Wow! Where has this been all my life? I have always disliked purchasing packaged shredded cheese due to the fact most add flour (and other ingredients/chemicals) to keep the cheese from clumping. I used the old stand by cheese grater, but that was both cumbersome and time consuming. Now this arrives and I immediately am thrilled about shredding my own cheese. It contains 3 different blades for what type of cheese you would like to shred (or vegetables for that matter, it does not have to be just for cheese!), a base, a handle, and the main compartment. It shreds the cheese so quickly with little to no effort with the handle.
I really only have two reservations. The first is that sometimes the cheese does not fully exit the blade. Meaning it gets stuck inside of the blade while rotating. It is an easy fix, I usually just have a spoon or butter knife to guide the cheese out ( it appears to be the softer cheeses that have trouble not accumulating in the blade). The other reservation is that the base that houses the cheese grater blade and the cheese grater blade are a little harder to clean. The dishwasher does a decent job, but the plastic base does take a little more effort to clean.
But overall, I am so happy with this product. If you want to rid yourself of that dry, chemically tasting packaged shredded cheese, then I highly recommend to begin to purchase blocks of cheese and the Geedel Rotary Cheese Grater. It is a true game changer in the realm of shredded cheese (and vegetables)
I make a lot of pasta, and grating cheese on out old grater took forever because of how flimsy it was. This grates cheese so fast lol I grated the exact amount I needed in probably 5 seconds. For me and the counter i have, the suction works perfectly, be sure the counter is clean and dry and you are holding it steady when and where you are trying to attach it if it doesn't work for you the first try. When the cheese you are grating gets smaller it can get wedged a bit between the blade and the side of the blade guard, just stop for a sec and adjust it so you don't put too much strain on the crank. It feels like it is good quality, easy to clean, take apart, and use. I personally hand wash it just incase, but I imagine you could put it on the top rack depending on how new or old your washer is.
I bought this because I couldn't find a hand held unit like my old one. That one had a very small grater hole size that made almost perfect grated cheese -- small very finely pieces. It broke and I started using one that my wife had. It was ungainly and made thicker pieces of cheese. And it was almost painful to squeeze for more than a minute or two.
I got this one and it's pretty good. It sticks to the counter very well. It chews through a large piece of cheese extremely quickly but the grate on the cheese is still pretty large and not terribly fine. I can get through a 8 oz. piece of cheese within 30 seconds or less. That's about what we use in a week. The device itself is nicely designed: easy to assemble and take apart. The grating wheel is sort of flimsy so if you're grating a hard cheese , it's best not to press to hard on the feeder. Because the grater wheel will deform slightly. Cleaning it is a bit of a pain in aß. The clear plastic main housing needs to be cleaned by hand. The grating wheel harbors some residual cheese. All of which needs to be manually removed.
Overall, I like it because of its speed and relative ease of use. It's kind of large and when assembled takes up quite a bit of room in a drawer or cabinet. The extra grating/cutting wheels are nice but I haven't used them yet. I wish that there was a finer grating wheel to make a. more finely grated cheese.
But overall, I'm happy and my hands don't ache when I have to grate any cheese.
I bought this cheese grinder because I've been having achy hands. I own a good cheese grater, it's just sometimes hard on my hands to use it. We eat quite a bit of cheese in my house and I will not buy the pre shredded stuff. I grate my own cheese. It arrived yesterday and I've already used it tonight. I'm a leftie and I love how it works for everyone, regardless of which hand you use. The opening to the chute is large enough that I was able to cut an 8oz. cube of cheese into 3 pieces and it fit with room to spare. When it grated the cheese it also eliminated that one thin piece that we typically end up with. Everything is completely grated. Tonight I grated a block of Colby Jack cheese and also Fontina cheese. I used the large hole grating drum and the cheese grated beautifully. They fall out of the front as it is grated and I let them fall into the storage container I was using. This is a fantastic grater so far. I have not used the slicing drum yet because I was interested in the cheese grater option. I have to imagine it's good too though. I'm really glad that I finally bought it.
I rarely will leave a review. I had my eye on this grater for a few months. I truly hate grating cheese. We use a lot of block cheese in our home. I decided to use some of my Fetch rewards to purchase this. I couldn't be happier! I made copycat Chick-fil-A Mac and cheese this weekend. 3 different cheeses go into this. I had my cheese grater in a matter of minutes. Hubby comes in and says, you already grated all the cheese? How did you do that so fast? I showed him my new gadget. Which mind you I had already washed it and had it drying. He says, I want to try it. So he takes the big block of cheese I had and was very impressed how quick and easy it was.
My only issue is, the suction would come undone. Truly not a big deal to me.
Happy grating everyone!
Worked well on cheese (hard and medium cheeses) on first trial. Very fast and easy to use. Clean up was easier than anticipated. Bought this for my wife who has difficulty with regular box graters and plains. Cutting rings are thin metal. I recommend treating and storing them genitally. Time will tell how well it holds up and stays sharp.
Note: Initially suction base would not stick to lightly textured laminate counter to[ but after wetting rubber suction worked very well. Not sure how this would work on wooden or butcher block counter but should work well on stone, metal, or laminate with a flat or relatively flat surface.
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