Eric is putting his Commercial French Fry Cutter against an inexpensive cutter from Bed, Bath and Beyond. This commercial cutter gave the cheap one a workout!
I agree 100%! Vertical is the way to go. We don't have a good wall to do it without having this big clunker get in the way. :-( Next time we move, I'll have to look into that for the kitchen. Thanks for watching and commenting. We appreciate it.
if you really want to do a comparison test you need to put your gander mountain against a Weston Restaurant Quality French Fry Cutter. that was not really a challenge that's like putting a bicycle against a motor cycle.
Amazon sells both. Gandar Mountain one I dont think is 80 but it has attachement cutter grids. ok appears to be 78. If you got prime I guess no shipping charge . It will come in 2 days as well. The other one Im not sure. I see the western one too on there. They all seem to be made the same as Gandor Mountain but in different colors. Black still red and green. Different brands. The Westen one looks like it too.Amazon also the one from from Bed Bath and Beyond is there too so. Its like 30. I not sure whats the best You got about 3 or 4 made the same way.
Walmart sells ahv duty model same as Gander Mountain one for $60 but I couldn't get it to push a potato through but then I had it a bit too high, i know it must be no higher than waste-high, plus if you attach it to a strong wall you can use the weight of handle and pusher by gravity to require less effort. For big families it's OK but for 2-3 people it's not practical.
+Hesam0000 The Gander Mountain is a really nice one. It is expensive tho. We plan to take it on camping trips where there are a lot of kids. They would probably get a kick out of fries on a camping trip. For small jobs, a knife works just as well.
Ha! Just stumbled upon your channel. Its funny because I wasn't even thinking about buying a fry cutter. You guys are pretty entertaining. Reminds me of my husband and I.. Thanks for the review though.
Glad you enjoyed it and subscribed. Thanks for your comment. This review "wasn't" supposed to be this hard. Amy had one of these small cutters, and it did a good job until she lost/misplaced the blades. We bought this one thinking the parts would be interchangeable, or would at least work as good as the previous one. No to both. Soooo, we got the big one as a joke. Harbor Freight sold one that is a lot cheaper, but its reviews say it is harder to clean and doesn't come with the suction cups. I think a food processor would work for most jobs, but then we wanted to test the Breville Smart Fryer we recently bought. Soooooo, that led to a few more videos and ultimately Amy claimed they were the best fries ever. Hint: She's eaten a lot of fries over the years! I hope you find some other videos as entertaining, although this was the only one where I had to dang near beat up a tool to make it sort of work.
More expensive but definitely worth the money, the Mountain cutter was waaaay better ha ha but how easy was it to clean and does it maintain it's sharpness over time? Maybe you could let us know after a few uses :-)
Thank you for watching. Clean up was easy as the three brass wing nuts easily allows you to remove the cutter blades, which are VERY SHARP. I cut my index finger not being careful :( The back screws allow you to remove the 'pusher' piece. The shiny sheet metal on the bottom slides out easily to be washed. I wiped the suction cup feet off since they got littered with potatoes. I suppose you could rinse the whole thing, just don't toss it in a dishwasher. As for durability, that will be a little hard to test as we don't fry a lot of things. I bought this more as a novelty thing but ended up loving it. I'll do some more videos in the near future on how to cook the perfect two step French fry and will cut up and fry some sweet potato fries and anything else that you might want me to try. Heck, I need to get my money's worth out of this thing :)
Not too hard to clean depending on what you cut and if you let it dry and all that. Stayed sharp. Did some sweet potatoes (only after cutting them first). LOL!!!
Thanks for watching. We appreciate it. Harbor Freight had a smaller one for $10 that I almost bought. I can see bolting in a commercial location, but not in your house, unless you really, really love potatoes! LOL!
The bigger one have much more leverage. Definetely better than the smaller. If its alil bit larger will be even better. But is possible to cut potatoes with knife. So lil slicer doesnt beat knife. Only bigger one does.
In a normal kitchen where you are not trying to film, then you are 100% correct. I was trying to figure out the best way to show this on camera. Yes, pulling is much easier. We did sweet potatoes. That was a bit of "fun".
The red one Vivo is 100 .The black one and green one are both New Star 78 for black. 59 for green.and the Weston is also black 58 and a grey one for 100 . Gandor Mountain type.And now Im seeing several types like the bed bath and beyond. prep works 14 Hamilon Beech 17 and Culina. 29. All plastic and made the same as bed bath and beyond. Im going with and Gandor Mountain type but which one. This is wild
Stopped watching at 3:05 to post this. If the cheaper cutter needs that much force to cut that small of a potato, it's junk. But I suspected as much because it's plastic. The other one is solid metal and I would bet it is a breeze to cut the biggest. hardest potatoes as long as the blade is sharp. My 20+ years of restaurant and catering experience has taught me that professional quality is most times built better, performs better, and lasts longer. Pro quality is usually worth the extra $$$. I'm going to finish watching now and find out if I'm right.
No, what would make you think that? Since the little fella couldn't handle the task, I had to have a reliable backup handy, right? The show must go on. I needed them french fries. LOL!!!
