using the second to finish push the first. sounds very efficient.
Yeah I would too. But when he said the ends wouldn’t peel is because it’s too skinny.
@@isabella733 so peel 80% with the tool then use a normal peeler
True but if you are peeling enough carrots to get this thing you might as well get a commercial veg peeler- comercial grade equipment will at least give you chance to sharpen and maintain equipment unlike this trinket
I'm so happy he mentioned that food can get stuck on the crevices which make it harder to clean!!
He’s been doing this for 40 years, I think he knows what he’s doing
@@lucarroba wish people understood that other people with experience can do more than tell you that to put your phone down. We've come to a point in America, were younger generations literally are waiting for older generations to die, just over a simple disagreement and telling children what is true. I wasn't telling my grandfather that I can't wait till he's dead so new minds can take over.
@@artdecotimes2942 I get what you mean. But many times the way older people want to push their way of doing things although proven that there are better ways has been frustrating to the younger generation. Sometimes older people should let younger people find their own way of doing things and if they do it wrong, young people just have to learn from their mistakes
@@nicedurians well I get what you mean in that, but I'll tell you, that telling younger generations to get a job and do something with there life, is no were as bad as how they are treating us now. At least it was advice, to them now its some war and I feel its just become an egotistical broken game to them, and I can't type anything about how I miss 1950 because the comments will either be "ok boomer" or "um, yes I sure do miss the racism and sexism and homophobic nature, unsafe death traps, and enslaved housewives" which I can't believe people believe from the media. Try saying anything about the past, this is why I'm trying to fight all this off! I can't stand all these horrible horrible comments neverending everytime I saw as little a fig as "wow, what a lovely automobile" nope immediately after itd nothing but "might look good but be behind the drivers seat and your dead" ..this has happened numerous times by different children that have said this, in fact I've been in three that have crashed, one side, one front on, and the last flipped down a hill, and all three were fine, yes our families 1906 Oldsmobile slid down a hill, and came out with nothing but a slightly bent front, and fractured suspension line on the grass beside it; hardly needed repare.
@@artdecotimes2942 woe is you
That carrot machine is awesome. My family make carrot dishes about every 3-4 months in huge quantity on certain religious festivals . By that i mean more than 3-5 maunds (1 maund in Pakistan is about 40-50 kg) . I remember 2-3 year back my father bringing about 12 maund carrot. And there were about 10 people working with us and still it took them almost 18 hour( 12ish on 1st day and remaining of next one) to peel the carrots. It was fun but alot of work. Had we know about this would have made a huge difference in work speed. I would like to buy it if i can find it in Pakistan
Wow that sounds pretty interesting yet very tiring! Hope you find it!!
so you're saying that every 3-4 months you have to prepare 150-250 kilos of carrots? are you holding a restaurant or something
do you have a Carrot halwa factory or sth?
jokes apart, best wishes for your religious festivals. Ramadan & Eid Mubarak!
Try Amazon you might find it there
As a person working in hotel industry, I would like to have few of the carrot pealer,I can imagine it come in handy during mass production of food including carrot and parsnips, or even peeling cucumber for cucumber salad,the carrot peeler is truly underestimated
Definitely see how it could be useful in the food industry, but I don't think it makes much sense for a home cook.
I used to work in the produce department of a grocery store, and there was one of these bolted to one of our tables and let me tell you, when I had to cut carrot sticks and I had to peel four 20 lb bags of carrots, it was a godsend. I can't imagine having to peel so many carrots by hand.
@@jbearclowater I imagine a much better made stainless steel version for the food industry.
Agreed. And if you didn't want to clean the tips by hand, you could just whack them off along with the ends, and toss 'em in a stock pot.
@@jbearclowater It's the other way around. This is too small and flimsy for food industry, they have commercial peelers for that. It's perfect for a home because it is fairly cheap and I can throw it in one of my drawers for occasional use.
I love how the framed pictures on the wall change depending on the context of the video
I didnt even notice. I will now look at the pictures in the background in all the videos.
