Black & Decker CJ525 CitrusMate Plus Citrus Juicer
by Black & Decker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Black & Decker CJ525 CitrusMate Plus Citrus Juicer
Customer Review: Really pleased with this product
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased this juicer over three years ago and have used it through the years. We don't drink a lot of fresh orange juice, it's expensive, but we do use this juicer for cooking. The juicer is well made, sturdy, and easy to use. Cut the citrus in half, insert the cut half over the juicing cone, and the machine springs to life quickly juicing the fruit.
The juicer also has controls that allow the amount of desired amount to be included in the final product.
Finally, the juicer comes with two cones so you can juice oranges or smaller fruit such as lemons.
As to cleaning: the juicer is easy to disassemble and clean. Insert the juicing parts in the dishwasher and you are done. Wipe down the base for good measure.
Highly recommend.
Customer Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have needed a automatic juicer for a while but had been manually extracting citrus juice w/a reamer. Oh, this makes my life so much easier. I have a 2 year old & she loves juice....I refuse to buy box juice...it's so not juice. The whole family loves our new juicer. I was to partial to this brand because America's Test Kitchen rated this the next best to a $169.00 citrus juicer...so for now I'll use this one & soon one day I'll treat us to the $169.00 one. Love it! I'm currently drinking a Blood Orange Margarita thanks to this great juicer...I frozen the juice of 8 blood oranges for 3 hours & then raked the ice w/a fork...put the beautiful burgandy red ice crytals in a martini glass w/tequila...delicious (1 part tequila 2 parts ice crystals)Customer Review: Great! Plenty of power and simple to use
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this in Southern California for oranges and grapefruit. I love the power and simplicity. You just push the fruit down onto the dome-shaped cone (it has two different sizes) and the juice and pulp fall into the container. The mechanism DOES auto-direction-reverse sometimes, which the manual explains and is good for getting the juice out. If you push TOO hard, it will stop until you let up and then it works instantly again. I've seen some complaints about that in the reviews here but I have no problem with that; if you intend to use brute force, buy a hammer. This machine has plenty of power and works very fast when used properly (just a few seconds for a half-orange). I love it and at this price it's amazing.Customer Review: Very good juicer
Summary: 5 Stars
There are two people in my household that squeeze fresh orange juice every morning. I rate this product 5-star and the other person would probably rate it 4-star. It's light, efficient, quiet (important in the early morning!) and has a container that holds a good amount of juice. Its parts come apart easily for cleaning. The only negatives, and I consider them minor, is that some pulp can get caught in the adjustable strainer part and one needs to spend a little more time cleaning it than one would like. It is also very light and a heavy machine might have a better "feel" to it. But all in all, this product does exactly what it sets out to do and it does it excellently.Customer Review: Juicing Large Quantities of OJ
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really nice design with a pitcher that the juice squeezes directly into so you don't have to worry about it coming out of a spout and missing the cup. It is also very easy to clean up, making it so handy to use.
I juice about a quart of OJ at a time, sometimes a few times a day. That is a lot of strain to put on these small motors. I've tried a number of different juicer models and found this to always be a problem. My solution has been to buy two of these Black and Decker juicers and alternate between the bases every few oranges. That gives the motors time to cool down. It is such a compact and small appliance that two fit easily on my counter.