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Johnny Apple Sauce Maker Model 250 Food Strainer (Basic Strainer)
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- SUPERIOR DURABILITY: Sturdy cast aluminum body and easy-to-install stainless steel screens. Plastic components are BPA free.
- SECURE MOUNT: New clamp design has 10 square inches of clamping surface. Can mount to countertops from 3/4" to 2-1/8" thick
- MANUAL OR ELECTRIC: Designed for manual use with the improved handle, or replace that with the optional Electric Motor VKPMOTOR
- INCLUDES: Apple/Tomato Screen (1.3mm holes), Standard Spiral (6-3/4” long), and Instruction Manual
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Why Choose The Model 250 Food Strainer?
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Stainless Steel ScreensAll screens for the Model 250 will not rust because they are made of quality stainless steel. |
Large Hopper and Food PusherPrepare your finished product more quickly and easily. |
Extended Waste SpoutWith this strainer you will have lower amounts of waste so you can preserve more of your harvest. The waste spout extends your screen to allows you to put a bowl underneath and catch any waste. |
Strongest Clamp AvailableThe Model 250 Strainer clamp has the best grip of any food strainer. |
Great for Canning
Use this strainer in conjunction with our other great Kitchen Crop canning products.
- Water Bath Canner (Sold Separately. Model Number: VKP1130)
- Steam Canner (Sold Separately. Model Number: VKP1054)
- Home Canning Kit (Sold Separately. Model Number: VKP1205)
The Model 250 Advantage
Optional No-Crank Motor
The optional motor makes food processing a breeze. Easily remove the hand crank, and attach the motor in its place. Great when you have a lot of food to process.
Sold Separately. Model Number: VKPMOTOR.
Apple Sauce / Tomato Sauce
Use the Standard Apple Tomato Screen (included) for applesauce, tomato sauce, and more.
Salsa
Use the Salsa Screen (sold separately) to create delicious salsa.
Pumpkin Puree
Use the Pumpkin Screen (sold separately) to create pumpkin puree.
Jams and Jellies
Use the Berry Screen (sold separately) to create jams and jellies.
Apple/Tomato Screen
Salsa Screen
Pumpkin Screen
Berry Screen
The Motor | Four-Piece Accessory Pack | Salsa Screen | Pumpkin Screen | Berry Screen | Grape Spiral | |
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Item Number | VKPMOTOR | VKP250-5 | VKP250-3 | VKP250-2 | VKP250-1 | VKP250-4 |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 7.6 x 14.25 x 9 inches |
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Item Weight | 4.3 pounds |
Department | Cookware |
Manufacturer | VKP Brands |
ASIN | B001I7FP54 |
Item model number | VKP250 |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #73,766 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining) #329 in Food Strainers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | October 13, 2008 |
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Product Description
Make all the great sauces, purees, juices and jams you love without painstaking peeling or coring. Quickly separates fruit and vegetable puree from unwanted skins, stems and seeds. Dont forget to add the 4-piece accessory kit (sold separately) to make your VKP food strainer even more versatile. For any cook who wants to take the hassle out of homemade products like jams, purees and sauces, the VKP Food Strainer is the perfect solution. Simplify tasks like making apple or tomato sauce. Put the fruits or vegetables in the hopper, turn the handle, and let the Strainer do the work for you. The stainless steel screen effortlessly separates the skins and seeds from the fresh pulp. Now, with our extra screen sizes and electric motor, the versatility is endless (extra screens and motor sold separately). Time consuming recipes are simplified when you use this Food Strainer. Take pleasure in home food preservation and buy yours today.
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Customers like the quality, ease of assembly, and ability to use of the kitchen product. For example, they mention it works very well, produces a nice, chunky puree, and is easy to assemble and clean. That said, they appreciate the value for money. That being said, some complain about leakage. Opinions are mixed on ease of cleaning, and clamp size.
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Customers like the quality of the kitchen strainer. They say it works well, produces a nice, chunky puree, and has no issues. Some customers are happy with the matching high quality motor and components. The spring is very strong, and it is good at pulverizing tomatoes and removing skin and seeds.
