Easy to clean, very lightweight, highly recommended. I used it to make gnocchi, and it worked excellently. When I was very young, my family lived in Italy for a few years, and my mom learned to make gnocchi there. Gnocchi, if you've never heard of it, is a potato pasta. Basically you use potatoes, flour, and an egg. You boil the potatoes, then peel them and mash them, then add an egg and some four. When it's all mixed, you roll it out, cut it into pieces, boil the pieces, and have them with a spaghetti sauce. The main ingredient is the potatoes. My mom has made gnocchi through the years and it's one of my favorite pasta dishes. Mine never came out as good as my mom's, however. Other people liked them, but they'd never had my mom's, so they didn't know how much better it could be. I was over at my mom's a few months ago while she was making it, and I saw her putting her potatoes in a big plastic bowl with a handle on it that she was turning and the potatoes were coming out of the bottom, through the grill almost mashed already. Quite surprised, I asked her what it was. She said it was a potato ricer. I'd never used one, nor heard of one. I'd just take the boiled potatoes out of the pot, wait until they cooled, then mash them by hand, or using a flat round metal tool. But it always had lumps in it, regardless of how long I mashed. But here my mom had a potato ricer! I got on Amazon, looking for something like my mom had, but couldn't find one, and chanced upon this. I decided to give it a try, as it had to be better than mashing by hand. It's best if you only do half a potato at a time, but it comes out of the bottom just great. No more mashing by hand, no more lumps, very nearly mashed already. So I added the other ingredients, kneaded them all together, then rolled it out, cut it into pieces, rolled them on the board, put them in the boiling water, added sauce to the finished pieces and WOW! No more lumps! The potato dough came out great, no more lumps in the pieces! The finished product finally rivaled my mom's. The people I fixed it for said it was great, as they always have, but this time, *I* finally felt I'd succeeded in making gnocchi as good as my mom's. I actually did a victory dance in the kitchen. While using the gnocchi board for the first time helped (my mom never uses one), it was this ricer that made the most difference. Not one lump. Completely mashed. I'd never been able to do it before, and without this ricer, I'd still never have done it, and be disappointed every time I make it. Very easy to use. You cut the potatoes in half, put the pieces in, squeeze, and an almost mashed potato comes out of the bottom. All you have to do is add whatever ingredients you like for your mashed potatoes and lightly mix it. The potatoes that come out of this ricer are pretty well done as they are. I'd really recommend this. Like I say, no lumps whatsoever, and ready to use. Easy to clean, very lightweight, highly recommended.

What sets this potato ricer apart from others is the extra bit you can see in the pictures that lets you sit the ricer down on the pot lip you're ricing into, making for a 100% easier squeeze. It's very smart and appreciated especially when preparing larger amounts of potatoes. Heavy gauge stainless steel high quality construction. Dishwasher friendly. Highly recommended.

I used to own a different design that had holes on the side as well, and it made a big mess. I love how the holes are only at the bottom of the ricer. I have had this for a few months now, and am very satisfied with it. It’s the right size and appears to be sturdy. Great value for the price!

The ricer does a great job.

I've been trying to mimic those really smooth mashed potatoes you see on MasterChef but can never get it right. I even tried pressing the potatoes through a strainer but that was a lot of work and time. This tool is pretty good because I got a fluffy mash without overworking the potatoes and creating starch. Still not the smoothest potatoes I've seen but I'm finally seeing improvements. Also, it is quite a workout and not as easy as it seems. But, it's worth it.

This was my 4th purchase of this tool. Three have been gifts to friends (including this one). This is the best ricer I've ever used. Makes perfect mashed potatoes. Perfect mashed squash. It's well designed as it can straddle a mixing bowl. Cleaning is easy with toss in the dishwasher. Hand washing is easy if that's your thing (not mine). Everyone that I've given one to has been very happy with the ease of use and the the ease of clean up.

There may be some variations in manufacturing of this product, but I haven't had the problem some people have had with the food oozing out the sides. It works great - I've so far used it with yukon gold potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and turnips and everything has worked just fine. I like the fluffiness of the vegetables and the fact that they hold together a bit more than if I puree them in a blender or food processor. It leaves a little more integrity to the veggies in a soup or a sauce over pasta or in breads, but still gives a nice soft fluffy texture. Even though it's fairly small, processing the foods goes pretty quickly and it's easier to use than the larger ones I've tried. Easy to clean, dishwasher safe but I usually wash by hand, which is also easy to do. I've used this every couple of days since I got it and I'm very fond of it. I haven't found any other way to duplicate the texture this gives, although I have and use a blender, food processor and very nice knives. It is important to know that you need to cook hard veggies to a fairly soft consistency - it won't work well with hard (or extremely firm) textures. And if you want to let the ricer sort out your peels (I usually just peel first), make sure you put the peel side against the pressure plate so the fleshy bits can come out of the holes.

haven't used this for anything other than squeezing the liquid out of freshly shredded potatoes for hashbrowns... but that's what we bought it for and it serves its purpose well! will have to try it for mashed potatoes or something one of these days, but for now it serves me well in what i bought it for.

I was very glad to receive this and replace my old rusted potato ricer. This one from OXO appears very well made, strong and easy to use. The bowl for potatoes is just as large as my old one, big enough for 2-3 large potatoes. The black knob on one side is much more handy than I thought it would be to help balance the ricer while using it. Great product and would buy again or for a gift.

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chegou bem rápido e e do jeito que está na especificação ! Recomendo vendedor

purée de pommes de terre

En realidad es poco pequeña esta presa, pero funciona de maravilla!!!