Good Cook 25739 Hamburger Chopper

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Capacity - You need to make sure the chopper you buy has a decent bowl capacity so you don’t have to chop things in loads of batches. Most mini choppers have a bowl capacity of at least 500ml which is enough for most users. This size is also perfect for making sauces and dips. No one wants another piece of kitchen equipment that they use once and then never take it out of the cupboard again because it didn’t live up to expectations. Key specs – Capacity: 1.8l (food processor), 2.1l (large blending jug), 700ml (personal blending cup); Power: 1,200W; Dimensions: 19 x 23 x 20cm (WDH); Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes If you have any issues with strength or dexterity, but still want a manual food chopper, then this pull-handle option from Zyliss is the one for you. If you are still not certain about what type of food prep gadget to buy, head to our guide: Food processor, mixer or blender? The best mini choppers from our tests

Manual choppers take a bit more effort to work but still get great results. You can get simple models that just cut everything to a uniform size, or models that work more like the electric food processor style models that chop to whatever size you like. Typically mini choppers are smaller and less expensive versions of food processors. While they take up less space, they are usually limited in what they can do, such as handling small amounts of chopping and puréeing. When you’re a busy parent, anything that saves you time is worth looking into. And when it comes to saving time in the kitchen, a vegetable chopper is one of the best things you can buy.Finished results: we were looking for fine and even results whatever we chopped. Onions should be cleanly cut, not mushy. Breadcrumbs needed to be consistently cut. We didn’t want to see any tearing of the parsley leaves, and curry pastes should be smooth There are a few different types of vegetable choppers available. Some are like mini food processors, with blades that spin around to cut your veg up. Others are a lot more simple and work by manually pushing the food through a grid of blades. What can you do with a food chopper? Among the most spatula-like of the ground meat choppers on the market, this three-bladed chopper excels at transferring food out of frying pans and skillets, and it also does a great job breaking up and separating ground meats to ensure even cooking. A strong, silicone blade helps it cut and dice meats and vegetables. While it’s not as specialized for mixing and mashing, it can still work well for preparing sauces, chilis, scrambles and omelets. Take a look at the best herb trimming scissors if you love to include herbs in your beef. When it comes to ground meat choppers for preparing hamburgers, the blade size of the chopper is a compromise between mixing and turning. Wide blades make it easier to turn the meat and are better for transferring food, while smaller blades mix up and dice ingredients more effectively, saving time when making stews, hashes, and scrambles. All food processors come with a knife blade for basic tasks, but some models come with even more attachments. We've seen blenders, citrus juicers, dough hooks, grating blades, mills, mini bowls, shredding blades, slicing blades and spatulas.

You simply pop your food in the bowl, put the top on, and then pull the handle to spin the blades and chop the food.We put each of them through their paces by following a specifically designed test to find the very best machine. Below, you’ll see the breakdown of our test. Performance There are also various food choppers that sit somewhere in between. So, however much help you need in the kitchen, there will be one to suit your culinary needs. Finally, we consider value for money. If we’re recommending an expensive model, there’s a good reason for it. Sometimes spending more will get you some excellent premium features, which can be really useful if you use your food processor every day. Similarly, if you’re buying a budget processor, it should still be able to chop and blitz to your liking but it might just come with fewer settings.