A more reasonably priced HD press would indeed be handy. But given the price of well-reviewed units like the New Star 38408 for $126 on Amazon and a flimsy $20 something presses at the other extreme, the choice is not very compelling for either. Other more acceptably priced cast units are available for prices in between those two (~$65+), but in each case, there are reports of difficult or simply unobtainable consumable replacement parts... Oh well.... I have been looking for one of these for many years, but given the exorbitant price for a decent resilient unit, I guess that I'll simply continue to muddle along and cut them by hand. Thanks for your work! ;-) Now if I could only fit a unit onto the PTO of my backhoe.... ;-)
@@sdushdiu Thanks for watching and your comment. Gander Mountain was the only place that we could locally source a cutter. Harbor Freight's is a piece of junk. I agree these are not comparible, which was part of the humor in making this video. Too many people took it literal. But the crappy Bed, Bath and Beyond version DID a good job years ago, which prompted me to buy another one and it didn't hold up nearly as good as the old one......and hence the idea of this video....only if we didn't lose parts to the original....but then our loss was your gain. :-)
it was like Pee Wee Herman vs a Porn Star both got the job done but one required more foreplay for success do a comparison of Apples to Apple and oranges to oranges
Thanks. www.webstaurantstore.com/ has one that looks reasonably close for a fraction of the price. I wanted one that day and Gander Mountain was the only place that carries them locally. I never knew a store like that would have something like this. Of course, Amy fell in love with the pizza oven that you can put on top of your Camp Chef. Shhhhh. I might get that for her for a special occasion.
Too funny!!! I had to re-watch to see what you were talking about. but two years later, I still agree! In hindsight, easier to pull the lever than push. But for demo purposes, I suppose that works. Glad you enjoyed the video and keep on watching all of these :-)
There's a good reason In-N-Out Burger restaurants use the commercial cutter. The Bed Bath & Beyond unit probably wouldn't last half a day with their big Kennebec spuds. Furthermore, they mount the cutters on a wall and place a bowl underneath, so the operator is flipping potatoes into the cutter with the left arm and slamming the handle down with the right arm in a single, continuous stroke - bing bing bong bong.
i was just about to order the a.co/fuZnMUv Culina potato fry cutter, which looks exactly like the BBB model you have there, aside from the color. After seeing this, there is no way i am wasting my money on that. I will go for the commercial grade cutter
Thanks Joe. Webstaurant's website has a commercial cutter 1/2 the price of this one and likely as good. Amy used to have good experience with the smaller cutters but they haven't been very good lately. I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Good luck. We're serious potato fans, so I understand how you feel.
I just talked myself out of ordering a Fry Cutter, since I really don't make fries that often... but now you got me thinking, what a time saver having one would be, when making Sweet Potato Fries! WEBstaurantStore has a similar version for $36.99...It looks similar to this brand, but I wonder what the difference in quality is. The one you have looks pretty heavy duty.
You are absolutely correct. I was wanting to make the third video in our series on the Waring Pro Rotisserie turkey fryer and steamer to show how it handles regular fried foods. So being in a pinch, we knew of a local Harbor Freight that had a heavy duty cutter and learned of the nearby Gander Mountain having a much more expensive one. WebStaurantStore has the one you mentioned, but no way I'd get it that weekend (would have had to plan for it). As it was, we didn't quite get to the point of firing up the fryer that night. So we postponed that video. Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, I'll likely get some bags of potatoes to test making fries.
I'm thinking if fries are easier to make using one of these instead of using a knife, then would you eat fries more often? Is that the only thing holding you back? We don't always eat potatoes on the weekends, but when we do, it's usually slices (either using the food processor or by knife). Now this gives us another option. Besides, when I do my Epic Hamburger episode, you just KNOW it has to have a "DECENT" amount of fresh fries, right? Besides, I want to make some chili cheese fries. I think I can start learning to like this thing.
Well, did you get something from WEBstaurantStore? Personally, I would have bought that had they either have free 2 day shipping like Amazon, or had a local store like Gander Mountain (would have been 1/2 the cost). Let us know if you get one and how it goes!
You just made my day by ramming the little potato slicer. I just bought that one and yesterday pushed it so hard to make it cut that it broke! Now I am researching the big one . lol
Thanks for watching. Of course store bought is cheaper. But then, if you go to Restaurant Depot and buy a 50# sack of potatos, then this pays for itself in a hurry. Plus, what additives are in those frozen fries, let alone, what is in those McDonald fries? Does anyone know? Do you want to know? There are cheaper commercial ones and then there are much more expensive commercial ones. It just depends on where you buy it and what you want. Do you want a wall mounted one that has few removable parts, then I think you can save some bucks over this one. But for us, yup, cheaper to just get the store bought junk :)
rysaj1 Frozen is cheaper...but these fresh cut are really really good!! The cutter is expensive and a little overkill but fun to use at the same time. You know Eric...he has to have some sort of machine like this! :)
In a restaurant, mounting on the wall is the way they do it. I don't really want one on my wall in the house..so this is the best that I can do. Thanks for watching!
Recently upgraded from the small unit to the larger unit (different brands, same machines) the reason had to do with the small machine not being able to do larger potatoes. The Gander style machine is sold under several brands, the big issue is if you need different cutters. some come with one blade, others with several blades and supposedly some do not fit other brands. Keep this in mind if you plan on potato wedges or shoestring fries. On the small machine it's possible to install the cutter in backwards...with the dull side facing the potato...making it harder to operate. I agree the Gander style machine is well worth the cost. Did notice mine (Weston brand) had a hard time with an onion, most likely I will not use it for onions again.