I just noticed the pics matched for the first time 😂
Time stamp? I can't see the changes
@@shazebhussain9104 they mean that depending on what vegetable is being used you will see a drawing framed on the wall
I used to feel so annoyed that SO MANY kitchen gadgets existed.. now I am forever grateful, because I could watch Dan reviewing them forever! 😅
I like this man so much!! he knows how to communicate with the audience
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Exactly, you don't even notice any dull moments at all, he keeps it interesting even when not doing much
Dan is the man
Good design requires communication through physical features. So it makes sense.
At a kitchen I worked at we had a cast iron version of that onion/potato chopper thing. Because it was solid & the plastic lid didn't flex like that one does, it went through anything.
That plastic one is going to break very soon.
It also has the weight of the cast iron, add another 2 kilos of plastic above and it might also do the job.
When I worked at dominos, we had one sort of like that. Cast iron, tiny little grid blades, thing to push through them. Except it wasn't a lever, it was more guillotine on two vertical rails. You pull it up, and then you slam it down. You either cut the tomato, or you're wearing it, but either way, there was NO sticking with that thing.
I thought that is really good for pizza making~ crushed or cut
@@Manicies The one we had at one of the restaurants I worked at had multiple blade arrangements for different cuts. All aluminum and steel, and you could fit a deep 1/6 pan under it. The one problem is that people can be stupid and still keep their fingers holding the vegetables... And there goes our health and safety bonus. The mandoline slicer was thrown out for the same reason.
"So! I brought another table to put on this table." Instant like on the video
The "carrot" peeler is sold as a white asparagus peeler over here in Germany. Because we go insane for white asparagus and you need to peel it we peel insane amounds of it in the short time it's in season so many people love gadgets like this.
Oh and for the asparagus it's a bonus that it doesn't peel the tip. Need to look into that! 🤗
I was thinking the same!! Dutchies love white asparagus aswell
8:47 I rewatched it 2 times to realize that he meant giving the gadget to the kids without the blades, not taking out these blades and give'em to the kids for them to play with
9:05 One thing I noticed when Dan was using the vegetable chopper was that he loaded the onion and the potato with the cut side against the cutting blades. Trying to force all the blades through a flat surface at once was probably making it unduly hard to operate.
That's what most people would do, that way is easier to keep the onion/potato in place
Usually the instructions tell you to do it that way, because flat side up, it can twist on the round bit and the top hinged part can twist and shear and break.. or twist and break and slam your hand into the blades! Ouch... damn. I've owned two that both say flat side down.. I usually just pre rough chop and throw the chunks in however. Those few extra chops save a ton of time and wear on the machine.
I came to the comments to see if anybody else was thinking that. The instant I saw him struggling to push it through, I wondered why he didn't try flipping it.
We had one that was exactly like this and it was aweful broke only after a few days of use and we tested it in different ways. Only got easier when putting veggies on angles. But it has very flimsy connections. Lots of plastic in comes out in small bits aswell
and you are supposed to slap it. pushing is extremely hard but if you just slap it, everything chops nice and fast.
The upright carrot peeler was robbed! It did what it promised to do, unlike many of the products featured on this series. Would you buy one? .... okay no, but still, it was robbed I tell you!
What do you mean by “robbed”?
Those carrots were pretty small though.
I think that carrot peeler deserved a 4/5
Agreed
@@alecoloxa right?! The carrots we have in he are like 3 cm in diameter. The ones in the video were anorexic I swear.
When I worked in a deli, we used to have to cut grapes up for chicken salad. We put two container lids together and put the grapes between them. It worked well!
@altoidsours -That's how Martha Stewart does it, too.
The third chopper is very similar to things actively used in the fast food industry, but the lever arm of those are way longer, and they're made of heavy sturdy metals, not plastic, so they over all require insanely less effort. Its a good tool idea, but commercializing industrial level cutting tools is not so easy as that attempt.
I agree
I use my full star vegetable slicer almost every day. I got it just for onions because I don't like chopping them, but I ended up really loving it. The trick is to quarter the vegetables, not half them. It cuts through like butter with very little effort if they are quartered.
"take out the blades and give it to the kids" 😅 Gotta be more specific here
I just got that lmao
Could someone fill me in? Edit: I just got it like 20 seconds after I made this comment.
@@nostekki ithe person is saying that what the dude said could be interpreted as giving the kids the blades
Imma try sneaking up on it 😂😂
"Sneak attack critical"
I burst out laughing
@@SonicsniperV7 i imagine dan as an assassin whistling around his victims and as soon as they in a back alley, screaming SNEAK ATTACK.