"...The components are MUCH better built than the Norpro, you can tell Victoria knows what they are doing and they do it right; Norpro seems to just..." Read more
"...part that attaches to the counter all the way to the hopper is a strong aluminum. Really tough. No bending or breaking this thing...." Read more
"...This Victorio is very well built and sturdy. One downside is that it must be washed by hand...." Read more
"...Easy to assemble and clean. No peeling or coring apples. Just Cook and send through the machine to get the perfect applesauce." Read more
Customers find the assembly of the strainer to be easy. They mention that it's simple to put together and clean, and that it makes the job of making applesauce so much easier. Some say that the strainers turns easier by hand.
"...The crank turned MUCH easier than the Norpro and I think a LOT of it had to do with the more efficient auger/screen design...." Read more
"...grind together that will come into contact with your food, ease of operation is dependent upon what you are milling, and cleanup also depends on..." Read more
"...It was just a bit faster and easier to use, though the other is certainly an acceptable way to go...." Read more
"...The plastic that wraps around the blade is also sturdy, easy to attach and washed up easily too...." Read more
Customers are happy with the ability to use the kitchen product. They say it does a fantastic job making tomato sauce and apple sauce. They also say it makes a nice apple sauce consistency and is relatively easy to assemble. Customers also mention that the fresh puree is great for both fresh tomato sauce, and salsa.
"...I would like, it produces a nice, chunky puree that is great for both fresh tomato sauce and for salsa...." Read more
"...Really easy cranking and the sauce comes out perfectly. I got about 25 quarts of applesauce made and bagged for freezing in 2 hours...." Read more
"Great for making Applesauce" Read more
"...just quarter them and run them through. It is absolutely amazing how well it separates the sauce from the seeds/skins. Well worth the investment...." Read more
Customers are happy with the performance of the kitchen tool. They say it makes the task much faster, is a huge time saver, and will speed up canning tremendously. Customers also mention that it makes quick work of tomatoes and that the cooking time is greatly reduced.
"...it's better quality, better design, and will save you time...." Read more
"...It is just too awkward for one person to manage. The motor was a champ, not too noisy, and handled the entire day without overheating..." Read more
"I love this tool so much! It makes homemade applesauce so fun and fast! Easy to assemble and clean. No peeling or coring apples...." Read more
"...All in all, though, this is a GREAT tool and makes processing tomatoes into cannable product fast and easy...." Read more
Customers like the value of the canner. They say it's worth the purchase price, does its job for the price, and is a good purchase. Customers also mention that the quality of operation and results are well worth the money spent. They also say that cleanup is simple and well worth extra trouble.
"...Hand washed in a few minutes. Good purchase, especially when on sale.Mine doesn't leak at all and was quite tidy to use." Read more
"Works , good price" Read more
"...the same as the Norpro, the only difference is that the Norpro hopper is cheap and flimsy, the Victorio is not flimsy...." Read more
"Great price on this for what it does. We used it to make tomato sauce. You don't have to boil the tomatoes whole with this thing...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of cleaning. Some mention it's easy to assemble, use, and clean up, while others say it takes a little bit to clean and the metal cone filter takes some effort. The downside is that it must be washed by hand.
"...that wraps around the blade is also sturdy, easy to attach and washed up easily too...." Read more
"...It makes homemade applesauce so fun and fast! Easy to assemble and clean. No peeling or coring apples...." Read more
"...with a crappy chrome-plating job on the axle and you get a scratched up bronze bushing...." Read more
"...Hand washed in a few minutes. Good purchase, especially when on sale.Mine doesn't leak at all and was quite tidy to use." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the clamp size of the kitchen product. Some mention that it has a sturdy base that clamps firmly to their counter top, while others say that it doesn't attach very securely. The clamp that grabs the counter gets loose and slips off the table.
"...The mounting flange is also much better...." Read more
"...Have lousy wrists and bum shoulder. It. Was a bit tricky attaching it to something solid. Didnt work on our table...." Read more
"...The attachment screw part is nice and strong and really attaches to the surface you are using it on...." Read more
"...Four stars instead of five because the clamp loosened twice and the whole thing started to tip but now my kids know not to turn the crank so..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the leakage of the kitchen product. They mention that it leaks a small amount of juice from where the handle inserts into the device, and may leak onto the motor. The gasket at the base of the filter doesn't prevent the mill from leaking, and the watery part of tomato juice comes out around the edges. They also say that the juices squirt past the shaft out from the handle and drip.