Thanks for watching. I think we paid around $80 for it five years ago. I think it's a rebranded Weston. Webstaurant's website shows something similar for around $36. We needed one that day to do the video. I didn't want to wait for delivery, and Gander Mountain (before it closed) was the only place that had one local (other than the $10 el-cheapo Harbor Freight brand).
Hi Eric, is the Gander Mountain cutter heavy duty enough for sweet potatoes, also? I realize, many of those for non-commercial use are not...as is the case with the TigerChef Heavy Duty. Thanks
The person. Below said it wasn’t a contest. I have one like that light green one but mine is white and not only is it hard to use I’ve went through blades already I called the company and they sent me free blades. But those got bent also
Thank you for this review. We are starting to cook at home more, and we realize that we have to improve our kitchen tools. And, this is one of the first things that we realized that we need. So, you sold me on it. I'm going to buy this one or something very similar. Never heard of your channel, but subbing now.
Thank you for watching and commenting. We appreciate that. We had good success in the past with the Bed, Bath, and Beyond cheapie slicer. But for some reason, the current one sucks. We only paid the $80 for the Gander Mountain one because I wanted to buy local and film the same day. webstaurant.com has a similar looking one for 1/2 the price. I haven't looked on amazon. Harbor Freight has a small one that could work, but I didn't try it. The idea being the $20 at BBB doesn't work on potatoes anymore. Thank you for subbing, we appreciate that. I hope you enjoy our other videos. We are working on a new website for amylearnstocook.com We will announce when it is up. The current one is a little neglected. The new one has a recipe database, and we're putting that all together. We'll announce when it is up. I hope you enjoy our videos and good luck with your home cooking!!!
great video and everything but that $80 one ain't shit, I bought a $11 fry cutter from the Dollar store and that lasted to this day but died later this evening
You got an $11 fry cutter at the Dollar store? LOL! I've never had good luck with cheap fry cutters but if yours works for you, then great!! Thanks for watching!
Yuppp this is the 1 i bought from The Dolla Store ! 2 are 3 Years ago! www.amazon.com/Bradex-Potato-Chipper-Veggie-chopper/dp/B00PRD4ANI/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1497997741&sr=8-11&keywords=fry+cutter
Oh no! It died. Yeah, Webstaurant.com has one that's around $30 and looks to be just as good. I was just in a hurry to have one in my hands. No one sells these locally but Gander Mountain, which I heard is closing some stores :-( Well, for $11 you can't beat 2 or 3 years of faithful service. Amy bought one cheap at BBB and it worked fine (but we either lost parts or something). The one she replaced it with absolutely sucked. Glad you had much better experience.
Thank you for watching James. I hope you enjoyed it. This was partially a learning experience but also for fun. We loved our old slicer, but the new one was such a piece of junk that we felt we had to throw it under the bus by putting it up against this bigger slicer. If you haven't watched it, we made some sweet potatoes, so Yes, this thing can slice them, but it takes a little preparation.
my dad makes a lot of French fries, and has went through at least 10 different slicers over the years and they all either don't work, or break really quick. this one looks nice, I'll have to get it for him to try.
I have a Chop Magic and it works great. Need a little force but Grandma is able to do it too with red potatoes so cant be too tough right? lol Thanks for sharing!
Arthur Arnold Hi Arthur. This was supposed to be an "out of the box" review. Our previous upload was an unboxing of the French Fry Cutter. In the end, Eric really liked the Gander Mountain over the cheap BBB cutter and we use it all the time. Thanks for watching.
+E J Darly Thanks for watching and commenting. We appreciate that. We initially did this video as a joke because there is no way you can objectively compare the two. A long time ago, Amy had a slicer similar to the little one, and it did a great job. Unfortunately, Bed, Bath, and Beyond only carries this junk which is fairly useless, unless you are slicing something soft like a tomato. I had never used the commercial one before. It is much easier to PULL the handle than to push it as some have pointed out. I really like it and combined with the Breville Smart Fryer using the twice fry method, the fries are outstanding.
AmyLearnsToCook You're welcome : ) I didn't even realize this was like a joke video even though it did make me laugh a little bit but I was really trying to figure out what kind to get and if I really needed to put up that much cash in order to get the results I'm after. I still found it helpful though.
+E J Darly We did a real test but Eric knew in advance that the little one would never stand up to the big one. It was fun tho! The little one couldn't really cut anything! The Gander Mountain cutter is really nice but it is expensive.
+E J Darly In all honesty, you don't need to spend this much money. We bought this at Gander Mountain because they have a store in our area and we could get our hands on one that day (to shoot the video). Plus we like french fries :-) Webstaurant dot com has one 1/2 the price and looks to be about the same. You'd have to look at it and it's reviews to see if it is something you'd like. Just like any equipment, you need to see if it is meant for you. I hit Harbor Freight for a real cheap one. About $10 and it is junk. It can mount to a wall or a board, but does not come apart for easy cleaning, thus a fail. I returned it without using it. The Gander Mountain one does come apart. I hand wash it because there's enough aluminum mixed with the stainless steel cutters to invite a certain death (mine and the cutter) if I used the dishwasher. So you need to figure out if a food processor will do the trick, using a knife and slicing by hand, or getting something like this. I like this because of the even fries in the middle of the potato. The ones on the round/edge of the potato do not come out as uniform and must either be tossed out, or cooked only with similar size/shape for best even cooking. Best of luck and let us know how it goes for you on whatever decision you make.