This guy had me at “so I brought another table to put on this table”
The end result fine? The end result was BEAUTIFUL! How dare you insult the spiralizer by comparing it to the commoner’s julienne tool! I have never seen such beautiful zucchini cascade from a device so heavenly sent. So I protest! I WANT JUSTICE DAN
I dunno man, it seemed like the carrot peeler really did a good job trying to make itself handicap accessible. Maybe the bolt is finicky but it doesn't take too much force to use, the blades are pretty well hidden and it comes with that plunger so you don't have to yank it from the bottom.
It did look hella flimsy tho. And I think it was a bit overdesigned in ways that made it so you could a lot more easily do the same without it looking as if everything on it is about to break off or break your table with how it's winched in place.
@@kinagrill - And how would you sharpen the blades after a lot of use?
@@MossyMozart Whetstone, or a gadget build for ease of use for such a function... like just about any basic blade sharpener tool out there.
You know how some movies come out straight to DVD? Some products go straight to landfill... Looking at you garlic crusher
BURN
I've got one of those garlic choppers and I haven't got to using it yet. Now I'm sad 🥺😭 oh wellllll
i like his sense of humor lmao. and the fact he always deliver his jokes without laughing or even smiling
“I can’t modify the onion” Laughs in GMO onions
All onions, as well as all other food that we consume is GMO. A cubic onion would be awesome though.
Honestly, cubic veg wouldn’t require GMO shenanigans - instead a cheaper solution of localizing where the produce is going to grow, and placing a mold made from a breathable material approximately where it should be growing. That’s actually what they do to produce those square shaped melons that were talked about a few years back
"I'm gonna try sneaking up on it." 😂 I love this man.
I feel as though he really didn't use the FullStar Vegetable Chopper as intended. I swear that if he just flipped the onion or potato and have them face up, it would have been MUCH easier to press. Less surface to penetrate the blades would mean easier to push through.
Definitely. I have a very similar vegetable chopper and it works great if you put stuff in it round side down. There is still some effort involved and more clean up than using a knife, but if you're chopping up multiple vegetables it is a great time saver.
I have a similar tool and the trick is this exactly. having the rounded end towards the blade makes it easy to cut. But the smaller dices are harder than the larger dices.
THANK YOU. I was shouting this at the screen for his whole demonstration, then he rubs salt in the wound by REDESIGNING THE BLADE to do just that. Just flip the veggie, dude!
@@bvoyelr felt the same way. Still makes me somewhat frustrated two weeks later!
We have a more heavy-duty version of that appliance at my workplace; and we always cut the vegetables half as thick as he did before we run them through the chopper. He was creating extra unnecessary work on top of putting it in wrong.
Dan brings me so much happiness for some reason. Bless you mr gadget man
I'd like to see one of these where he uses gadgets he designed, how he would do it differently with experience and explained some of the constraints as to why he maybe couldn't have free reign to do it that way originally
Why don’t you measure the time for cleaning and reusable? Because what I see some of the products it super hard to clean or impossible to get clean at all after couple of used.
That carrot peeler is actually pretty good.
i love how much effort in these episodes the drawings around him and the digital drawing for the gadgets this is awesome 🙏
I'm gonna give it a push. ... A bigger push. ... *A BIGGER PUSH* xD
"I'm gonna try sneaking up on it"
*proceeds to body slam
Congratulations, Its a boy!
HE'S GIVING BIRTH!!! ..... to chopped onions 😄
The Carrot Peeler deserves more praise. Definitely a time saver when it comes to the tedious task of peeling (even if the tip was missed)
for the Onion/potato cutter... cmon make use of levers. Have an opposing lever (like found in a tortilla press) that can be pulled down against the cutting grid / food. It would definitely help. Then again the longevity of those blade grid is also suspect, as well as all its use of plastic.
Yeah that thing was definitely bending at the hinge. This screams for some kind of sturdy base and metal. Attach that to a countertop and you could dice anything pretty quickly.
I was thinking about that tortilla press mechanism too! A metal body would definitely work wonders and would be very worth the extra cost too!