"...have the strainer tightened into position enough and had a small amount of leaking...." Read more
"...3. This made a huge mess with tomato juice leaking out everywhere!Way to late to return it so I’ll try to sell it and recoup my losses." Read more
"...it for a few batches, the part that connects to the grinder leaks applesauce out a bit (not completely sealed)...." Read more
"...This thing is completely amazing.It does leak a bit. Don't know if that's because it's old, or it's the nature of the beast...." Read more
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Overall: This thing is a breeze compared to the Norpro. The crank turns effortlessly, the tomatoes feed easily, and most of all, it's MUCH easier to clean. The components are MUCH better built than the Norpro, you can tell Victoria knows what they are doing and they do it right; Norpro seems to just want to make terrible copies of other products to make a quick buck...
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-Lets start at the bottom; the clamp. The Norpro routinely comes loose from the table and wobbles, the Victorio doesn't. Last night I processed 15 gallons of tomatoes into 8 gallons of sauce and didn't have to mess with the Victorio clamp a single time. The Norpro clamp is just a small screw with a "foot" on it, the Victoria has a well-made screw with a large "foot" for squeezing. The Victorio "foot" slides on the cast aluminum base so that it doesn't wobble around. The "feet" that contact the top of the table are also much better designed. Not only are they larger than the Norpro, they also have proper gussets so they don't flex/bend/break as easily; this means more stability.
-Height: I didn't measure my Norpro but judging by the size of bowl that fits under the waste chute the Victorio sits higher. Dealing with the waste on the Norpro was a continuous hassle. Dealing with the waste on the Victorio was a "set it and forget it" type affair; I set up a bowl and didn't have to touch it until I was done making sauce.
-Axle Hub: Due to poor design on the Norpro the axle "floats" in a bronze bushing, as the auger pushes back and forth the axle moves with it. Combine that with a crappy chrome-plating job on the axle and you get a scratched up bronze bushing. A scratched up bronze bushing means you get a cut-up o-ring, and a cut o-ring means you get a continuous flow of juice out the axle. The Victorio is MUCH better designed. The auger floats on the axle and the axle is stationary in a nylon bushing. This means the o-ring doesn't get cut up (it still leaked a little bit, but not nearly as much as the Norpro). The stationary axle in nylon bushing is MUCH more robust, you can feel it...
Auger/Screen:
-The auger and screen are also much better designed. With the Norpro the auger's taper matches that of the screen, which means not only is it much harder to feed the tomatoes through because they are being compressed instantly in the first inch or so of the auger, it's also possible to "lock" the auger into the screen. If that happens you must disassemble and pound it out. The Victorio auger has less taper than the screen which means the tomatoes are progressively compressed and it's much harder to "lock" the auger up. This was all very evident when actually using the sauce maker. The crank turned MUCH easier than the Norpro and I think a LOT of it had to do with the more efficient auger/screen design.
-The auger itself has a cool feature that the Norpro doesn't; it has notches cut into the first few spirals to help macerate and grab the tomatoes and pull them into the auger. This helps a LOT. With the Norpro I HAD to cube my tomatoes so they would feed easily and so they wouldn't explode and spray juice back out. With the Victorio you can leave your smaller tomatoes whole and the "notches" will rip them open and pull them into the auger.
-The screen... WOW!!! First of all it's stainless (vs. the chromed steel of the Norpro), but that's not the feature I'm impressed with. The Victorio screen is designed to be cleaned MUCH easier than the Norpro. The Norpro screen has a rolled & flattened seam which means you get 4 layers of screen material on the seam and the inner layers get packed full of pulp that is impossible to clean out. The Victorio is an over-lapped and seam-welded screen which means there are only 2 layers of screen material (MUCH easier to clean out). The mounting flange is also much better. The area where the screen is attached to the flange on the Norpro lends itself to getting jammed full of pulp that is, once again, difficult to clean. The same area on the Victorio is much smoother/flatter and no pulp gets locked in behind the screen.
-Waste shield: the Norpro doesn't even have this. The Victorio does. The Norpro would always have issues with waste (seeds/skin) falling off and landing on the sauce shield/chute (it would get in the sauce if you didn't catch it soon enough. Not only that but you could only fit a small bowl under the end so it had to be continuously dumped/moved so it wouldn't overflow. The waste chute on the Victorio made life a breeze; combined with a slight taller base and the waste chute I was able to fit a large bowl under the end and I didn't have to deal with the waste until I was completely done.
