Vidalia Chop Wizard
by Vidalia Chop Wizard
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Our Price: $27.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Kitchen See more product details |
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Vidalia Chop Wizard
Customer Review: Super gadget - no kitchen should be without one!
Summary: 5 Stars
I find lots of things to chop now that I have this little gizmo around. Various peppers for salads are super. It works great on Roma tomatoes, which are firmer than the fat soft kind. You must slice the tomatoes first. I slice the Romas to 1/4" or 3/8" and I use the FINE chop blades. I do the same for onions. I have no problems at all. This is great for making stuff for tostadas or salsa. I chop up a lot of tomatoes and onions and put them in plastic containers in the fridge. It's fun and very fast. I'm eating a LOT of tostadas lately.
I just tried it on dried apricots with the coarse chop blades. Worked fine. You just have to slow the chop motion down - use a 'heavy push' instead of a fast chop.
I can't understand why some people are breaking their units or say that it won't chop onions! Duh! Maybe I'll have to do a YouTube video to show some of the helpless people how to use this thing without destroying it or bursting a blood vessel from frustration. (Are these the same folks who call for the 'Jaws of Life' to get their bagel out of the toaster?)
Customer Review: I Use This On A Daily Basis!
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband bought this for me right after we got married 2 1/2 years ago because I hate chopping onions, it makes me tear up a lot. I use this almost every day now, especially since I have a toddler, it creates the perfect sized finger foods for him. I do not think that it is flimsy at all. And sure, so you have to roughly chop the veggies into slightly smaller pieces (cutting the onion into 4s instead of 2s seems to work a little better), big deal it takes an extra 5 seconds of time. This thing surely is better than chopping the whole onion yourself especially if you are like me and like all the pieces to be about the same size!
The ONLY bad thing I have to say about this is that I don't like cleaning the little pieces that get stuck in the lid but that is my fault for losing the scraper thing that comes with it. And all the pieces usually come out in the dishwasher.
I love this thing and am going to buy another one in case I use my 1st to death. Although 2 1/2 years later with constant use, it is still going strong!
Customer Review: Best salad maker on the planet
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this every 3 or 4 days to make a huge bowl of salad. It's fantastic at chopping onions, carrots, radishes, celery, cucumbers, peppers, and anything else with crunch characteristics. It will even chop nuts in SMALL quantities, enough to add to breakfast cereal if you like nuts chopped.
It can sometimes require more pressure than is comfortable. In that case, reduce the amount per chop. A small child can chop one radish at a time but even her mother would have trouble with 7 on the cutting bed at once. That elementary concept was beyond the grasp of those who gave this bad reviews.
Likewise we need to cut onions to manageable size first. The machine has visible limits to the width and length of the chopping block, but you need a brain to tell you there's a height limit that's less. This will chop things 3" wide and 3" long but it takes a special person to expect this machine to chop something 3" high.
If everything did it's job as well as this, what a fine world this would be.
Customer Review: #1 KITCHEN TOOL!
Summary: 5 Stars
This chopper is great! I use it daily. I use it for celery, peppers, onions, strawberries, nuts, carrots, apples, hard-boiled eggs for egg salad. The secret is not to put too large a piece on the blades to chop. Keep your pieces of reasonable size and don't try to do too much at once. That way, you don't jam the blades.
I cannot imagine a negative review on this kitchen tool. It's well-made and sturdy. As far as cleaning goes, use the little tool to clean it. Anything that doesn't come out with that will come out with the force of your sprayer. Then I run over it and the blade with a bottle brush. The wonderful job it does chopping far outweighs the time it takes to clean it.
I gave it to my sister for Christmas and she said that it was her best gift! I recommend it to anyone who wants to lessen the time he or she spends in the kitchen.
Another benefit to this is that I have less finger cuts as I always seem to nick myself with my very sharp paring knife!
Customer Review: Indispensable!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I'm not much for gadgets, I adore this one ... It makes cooking truly effortless, quickly and easily chopping vegetables (onions, carrots, garlic, celery, peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, squash, etc. -- I use it for everything), and is then plopped in the dishwasher. Although I have a Cuisinart food processor, I much prefer this for small amounts/quick jobs.
Despite almost constant use (and inumerable trips through the dishwasher), mine is still going strong, and seems indestructible.
The one caveat is to first cut large vegetables into halves or quarters, and place them in the chopper CUT SIDE FACING UPWARD. Likewise, I strongly recommend putting this on a kitchen table rather than a countertop, because that is lower, so not as much pressure will be required. (I'm not very strong, but I just put both hands on it and press down. Works fine, and is a zillion times easier than chopping by hand.)
IMHO, this is truly indispensable!