This is just a cheap plastic manual french-fry cutter with a short handle. They still make the better metal ones. They even make extra long handled wall mounted metal ones, mostly for commercial use. Worth the buy if you do a lot of dicing, or french-fries.
I completely don't understand why the carrot peeler was created so it clamps to the worktop, because you're either gonna have, as he said, "a carrot on the floor", or even worse "a carrot in the bin"
The dirt is just there to add some texture.
@@SonicsniperV7 It's just an extra crispy carrot xD
I could just put my container under my counter top and let the carrot falls into containers, easier to move, rather than lifting the fully loaded container from counter top and potentially hurting myself
You could probably clamp it to the bottom shelf of a wall cupboard so that it would fall on the countertop.
@@AnnaReed42 Yeah that sounds like a much better option. But I think the most logical thing would to make it able to stand on the countertop so the carrot would fall on the countertop
As much as I love the guy, when using the vegetable chopper he should have put the vegetable the other way around. Largest surface where you press and smaller surface on the blades.
I had the same thought! So frustrating to watch him do it like he did!! I rarely comment on videos like this, but this really hit a nerve haha.
You'd think the guy who helped design a way for computers to be in houses would be a lot smarter than this
Also putting it on a lower surface would give you more leverage
@Ōkami Kibō - That sounds dangerous, trying to use that gadget while balancing the veg on a pointy end. You wouldn't cut that way with a knife.
@@MossyMozart Actually I would, when cutting a vegetable with a knife you put the largest surface on your board and the cut the pointy end with your blade (knife). In that instance you don't have to balance the onion on the gadget, when pressing the large surface of the press will end up balancing the whole thing. It's just physics, less surfaces equal less resistance.
I have one of the vegetable chopper at home, definetly found you need to chop food into quarters (length ways, not round ways, if that makes sense) otherwise too much pressure is needed. otherwise good if you need to do a LOT in a short period of time
I love the full star vegetable chopper and used it till the metal grid broke. You kinda have to take in consideration that not everyone can handle a kitchen knife to cut an onion in small pieces, specially if it's a white onion that makes your eyes cry lol.
@Epicurious I wish I would have seen Dan's review before I bought my vegetable chopper, every issue he had I had immediately upon first use with an onion and the small dice hopping grid. I had to press down so hard to get half on onion chopped I chopped the other half into half and that didn't help either. On the last piece of onion I had to press down so hard I started flinching because I thought at any moment that device was going to break and seriously hurt me. I have never used it again because chopping onions shouldn't be that dangerous of stressful. I won't even blame the companies selling this product because it wouldn't matter who sold it as it's the design itself that's complete crap. So glad you've helped other people who haven't made that decision yet. Thank you for all you and the crew do. ❤️
The spaghetti maker looks dope, well, the end product. As a redesign, I would recommend putting a spinning handle on it (like for sausage fillers or meat grounders).
That was my thought as well
these video give me so much goddamn serotonin and I have no idea why pls never stop making them
seeing someone who passionate about their job and know their stuff without being cocky is always nice for me..
This video has inspired me to get those folding floor tables to use on my countertop for when I need more counter space, I could rest cooling trays on top of the table and work on the normal countertop for other tasks!
It's so weird that the rolling garlic chopper did so poorly! I use one of them on the regular in my kitchen - it's great for mincing both garlic and ginger, so I'm always using it for stir fries/ramens/curries - and it's never failed me, even with a ton of garlic packed in tightly.
With the dicer, you could maybe turn around the onion, so that the round part of the onion is on the blades. Less surface. Easier for the knives to cut. 🙂 Great video though! 😀
Okay, about the chopper. You cut a round vegetable, then put the flat surface against the blades. You've put the maximum area to be cut first, spreading the force you're exerting. The trick is to put the smaller round side against the blades. With less surface area, the force is focused on a smaller spot, increasing the efficiency of the initial cut. Once it's started, the blades cut more easily through the rest of the vegetable. On this particular device, I think there was a significant amount of user error. For a fair test do it again with the other side of the vegetable against the blades.
The instructions say to half and place it flat side down. That's not Dan. That's them. It's just a cheap implementation of a successful design.
