electric cheese grater

Had two plastic rotary graters and they both broke. Read all the reviews for the SS ones and there were always bad marks. I got this one on the recommendation of the one guy that bought it before me and it rocks. Sent one to my sis for her birthday and she's high maintenance and loves it. It does hard cheese. If you're trying to grate velveta with it i can't help you.

I have been looking for one of these graters for years. I thought they stopped making them, and only made plastic graters. I am thrilled to have this grater.

As near as I can tell, the negative comments on most rotary cheese graters are people who love their microplane graters but inexplicably tried a rotary model. Yes, with rotary models you need to cut you cheese into small chunks - that's pretty much par for the course. This model has a decent-sized hopper and compared to my previous plastic model it seems like it will be much more durable. It's easy to disassemble, can be assembled for right hand or left hand use, and provides ample leverage to make grating hard cheeses a snap.

The only downside is evident from the picture, the grating barrel goes all the way through. I would have much preferred a closed end near the handle, this allows you to grate the cheese into the barrel and then dump it out at once. For small dishes rotary graters can be a little sloppy as rotating the crank causes it to wander around over the plate. Referencing the leverage comment above this model doesn't suffer from the problem as much as... Read more