KITCHENAID SLICER AND GRATER FOR MAC

The KitchenAid box grater is one of the highest-rated on Amazon and for good reason.

I had to use a fine-tipped knife to pick out grains of cheese from the fine grating blade, but other than that, the grater rinsed clean in seconds. A durable plastic 2-cup storage container is included, and it can be snapped into the bottom of the grater to catch what you’re grating. The coarse grater made beautiful thin ribbons of zucchini, and the Parmesan grated on the extra-fine blade was effortless. (So wear those cut-resistant gloves!) The KitchenAid was one of the few graters that could slice red bell pepper evenly and slice carrot and zucchini into perfect thin discs. The KitchenAid has four sides – a 3-inch-wide slicer and coarse, medium, and fine grates – all of them exceedingly sharp. It’s made of a sturdy, high-grade stainless steel and has a substantial stainless-steel handle that allows for a firm grip. But that’s the only gripe I have about this terrific box grater. The KitchenAid is one of the largest that I tested, standing at 10-inches tall and 6-inches wide, so it takes up a bit of cabinet space. KitchenAidĪs box graters go, the KitchenAid hit all the marks and made slicing and grating vegetables and Parmesan incredibly easy. See below for a ranking of how each box grater performed. They’re not expensive and will protect your hands from injury. I noted how sharp each was, how much each grater yielded, and how easy each one was to clean.īox graters are notorious for cutting fingertips and knuckles, so you should also invest in a pair of cut-resistant gloves. I ran them through every side of the grater – usually, a slicer, coarse-, medium-, and fine-grating – and three box graters were clearly the top performers, while the five others delivered mixed or terrible results. I tested each box grater with bell pepper, carrot, zucchini, and, naturally, Parmesan. The eight box/cheese graters I tested Product

The design of the box grater hasn’t changed much since the 16th century, but it’s definitely been improved upon, so you can do a lot more with one than shred Parmesan. You’ve seen it in your mom’s kitchen, your grandma’s kitchen, and it’s been passed down anecdotally for ages as a must-have since – believe it or not – the 1540’s when a wily Frenchman invented it for shredding rock-hard cheese.īox graters are often simply called cheese graters because that’s mostly what people use them for. It will give you yet another reason to love your KitchenAid Mixer.One of the kitchen tools that everybody thinks they need is a box grater.

KITCHENAID SLICER AND GRATER FOR MAC

From grating cheese in bulk for mac and cheese to shredding potatoes for homemade hashbrowns to slicing cucumbers for pickles and more, there are so many ways this attachment can come in handy in your kitchen. After just one use, I was already brainstorming how many other ways we could use the attachment. In addition to a fine shredder blade and a coarse shredder blade, the set also includes a blade for slicing fruits and vegetables.

Once we were done shredding the cheese, I found myself wishing we had more cheese to shred so I could watch it work its magic once more, which was certainly never the case when shredding cheese by hand. Plus, the blades are dishwasher safe on the top shelf, so cleanup was just as easy. We were done shredding all of the cheese needed just a few minutes after taking the attachment out of the box. You simply insert the attachment into the power hub, choose the blade you'd like to use, and feed the cheese through the top of the shredder with the included food pusher. It can shred a whole block of cheese in just a few seconds, majorly cutting down the prep time needed to make a Thanksgiving-sized batch of homemade mac and cheese. It only took us a few minutes to realize that the Kitchenaid Shredder and Slicer Attachment is truly the MVP of homemade mac and cheese. I bought it for my mom as a Christmas gift last year but let her unwrap it a few days early so we could test it out while making the mac and cheese. That is, until the KitchenAid Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder Attachment entered the kitchen. Since the slow cooker does most of the work, shredding the many pounds of cheese required was the most time-intensive part of the recipe. As of a few years ago, my mom has been making homemade macaroni and cheese in the slow cooker for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other occasions throughout the year.

Kitchenaid slicer and grater