Thanks for watching. It was fun. I can't believe (well, yes I can) the junk we get. Why not just flush my $15 down a toilet (or $20 if I didn't have a coupon). Now I just need Amy to find the receipt and orginal packaging so I can return that piece of junk! With the bigger one, I need to re-learn how to love French fries, I suppose?
Thanks for sharing your experience, buuuuut I rarely if ever give a thumbs down. The extremes were too far apart for the information to be useful. Well... actually, I just thought about it some more and withdrew my thumbs down. I can now see the value. Actually, I am not planning to cook alot french fries very often, but I am planning to buy a fryer soon with the specific intent to make french fries. Well... If I do not mind, cutting the potatoes into smaller sizes. The 20 dollar item from BBB should be adequate. Niiiiice... lol...and oh... I still think that either comparing against a competitor at the same pricepoint or at least choosing a model in the middle and not high-end would have been a more fair comparison... Buuuuuut.... the more I think about it, the more enjoyed the video afterall....Thanks again....
Thanks for watching. We made this partly out of humor. We bought a cheap cutter from BBB years ago that worked fine. We lost parts to it so we bought another. This one performed so bad compared to the first one, but cost the same, so we figured we'd make a video on it. We then really wanted to make some fries since I have a new deep fat fryer, but nothing would cut them, other than using a knife. There is a cheaper cutter from a restaurant supply store, but we wanted fries same day. So we went to Gander mountain. No, you don't need this commercial style one for just a few fries, but the BBB one should give you difficulty at best. If it doesn't work for you, then make sure you use it and return it within the return period. If it does work out for you, then great. Glad you enjoyed the video and Happy New Year!!!
Thanks for your kind response. I am actually new to all of this so the more I thought about your video, the more value it added. Thanks for the backstory and Happy New Year to you as well.
I like this cutter. It's much easier to pull the handle than to push it. For purposes of filming the potatoes coming out, it's harder to see them coming out if the camera is pointing the way they are pointing. Perhaps this is overkill for small families, but if you don't like hacking up several potatoes or if you want evenly cut fries, then this is good. Some food processors have 'french fry' blades, but they can cut uneven and you still have to take the food processor apart and wash. If you have a place to mount this vertically on a wall, then it can be easier to operate as well, but I have not tried that yet. If you have a decent deep fat fryer, then this is part of pure potato heaven!
Eric is putting his Commercial French Fry Cutter against an inexpensive cutter from Bed, Bath and Beyond. This commercial cutter gave the cheap one a workout!
ok so you bought it for the video knowing you would return it. Sketchy move.
Love the way you were fair with the little one
Thanks for watching, Norman!
Great job!
I was going to buy the el cheapo one, however, I've changed my mind because I was intending to use it for Potatoes
Hey Eric!!! I luv you & your wife channel. You guys are awesome!!
Thanks, MoDavl!!
@@AmyLearnsToCook you're welcome 🙂
Thanks so much! I learned what I needed to buy my family member one that works!
Don't buy that green junk thing
you have to hang it vertically to get good diced veggies. That's how I have mine. Just pull a bowl under it and it's also easier vertically
I agree 100%! Vertical is the way to go. We don't have a good wall to do it without having this big clunker get in the way. :-( Next time we move, I'll have to look into that for the kitchen. Thanks for watching and commenting. We appreciate it.
i detest the word veggies i wish i could strip it from all language, stoopid word
@@johnmiller9219 veggies.
Love your cooking Amy please would you do aroast beef joint I can never do it to be tender
if you really want to do a comparison test you need to put your gander mountain against a Weston Restaurant Quality French Fry Cutter. that was not really a challenge that's like putting a bicycle against a motor cycle.
Isn't the Weston just like that commercial one in this video?
I’m getting one
Great this is very helpful. Thank you 👍
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Amazon sells both. Gandar Mountain one I dont think is 80 but it has attachement cutter grids. ok appears to be 78. If you got prime I guess no shipping charge . It will come in 2 days as well. The other one Im not sure. I see the western one too on there. They all seem to be made the same as Gandor Mountain but in different colors. Black still red and green. Different brands. The Westen one looks like it too.Amazon also the one from from Bed Bath and Beyond is there too so. Its like 30. I not sure whats the best You got about 3 or 4 made the same way.
Yeah, you need the BIG ONE. Thanks Eric
I agree 100%. Thanks for watching and your comment. LOL!!!!
Walmart sells ahv duty model same as Gander Mountain one for $60 but I couldn't get it to push a potato through but then I had it a bit too high, i know it must be no higher than waste-high, plus if you attach it to a strong wall you can use the weight of handle and pusher by gravity to require less effort. For big families it's OK but for 2-3 people it's not practical.
+Hesam0000 The Gander Mountain is a really nice one. It is expensive tho. We plan to take it on camping trips where there are a lot of kids. They would probably get a kick out of fries on a camping trip. For small jobs, a knife works just as well.
Ha! Just stumbled upon your channel. Its funny because I wasn't even thinking about buying a fry cutter. You guys are pretty entertaining. Reminds me of my husband and I.. Thanks for the review though.