For the spiralizer, i think the idea is pretty good and needs just a bit of redesigning. Add bevel gears and a handle. Then you rotate the candle to get the blades rotate around. It is very simple addition to the design to make it more practical
I think personally Dan may have made a slight error when using the full star vegetable chopper. It's a small change but I think it would be beneficial to actually place the vegetables upside down, (as in when cut in half place the rounded side down and not the flat, cut side that Dan had placed) this would allow for more of a focusing of the blades and energy towards a smaller point which would cut easier as when doing it the way Dan had performed the flat side of the vegetable would disperse most of the weight evenly resulting in Dan having to "bodyslam the vegetable". I think this is evident in the potatoe as it got stuck in the blades due to having so much surface area and dispersing its weight, also it may be why the onion almost bursts everytime at the end of the cut due to all the pressure being applied to the flat side that when it gets to the smaller point it really fly's out due to the pressure being applied to get the initial cut.
All the carrot peeler needed was a pencil sharpener-like component to peel the tips before pushing the carrot through the main blades, that would have made it much more effective
“I’m gonna try now sneaking up on it...” Insta-like, I love this guy.
Woah! The easy sliver speed test started with all the cherry toms ready loaded into the slicer! That extra labour needs to be ratified and logged!
Your eating should include how easy it is to clean. That's always a deal breaker for me
i imagine dan as an assassin whistling around his victims and as soon as they arrive in a back alley, screaming SNEAK ATTACK.
Who else got goosebumps when he rolled the garlic chopper on the table and it made a sound🙉 it reminded me of my school days when the chalk would make that squeaky sound on the black board 🙉🙉
When comparing the time it takes to cut, please include the time it takes to clean the gadget next time. Even if a gadget cuts quicker than using a kitchen knife, cleaning a knife will always be much, much faster!
@rigte056 - Excellent point.
I commented this on another video of his. Along with weighing how well it works, when it comes to cleaning and storing if it doesn't measure up to the common kitchen knife, it ain't worth it.
The speed test for the cherry tomatoes should include the time for loading as well. Getting them lined up will take a few more seconds
Everyone: "Say the phrase Dan" Dan: "Now let's try the left hand oil test" Everyone: *cheers*
The vegetable chopper is awesome....Works very smoothly....U just have to use quarters of vegetables rather than halves...If the vegetable is small in size...then no problem....been using it for a year and its just awesome.
For the spiralizer: They should add two tracks that can can clamp down on the vegetable and will push it forward at a constant pressure while the user turns a hand crank instead of trying to manually turn it. Better yet make it a plug in or battery powered appliance
I use the Vidalia Chop Wizard because I can't chop well using a knife with my hands. I have to cut the onions in quarters and then it works great in the chopper I use, all pieces the same size with minimal effort. The problem that most people have with these choppers, is that they think they can put a whole onion in and it will work. I think these are perfect for people like me and can't really chop well because of a problem with their hands. Thanks for the great videos!!
i have the 3rd thing, the vegetable chopper. its not a persistent press its more of a smash once in two hits. you tap it to just get the blade marked then you slam it to cut.
I love this man; he makes everything so much fun.
I have that same vegetable chopper, and I find it works well with some limitations. hard things like raw potatoes and onions you need to chop them into quarters to use the fine grid blade, or you can microwave your potato for a couple of minutes and that works well too. The worst part is cleaning the the pushing grid of little posts. I wish they had included a sheet of plastic with holes matching the post pattern so you could just put the plastic sheet on and then do your cutting and when you remove the sheet it pops all the debris off the posts. I also wish the container underneath was a bit larger too.I mainly use this tool when I am cutting a lot of vegies, and the container only can hold about 4 chopped potatoes.
i have that vegetable chopper! it does take a bit of effort but it's great for tomatoes if we need to dice a lot. it's also very easily washable, and surprisingly its never broken. yeah it's not the best but if you're terrible at dicing like i am, or if you need to dice a lot of tomatoes, it's pretty alright.
I like the first one so much!! It's made with people with disabilities in mind! They are so kind.
I have the Fullstar chopper and I've never had that much trouble with it, even on the smaller grid. I will say that it does help to whack it
The spiralizer is basically pencil sharpener for vegetables
Love the carrot peeler! we have a bakery and carrot cake is a favorite...been using the peeler for years! 🥕❤️ Totally worth it 😊
Make the carrot peeler more sturdy and a prep cook may like it. Just have to cut the tips off.
