Customer Reviews for KitchenAid - Fruit and Vegetable Strainer - KSMFVSP - White
Customer Rating
5
Makes Quick Work of Tomatoes!
on September 18, 2020
Posted by: AmberMom
I treat myself to one food preservation tool each year and since I already had the food grinder attachment, I bought the Fruit and Vegetable Strainer that attaches to the grinder. Wow! I saved sooo many hours by straining raw tomatoes using this tool rather than cutting, cooking, cooling, and straining with a Foley handmill. Worth every penny!
Very happy with the fruit and vegetable strainer (even though I had to re-buy the grinder attachment because my grinder was the older model that didn't work with this strainer even though they were purchased on the very same day). Certainly made quick work of a boatload of tomatoes needed to be processed. I disassembled and cleaned mine out twice during the process just to ensure no problems and I had none. I, for one, am very thankful for this attachment!
I bought and looking at the photos you would think you get the whole strainer - BUT NO!! you don't! You need to buy additional items that KitchenAid doesn't tell you, so when you try to assemble the strainer to make marinara sauce from all the tomatoes from your garden it won't work!
What a rip-off - sell the ENTIRE strainer in one shot.
I bought this grinder eager to make some tomato sauce; however, I have an older food grinder (model FGA) and the tabs and strainer code did NOT fit where it was supposed to on the food grinder. I am very, very disappointed. My husband now will try to find a way to make it fit. Don't be fooled--if you have an old grinder, this might not fit.
Today I reviewed by materials and recipes to can my many tomatoes and guess what?!? The picture on the outside of the box misrepresents what is inside....4 pieces not included and sold separately! Very dissatisfied!
We've used the strainer on Italian tomato sauces, Mexican moles, and, today, a smooth gazpacho. It can be a bit messy to use, but it's less messy than what we had with a manual tomato press and sieves. And it's satisfying to see the refuse -- seeds, skins, and other less tasty bits-- push out and drop into the waste bowl, while the flavorful pulp goes in another. I would like to see cones that could be used for other textures.
Read all the specifications and reviews yet no where does it say that you have to have a specific meat grinder! I figured out of course that u need a meat grinder to make it work, but no one said anything about past meat grinders not working! That's right unless you have the very latest meat grinder this thing will not work!!! I bought a brand new grinder in May of 2019 and bought this strainer in July of 2020. apparently my grinder is already outdated and discontinued and wont fit with this thing. the only reason it wont fit is because the cone it just slightly too big to let the ring spin and secure the strainer to the grinder. Why didn't they make the strainer fit the meat grinder instead of a new meat grinder to fit the strainer?? So yeah don't bother buying this unless you have the latest everything, but I'd be careful it might get discontinued too!