Glad you enjoyed it and subscribed. Thanks for your comment. This review "wasn't" supposed to be this hard. Amy had one of these small cutters, and it did a good job until she lost/misplaced the blades. We bought this one thinking the parts would be interchangeable, or would at least work as good as the previous one. No to both. Soooo, we got the big one as a joke. Harbor Freight sold one that is a lot cheaper, but its reviews say it is harder to clean and doesn't come with the suction cups. I think a food processor would work for most jobs, but then we wanted to test the Breville Smart Fryer we recently bought. Soooooo, that led to a few more videos and ultimately Amy claimed they were the best fries ever. Hint: She's eaten a lot of fries over the years! I hope you find some other videos as entertaining, although this was the only one where I had to dang near beat up a tool to make it sort of work.
More expensive but definitely worth the money, the Mountain cutter was waaaay better ha ha but how easy was it to clean and does it maintain it's sharpness over time? Maybe you could let us know after a few uses :-)
Thank you for watching. Clean up was easy as the three brass wing nuts easily allows you to remove the cutter blades, which are VERY SHARP. I cut my index finger not being careful :( The back screws allow you to remove the 'pusher' piece. The shiny sheet metal on the bottom slides out easily to be washed. I wiped the suction cup feet off since they got littered with potatoes. I suppose you could rinse the whole thing, just don't toss it in a dishwasher. As for durability, that will be a little hard to test as we don't fry a lot of things. I bought this more as a novelty thing but ended up loving it. I'll do some more videos in the near future on how to cook the perfect two step French fry and will cut up and fry some sweet potato fries and anything else that you might want me to try. Heck, I need to get my money's worth out of this thing :)
Not too hard to clean depending on what you cut and if you let it dry and all that. Stayed sharp. Did some sweet potatoes (only after cutting them first). LOL!!!
You get what you pay for
That's true. But it was fun. LOL.
Also, the Gander Mountain can be bolted onto the counter or the wall.
Thanks for watching. We appreciate it. Harbor Freight had a smaller one for $10 that I almost bought. I can see bolting in a commercial location, but not in your house, unless you really, really love potatoes! LOL!
The bigger one have much more leverage. Definetely better than the smaller. If its alil bit larger will be even better. But is possible to cut potatoes with knife. So lil slicer doesnt beat knife. Only bigger one does.
Reorienting the handle so that you're pulling it towards you is how it works best. I'm sorry but this video is a bit of a fail for that reason
In a normal kitchen where you are not trying to film, then you are 100% correct. I was trying to figure out the best way to show this on camera. Yes, pulling is much easier. We did sweet potatoes. That was a bit of "fun".
You should position the cutter so that you’re pulling towards yourself. It would be a lot easier.
does the industrial cutter comes with thicker blade? some fries look thin, I am sure a spare blade is available for thicker fries
wonder if the cheap one can cut celery
Celery? only if you pre-cut it. LOL.
The red one Vivo is 100 .The black one and green one are both New Star 78 for black. 59 for green.and the Weston is also black 58 and a grey one for 100 . Gandor Mountain type.And now Im seeing several types like the bed bath and beyond. prep works 14 Hamilon Beech 17 and Culina. 29. All plastic and made the same as bed bath and beyond. Im going with and Gandor Mountain type but which one. This is wild
Can the suction cups screw off ? Use the those same holes and then to screw unit to a wall you know ?
Yeah...you can attach it to a wall.
Stopped watching at 3:05 to post this. If the cheaper cutter needs that much force to cut that small of a potato, it's junk. But I suspected as much because it's plastic. The other one is solid metal and I would bet it is a breeze to cut the biggest. hardest potatoes as long as the blade is sharp. My 20+ years of restaurant and catering experience has taught me that professional quality is most times built better, performs better, and lasts longer. Pro quality is usually worth the extra $$$. I'm going to finish watching now and find out if I'm right.
Do you need a 4 wheel drive 2500HD pickup or a 1963 VW bug in order to go to the store to buy a pillowcase....
No, what would make you think that? Since the little fella couldn't handle the task, I had to have a reliable backup handy, right? The show must go on. I needed them french fries. LOL!!!
A more reasonably priced HD press would indeed be handy. But given the price of well-reviewed units like the New Star 38408 for $126 on Amazon and a flimsy $20 something presses at the other extreme, the choice is not very compelling for either. Other more acceptably priced cast units are available for prices in between those two (~$65+), but in each case, there are reports of difficult or simply unobtainable consumable replacement parts... Oh well....
I have been looking for one of these for many years, but given the exorbitant price for a decent resilient unit, I guess that I'll simply continue to muddle along and cut them by hand. Thanks for your work! ;-)
Now if I could only fit a unit onto the PTO of my backhoe.... ;-)
@@sdushdiu Thanks for watching and your comment. Gander Mountain was the only place that we could locally source a cutter. Harbor Freight's is a piece of junk. I agree these are not comparible, which was part of the humor in making this video. Too many people took it literal. But the crappy Bed, Bath and Beyond version DID a good job years ago, which prompted me to buy another one and it didn't hold up nearly as good as the old one......and hence the idea of this video....only if we didn't lose parts to the original....but then our loss was your gain. :-)
Depends on how big the pillow case is I suppose. This is not taking into account that the bug will probably break down on you
How about sweet potatoes? Can the Gander Mountai device handle a sweet potato?
I have not tried. but I see that I will need to try it.
yes, with a little prep work. we shot a video about that recently.
the professional one is far more powerful and it doesnt take a lot of effort. but it takes space. and its also expenssive
it was like Pee Wee Herman vs a Porn Star both got the job done but one required more foreplay for success do a comparison of Apples to Apple and oranges to oranges
I think it should stand-up, so that you plunge it downwards for best results.
