Oxo Good Grips Food Mill

Love this mill just wish it was bigger!

We do a lot of home canning and preserving and purchased this mill to help with some of the chores associated with putting away pumpkin butter grape butter pumpkin puree and other foods. This was the only tool we found that helped get rid of the seeds and save the pulp of the grapes for our grape spread. We also own one of the large food strainers (Victorio or Roma type model) and this did a better job than that large expensive strainer for that kind of work.



Things I really like:

--the "legs" of the strainer on the pot are coated with a rubberized surface that helps to keep them from slipping off the edge of the pot you are using it over. The handle seems to have the same coating and is pleasant to hold.

--also with the legs they fold for storage but I have found that folding them down around the sides of a 4-cup pyrex measuring cup also helps to hold it stable while using it.

--I like the white enamel (I think that's what it is) coating on the outside of the pot. Very attractive.

--Easy to clean. If I clean this immediately after using I can practically just rinse it in hot water and let it dry and it looks great.

--handle assembly is cleverly designed and feels sturdy and secure when using it.

--comes with 3 disks for different jobs. We use the most coarse disk for pumpkin and apples and it works beautifully. (Note we do take the seeds out of our pumpkins before cooking and straining). We used the medium disk with our grapes this year and it did a nice job but a few seeds did sneak through. Next year we will try the fine disk.



My ONLY quibble with this piece of equipment is that it is not bigger. As I mentioned above it fits nicely over a 4-cup pyrex measuring cup. I'd be thrilled if it was larger. The pot itself probably doesn't hold more than 4 cups. You *can* use it over a large pot the legs will simply hold it there for you. It's the size of the pot itself I am talking about. More detail ...