OXO Good Grips Olive and Cherry Pitter, Black
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I asked the spammer who asked George's question if the jewelry could be used to put cherries. There has been no reply. Typical.
No, I do not believe that is true. It's a tiny device that produces a cylinder about the size of a cherry pit. I believe that the apple's size and texture would be an issue.
Sorry, but this isn't going to help you get rid of the seeds.
"Pieces" is not mentioned on the Oxo website. " My pitter comes with a clear, removable shield and the pitter itself. Is there a way to tell how many pieces there are by looking at the pieces?
Selected User Reviews For OXO Good Grips Olive and Cherry Pitter, Black
br>Only one customer has asked about it, and no one who knows about olives has responded. br>This review is for those who, like me, want to use this item as an *olive* pitter. When the olive is firm, it requires a little more strong grip, but it still works. br>The end result can be seen in the picture, where some pits with fleshes have emerged. br>I believe soft black olives would be much easier to work with. br>To give you a sense of scale, the olive pick (upper part of the image) is about the same size as a regular toothpick. br>I hope that olive lovers will find this review useful.
It took only a few seconds to remove the pits from cherries while causing no damage to the fruit. I really wanted to like it, but after four uses, the plastic hinge broke and the spring fell out.
This is fantastic! My three and five-year-olds constantly request cherries, but cutting out the pits or having them chew around it is such a mess. The 5-year-old was able to close it on his own, while the 3-year-old only needed a little assistance. It appears to be extremely long-lasting, as well as simple to clean and store. I gave it four instead of five stars because it has a tendency to lock itself when you close it on a cherry, but that's only a minor annoyance once you figure out what's going on. It gets probably 8 out of 10 pits on the first try so you do have to watch for the pit to fall before popping them in your mouth (or in a pie etc) but I% We discovered that lining up the stem hole with the top increases the likelihood of success on the first try. Overall, we are extremely pleased with this product.
Cherries are my favorite fruit, and I am sad when they are no longer in season. This year, I decided to pit and freeze them so that I could continue to enjoy them throughout the winter. I decided to give this OXO Good Grips pitter a try after reading a lot of positive reviews. br>br>In June and July, I've been buying bags of cherries and pitting them whenever they're on sale (which is almost every week). Squeeze the trigger after removing the stem from the cherry and placing it in the pitter with the stem facing up. The pit pops right out about 95 of the time. The other 5% of the time the pit is just pushed to the side or it comes out but gets caught in the exit hole because it is a little too big in the exit hole It's easy to spot and pick out the pit if it's pushed off to the side, and it's also easy to pick out if it's hung up. There was only one time when this wasn't the case. The pit was pushed into the exit hole and became firmly lodged there. With a lobster pick, I was able to get it out in a few minutes. But I managed to get it out without causing any damage, and that was just one of many hundreds of cherries. I believe the exit hole should be slightly larger, but this is a minor point. br>br>The splatter guard does a decent job, but it isn't perfect. Pitting a batch of cherries should not be done in clothing that you don't mind getting a drop of cherry juice on. It may seem counterintuitive, but I've discovered that aiming the pitter slightly to the side rather than straight up and down reduces the risk.
Okay, OXO has done it once more! First and foremost, a word of caution. I'm a former chef who now works at a Technical Skills Center teaching culinary arts to high school students. Second, my wife suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. I bought it for her, but I'm going to take it to work with me if/when I need it because it's so easy to use. br>br>I've been an OXO convert for quite some time now. OXO is the brand of many of the smaller tools in my life bag, and I've stocked several restaurants I've helped open with OXO tools, and they work as advertised!.
What an amazing device! I have a large Bing cherry tree and have tried the paper clip method, chopsticks and a bottle method, a straw method, and a variety of other methods to remove the pits from my cherries over the last three years. On Amazon, I read a review for another brand of cherry pitter, and the reviewer said that while that one was ok, the OXO Good Grips was far superior for a few dollars more. For me, that was sufficient. So I started pitting cherries as soon as it arrived, and I could kick myself for not purchasing it three years ago. It is EASY TO USE, QUICK AND EFFECTIVE, and DON'T MAKE A MESS OF IT. I can't say enough good things about this device; if you need to pit cherries, this is the device to get!.
"Oxo, that's a good brand; this will work," I reasoned as I purchased it. To be honest, it probably works fine for larger sweet cherries and olives, but it's a disaster for small sour cherries. Because the pitter does not go deep enough into the cherry to separate the pit, I had to pick each one out by hand. If you're pitting smaller cherries or olives, this pitter is a complete waste of time; instead, get a different pitter. This contraption is inferior to my grandmother's 50-year-old antique cherry pitter.
I wish I had read the Q&A first. Before you buy this, get an A. Larger "Queen" olives are simply too much for it. Maybe you don't mind if you're making tapenade, but if you want your olives to look nice as part of a dinner presentation or in a martini, this isn't the tool for you. As others have pointed out, you must apply such force that the olive is simply mashed along the "cup's" edge. " The pitter is mostly plastic, and it feels as if it'll fall apart in your hands as you squeeze it. We generally prefer OXO products because they are of higher-than-average quality, but this is not an appropriate tool for olives. I'm going back to get my money back.
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