Like if you agree
Some plastic junk made in China..hahah The Industrial one is way to go
love it. just ordered the big guy for 54 $ on ebay .it comes with 5 blades. but love your video. made me laugh.
$80 is a steal for that thing. I make French fries every day and I'm so sick of chopping them with a knife lol
I thought the video was hilarious with the first cutter! My question is can the second one cut a whole potato?
Great video, the Gander Mountain one reminded me of a little wiener dog...LOL..(just add ears)..We are going to Gander's soon and will check it out..
Thanks. www.webstaurantstore.com/ has one that looks reasonably close for a fraction of the price. I wanted one that day and Gander Mountain was the only place that carries them locally. I never knew a store like that would have something like this. Of course, Amy fell in love with the pizza oven that you can put on top of your Camp Chef. Shhhhh. I might get that for her for a special occasion.
R. Lacer LOL! It does look like a little wiener dog. :)
5:15 I kid you not... I was thinking the exact same thing. LOL
Too funny!!! I had to re-watch to see what you were talking about. but two years later, I still agree! In hindsight, easier to pull the lever than push. But for demo purposes, I suppose that works. Glad you enjoyed the video and keep on watching all of these :-)
Me too
Like comparing a Pinto to a Lincoln to see which is better.
Does anybody know if it can cut tilapia in smaller cubes ?
There's a good reason In-N-Out Burger restaurants use the commercial cutter. The Bed Bath & Beyond unit probably wouldn't last half a day with their big Kennebec spuds. Furthermore, they mount the cutters on a wall and place a bowl underneath, so the operator is flipping potatoes into the cutter with the left arm and slamming the handle down with the right arm in a single, continuous stroke - bing bing bong bong.
A commercial setting definitely needs a commercial cutter. The BBB one wouldn't last 5 minutes.
it was funny with the plastic one, hearing the laughter in the back ground. I wonder how quickly it would break trying to make fries.
i was just about to order the a.co/fuZnMUv Culina potato fry cutter, which looks exactly like the BBB model you have there, aside from the color. After seeing this, there is no way i am wasting my money on that. I will go for the commercial grade cutter
Thanks Joe. Webstaurant's website has a commercial cutter 1/2 the price of this one and likely as good. Amy used to have good experience with the smaller cutters but they haven't been very good lately. I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Good luck. We're serious potato fans, so I understand how you feel.
Yeah. Definitely the bigger one. Save money on the long run.
I just talked myself out of ordering a Fry Cutter, since I really don't make fries that often... but now you got me thinking, what a time saver having one would be, when making Sweet Potato Fries!
WEBstaurantStore has a similar version for $36.99...It looks similar to this brand, but I wonder what the difference in quality is. The one you have looks pretty heavy duty.
You are absolutely correct. I was wanting to make the third video in our series on the Waring Pro Rotisserie turkey fryer and steamer to show how it handles regular fried foods. So being in a pinch, we knew of a local Harbor Freight that had a heavy duty cutter and learned of the nearby Gander Mountain having a much more expensive one. WebStaurantStore has the one you mentioned, but no way I'd get it that weekend (would have had to plan for it). As it was, we didn't quite get to the point of firing up the fryer that night. So we postponed that video. Now that Thanksgiving is out of the way, I'll likely get some bags of potatoes to test making fries.
I'm thinking if fries are easier to make using one of these instead of using a knife, then would you eat fries more often? Is that the only thing holding you back? We don't always eat potatoes on the weekends, but when we do, it's usually slices (either using the food processor or by knife). Now this gives us another option. Besides, when I do my Epic Hamburger episode, you just KNOW it has to have a "DECENT" amount of fresh fries, right? Besides, I want to make some chili cheese fries. I think I can start learning to like this thing.
Well, did you get something from WEBstaurantStore? Personally, I would have bought that had they either have free 2 day shipping like Amazon, or had a local store like Gander Mountain (would have been 1/2 the cost). Let us know if you get one and how it goes!
how to purchase one of that
and how much...im here in Qatar
do they cut crinkled shape fries by any chances?
Could you make potato cubes with big one?
Amy you don't look like yourself today?!?!
Go to 2:10... that's where the slicing begins
Great review thank you for helping me make my choice
Thanks, Inferno!
You just made my day by ramming the little potato slicer. I just bought that one and yesterday pushed it so hard to make it cut that it broke! Now I am researching the big one . lol
All the big boys I’ve found come with a Lead warning on the blades and pushers 😡 guess I’m sticking with manually cutting my fries
4:50 Resistance..... is FUTILE!
Great comparison video. Just some questions, does it work on meat (chicken or beef)? Does that the cutting grid various sizes?
Does the title say meat cutter?
Cheaper to buy a bag of french fries at the Market.:0)
Thanks for watching. Of course store bought is cheaper. But then, if you go to Restaurant Depot and buy a 50# sack of potatos, then this pays for itself in a hurry. Plus, what additives are in those frozen fries, let alone, what is in those McDonald fries? Does anyone know? Do you want to know? There are cheaper commercial ones and then there are much more expensive commercial ones. It just depends on where you buy it and what you want. Do you want a wall mounted one that has few removable parts, then I think you can save some bucks over this one. But for us, yup, cheaper to just get the store bought junk :)
i was only kidding I enjoy both channels. ;0)
rysaj1 Frozen is cheaper...but these fresh cut are really really good!! The cutter is expensive and a little overkill but fun to use at the same time. You know Eric...he has to have some sort of machine like this! :)
You should have did sweet potatoes.
lol.... Ty for shearing.