Just discovered your videos. So much fun and helpful! Thank you.
You love to see experts talking about what their expertise alot of knowledge there
Hypothetically tools like these could be helpful for my chronic hand pain, but it seems like you need to do a lot with your hands regardless for a lot of them 😅
I got the garlic zoom for my chronic hand pain, and it helps so much more than having to finely chop garlic. Cleans easy with a veggie dedicated toothbrush if cleaned quickly. Cuts pretty decent sizes pieces, and usually 3 at a time. Otherwise, one slice down the middle of the clove is easier than dicing the whole clove for me
I have the onion chopper..or one very similar…& I love it. I can chop onions so quickly. I also only put in a quarter of the onion at a time and it works great. I’ve had mine for about 3 years and still works just as good as it did when it was new.
Honestly I'd give that carrot peeler a five gotta think as you use it you'll get better and faster at it I feel like it would be a good thing in very large kitchens that serve alot of people quickly
GOD I LOVE THIS SERIES THIS MAN IS SO COOL!!!!! PLEASE NEVER STOP MR.FORMOSA Love from ireland c:
Love your content, presentation is excellent! Thanks
The fullstair vegetable chopper works great. It's small enough to fit in cabinets without taking up obnoxious space. I usually just hit it with my fist a few three times, and it cuts. I would give it a 4/5 buying. Considering the top piece, “the black grate piece” isn't detachable.
I have a vegetable chopper similar to the one he used but it's much sturdier (Mueller). Still plastic & metal, but better made and not flimsy. I love it. For thicker or harder to chop items, I find it works best if I raise my hands higher above the top letter and smack it down quickly. The faster the veggies go through the blades, the easier it is to use.
I like that rapid slicer. I've tried the two lid hack, and it's ok, but a bit slippery; the tomatoes like to try to escape. I love the smiley face! Dan's the MAN!
I have a similar product to the lever action vegetable chopper that I use all the time. The trick is not to try to put steady pressure on it, but just give it a few good thumps. What you were doing was like trying to hammer a nail by pressing down the nail with the hammer.
Tool: *does all that is advertised perfectly* Him: "well in my redesign you just need to be able to break the laws of physics, fly to the moon and cut the vegatables for me so I'm nottttt gonna be giving it a 5/5 only a 4.5/5"
I like your spiralizer. Thanks for the tips
I think I just found my new obsession!!! "non-dominate hand test:" reminds me of my recently departed significant other of 30 yrs. who just died, leaving me financially destitute and emotionally bankrupt!!! His previous stroke, which rendered his left hand side useless, was too, too dire for him to live with. I love and miss him and I hate him for leaving me.
Dan you are an absolute pleasure to watch!!!
2:23 we have a similar gadget, but the blades are zigzag such the the pointed side hits the vegetable. This makes penetration and subsequently cutting the vegetable easy
I use a similar vegetable chopper to make salsa (tomato and onions). However, use 1/2 to 1 inch slices, not half an onion or potato. You're trying to dice, not make fries. Also, I make a fist and hit it... it's just easier for me. Otherwise, I love this!
9:57 I think the issue is your trying to press it down when you probably need to just slam it
The place I work for, already uses a device similar to the Fullstar Vege chopper. Rather than putting half an onion, a slicer is first used before putting it in the dicer
I have one of those kind of Garlic Choppers! I honestly love it, but I'll absolutely agree that they should have gone with a higher gear ratio. My cleaner tool actually was green, so I guess that's not created equal across all models or brands?
On the vegetable dicer you should have lay down the round side so that not all of the blades have to cut at the verry beginning that makes it a lot easier! Although great video as always 👍
I watch every video of these he does. They're awesome.
Please being this man back. He is awesome!!
I remember we had a full vegetable chopper growing up. It was a fun challenge for all the kids to try to chop it because the chopper was so hard to use.
"...and carrot on the floor". Didn´t even think of that. Hilarious!
Could you add the subtitle to the previous episode of the Gadgets tested by Design Expert?
There are actually good dicers for commercial kitchens. They are basically just the same type of cutting grid but on a simple base with two long rods and a heavy thing you slam down onto the veggies. They're like 99% metal and is really easy to clean..
12:41 that part cracked me up so hard =))))))))))))))