It should be Mounted on the Wall and a pull down action pushing away from you is not the dirction to do it.
In a restaurant, mounting on the wall is the way they do it. I don't really want one on my wall in the house..so this is the best that I can do. Thanks for watching!
Recently upgraded from the small unit to the larger unit (different brands, same machines) the reason had to do with the small machine not being able to do larger potatoes. The Gander style machine is sold under several brands, the big issue is if you need different cutters. some come with one blade, others with several blades and supposedly some do not fit other brands. Keep this in mind if you plan on potato wedges or shoestring fries. On the small machine it's possible to install the cutter in backwards...with the dull side facing the potato...making it harder to operate. I agree the Gander style machine is well worth the cost. Did notice mine (Weston brand) had a hard time with an onion, most likely I will not use it for onions again.
Loved the video, you and Amy make my day!♥️
Thanks, Linda!
You didn't say the price of the commercial grade cutter but I looked it up and it's $94
Thanks for watching. I think we paid around $80 for it five years ago. I think it's a rebranded Weston. Webstaurant's website shows something similar for around $36. We needed one that day to do the video. I didn't want to wait for delivery, and Gander Mountain (before it closed) was the only place that had one local (other than the $10 el-cheapo Harbor Freight brand).
Hi Eric, is the Gander Mountain cutter heavy duty enough for sweet potatoes, also? I realize, many of those for non-commercial use are not...as is the case with the TigerChef Heavy Duty. Thanks
The person. Below said it wasn’t a contest. I have one like that light green one but mine is white and not only is it hard to use I’ve went through blades already I called the company and they sent me free blades. But those got bent also
How much?
Thank you for this review. We are starting to cook at home more, and we realize that we have to improve our kitchen tools. And, this is one of the first things that we realized that we need. So, you sold me on it. I'm going to buy this one or something very similar. Never heard of your channel, but subbing now.
Thank you for watching and commenting. We appreciate that. We had good success in the past with the Bed, Bath, and Beyond cheapie slicer. But for some reason, the current one sucks. We only paid the $80 for the Gander Mountain one because I wanted to buy local and film the same day. webstaurant.com has a similar looking one for 1/2 the price. I haven't looked on amazon. Harbor Freight has a small one that could work, but I didn't try it. The idea being the $20 at BBB doesn't work on potatoes anymore. Thank you for subbing, we appreciate that. I hope you enjoy our other videos. We are working on a new website for amylearnstocook.com We will announce when it is up. The current one is a little neglected. The new one has a recipe database, and we're putting that all together. We'll announce when it is up. I hope you enjoy our videos and good luck with your home cooking!!!
great video and everything but that $80 one ain't shit, I bought a $11 fry cutter from the Dollar store and that lasted to this day but died later this evening
You got an $11 fry cutter at the Dollar store? LOL! I've never had good luck with cheap fry cutters but if yours works for you, then great!! Thanks for watching!
Yuppp this is the 1 i bought from The Dolla Store ! 2 are 3 Years ago!
www.amazon.com/Bradex-Potato-Chipper-Veggie-chopper/dp/B00PRD4ANI/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1497997741&sr=8-11&keywords=fry+cutter
Oh no! It died. Yeah, Webstaurant.com has one that's around $30 and looks to be just as good. I was just in a hurry to have one in my hands. No one sells these locally but Gander Mountain, which I heard is closing some stores :-( Well, for $11 you can't beat 2 or 3 years of faithful service. Amy bought one cheap at BBB and it worked fine (but we either lost parts or something). The one she replaced it with absolutely sucked. Glad you had much better experience.
How much that big potato slicer sir if i want to buy im from Philippines. How much the charge sir
I would not buy any brand until they will cut long baking potatoes.
That's a great idea!
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
sweet potatos????????????????????????????
+MySpartapictures kitty Not yet. Sorry :-(
Yes, we made a sweet potato video recently. So the answer is YES* with a little prep work.
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Who makes french fries to impress people while camping? Lol
oven fried, no oil french sweet or regular potato fries are healthy, you can eat a lot guilt free
Great demonstration. The bigger cutter is the one I need. Too much effort is not needed.
Thanks for the video
Thank you for watching James. I hope you enjoyed it. This was partially a learning experience but also for fun. We loved our old slicer, but the new one was such a piece of junk that we felt we had to throw it under the bus by putting it up against this bigger slicer. If you haven't watched it, we made some sweet potatoes, so Yes, this thing can slice them, but it takes a little preparation.
When he said "obviously this isn't made for potatoes...."
the gander mtn, should be a quick motion, no hesitation
+keith7023 He was just getting used to using it. It has worked out great! Thanks for watching!
my dad makes a lot of French fries, and has went through at least 10 different slicers over the years and they all either don't work, or break really quick. this one looks nice, I'll have to get it for him to try.
Give it a try! It is really heavy duty.
Thanks for the review 👍
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you got the joke of this video.
I have a Chop Magic and it works great. Need a little force but Grandma is able to do it too with red potatoes so cant be too tough right? lol Thanks for sharing!
+krantz55 I haven't ever used the Chop Magic. The little green one was awful! It can't cut anything!
TY for this vid. = )
Thanks for watching!
Love it! Thank you!
But....does it cut sweet potatoes?
Thanks, this helped!
Worst demonstration I have ever seen , he should have practise first
Arthur Arnold Hi Arthur. This was supposed to be an "out of the box" review. Our previous upload was an unboxing of the French Fry Cutter. In the end, Eric really liked the Gander Mountain over the cheap BBB cutter and we use it all the time. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video partner!!
Okay I like that you showed both of them. Thank You : )
+E J Darly Thanks for watching and commenting. We appreciate that. We initially did this video as a joke because there is no way you can objectively compare the two. A long time ago, Amy had a slicer similar to the little one, and it did a great job. Unfortunately, Bed, Bath, and Beyond only carries this junk which is fairly useless, unless you are slicing something soft like a tomato. I had never used the commercial one before. It is much easier to PULL the handle than to push it as some have pointed out. I really like it and combined with the Breville Smart Fryer using the twice fry method, the fries are outstanding.
+E J Darly Thanks for watching EJ!
AmyLearnsToCook You're welcome : )
I didn't even realize this was like a joke video even though it did make me laugh a little bit but I was really trying to figure out what kind to get and if I really needed to put up that much cash in order to get the results I'm after. I still found it helpful though.
+E J Darly We did a real test but Eric knew in advance that the little one would never stand up to the big one. It was fun tho! The little one couldn't really cut anything! The Gander Mountain cutter is really nice but it is expensive.
+E J Darly In all honesty, you don't need to spend this much money. We bought this at Gander Mountain because they have a store in our area and we could get our hands on one that day (to shoot the video). Plus we like french fries :-) Webstaurant dot com has one 1/2 the price and looks to be about the same. You'd have to look at it and it's reviews to see if it is something you'd like. Just like any equipment, you need to see if it is meant for you. I hit Harbor Freight for a real cheap one. About $10 and it is junk. It can mount to a wall or a board, but does not come apart for easy cleaning, thus a fail. I returned it without using it. The Gander Mountain one does come apart. I hand wash it because there's enough aluminum mixed with the stainless steel cutters to invite a certain death (mine and the cutter) if I used the dishwasher. So you need to figure out if a food processor will do the trick, using a knife and slicing by hand, or getting something like this. I like this because of the even fries in the middle of the potato. The ones on the round/edge of the potato do not come out as uniform and must either be tossed out, or cooked only with similar size/shape for best even cooking. Best of luck and let us know how it goes for you on whatever decision you make.
THANKS
Nemco is the best cutter.
nice cat...
LOL! It does look like a cat!
tq
@3:00 hahahaha
Lol what a battle
Thanks for watching. It was fun. I can't believe (well, yes I can) the junk we get. Why not just flush my $15 down a toilet (or $20 if I didn't have a coupon). Now I just need Amy to find the receipt and orginal packaging so I can return that piece of junk! With the bigger one, I need to re-learn how to love French fries, I suppose?
Thanks for sharing your experience, buuuuut I rarely if ever give a thumbs down. The extremes were too far apart for the information to be useful. Well... actually, I just thought about it some more and withdrew my thumbs down. I can now see the value.
Actually, I am not planning to cook alot french fries very often, but I am planning to buy a fryer soon with the specific intent to make french fries. Well... If I do not mind, cutting the potatoes into smaller sizes. The 20 dollar item from BBB should be adequate.
Niiiiice... lol...and oh... I still think that either comparing against a competitor at the same pricepoint or at least choosing a model in the middle and not high-end would have been a more fair comparison... Buuuuuut.... the more I think about it, the more enjoyed the video afterall....Thanks again....
Thanks for watching. We made this partly out of humor. We bought a cheap cutter from BBB years ago that worked fine. We lost parts to it so we bought another. This one performed so bad compared to the first one, but cost the same, so we figured we'd make a video on it. We then really wanted to make some fries since I have a new deep fat fryer, but nothing would cut them, other than using a knife. There is a cheaper cutter from a restaurant supply store, but we wanted fries same day. So we went to Gander mountain.
No, you don't need this commercial style one for just a few fries, but the BBB one should give you difficulty at best. If it doesn't work for you, then make sure you use it and return it within the return period. If it does work out for you, then great.
Glad you enjoyed the video and Happy New Year!!!
Thanks for your kind response. I am actually new to all of this so the more I thought about your video, the more value it added. Thanks for the backstory and Happy New Year to you as well.
I like this cutter. It's much easier to pull the handle than to push it. For purposes of filming the potatoes coming out, it's harder to see them coming out if the camera is pointing the way they are pointing. Perhaps this is overkill for small families, but if you don't like hacking up several potatoes or if you want evenly cut fries, then this is good. Some food processors have 'french fry' blades, but they can cut uneven and you still have to take the food processor apart and wash. If you have a place to mount this vertically on a wall, then it can be easier to operate as well, but I have not tried that yet. If you have a decent deep fat fryer, then this is part of pure potato heaven!
Thank you for your demonstration oh wise mustache man
Have either of these cutters been tested on carrots or sweet potatoes? How do they stand up to the challenge of these very-dense root and tuber crops?
We haven't used it on carrots or sweet potatoes but it should work. This is a commercial grade cutter and it is what they would use in a restaurant.