-Sauce chute: it looks the same, but it's not. The Norpro sauce chute is fixed position; you can't change the angle at which it lies. The Victorio can be rotated as far as you like. This proved beneficial because I sauce directly into a 5-gallon bucket. Also, due to the higher efficieny auger I found that sauce frequently wanted to spray out of the screen when I was first getting started (before the holes started to fill up with fibrous bits). I just turned the sauce-chute straight down which kept the sauce from spraying everywhere...
Other bits:
-Hopper: Not a lot to say about this, the design is roughly the same as the Norpro, the only difference is that the Norpro hopper is cheap and flimsy, the Victorio is not flimsy.
-Plunger: Not much difference except the Victorio is slightly more robust.
-Crank: The Norpro crank has a nut that holds it on, the Victorio doesn't. This sounds like a point for the Norpro but it's not. I didn't have any problems with the crank on the Victorio, it slides into the axle and that's that. The nut on the Norpro was always working loose which would make the handle loose and wobbly...
All in all I'm impressed. I feel like this sauce maker is an excellent buy. It's not only cheaper (amazon price for Victorio vs. local price for Norpro), it's better quality, better design, and will save you time. Don't waste your money on the Norpro junk, just get the real thing from the start.
A suggestion - put the seeds and peel back down the hopper again to extract more puree. You'll be surprised at how much more comes out. I did buy the coarser salsa strainer but we ended up sticking with the original apple/tomato one that comes with the strainer.
I also bought the supplemental external motor in case we tired of hand cranking, and I have to say it was a huge help. For one thing, unless you have the motor you will certainly need two people for this process. It is just too awkward for one person to manage. The motor was a champ, not too noisy, and handled the entire day without overheating (it has an automatic shut off switch if it does get too warm).
I also put through the strainer some onions that I had sautéed until very soft, let cool to room temperature (they tell you NOT to put hot food into the strainer), to add some additional flavor to the tomato puree. Then into the big pot with some salt, and after getting it boiling hot, it was put into sterile jars, sealed, and processed in a hot water bath canner.
Last year we used the food grinder/strainer attachment to the Kitchen Aid mixer, and I have to say this worked better. It was just a bit faster and easier to use, though the other is certainly an acceptable way to go. Anything is better than using a food mill by hand, especially with a quantity of tomatoes.
This Victorio is very well built and sturdy. One downside is that it must be washed by hand. I encourage you to get a stiff bristled nail brush to clean the tomato screen, as it certainly does get packed with bits of tomatoes, and do not wait until it begins to dry and stick. We did have to take the screen apart from the red food spiral a few times to get the packed seeds and skins out. Not a big deal, but it certainly helped move things along.
This is an excellent product, especially at the price. Highly recommended!
Most of the other food mills I've read reviews on all had similar issues - grease in the food, metal in the food, shoddy design, too difficult to operate, too difficult to clean, etc. This product, while not perfect, was a particularly good compromise on all fronts.
There are no parts that contain grease that will come into contact with your food, there are no metal parts that grind together that will come into contact with your food, ease of operation is dependent upon what you are milling, and cleanup also depends on what is being milled.
We typically use it to make tomato paste for lasagna or ratatouille, and while it may not be the cleanest and most efficient tool out there, it doesn't have the drawbacks that the others seem to have. To clarify, after grinding the tomatoes, you will have to scrape the strainer screen with a spatula, and you will also have to remove and empty the inside of it as it accumulates quite a bit of the seeds and skins inside. You also must be careful when disassembling it when done, as there will be quite a lot of liquid and leftover paste inside that will leak out if you're not careful. Again, these are small negatives compared to the other products that contaminate your food with metal shavings or manufacturing grease.
As for cleanup - with tomatoes, it is quite easy. A rinse, with a quick wipe down using a soapy brush, followed by another rinse, and then drying with a towel before storage - takes minutes.
About the only thing you need to be wary of is turning the crank with nothing inside the mill, which they warn you about in the instructions. As long as you follow the instructions, this mill should last you quite a long time.
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-CRAZY FAST!!!
- Easy to assemble!
- very few parts (all of which seem very well made. Only one to question longevity is the one where the skin and seeds come out)
- East to clean and dry. No small crevices to try and clean
- So little waste. Even less than skinning them
I had a small batch of tomatoes to can do I thought I’d try this out. (I bought during Prime days in July) It took probably 5 minutes to put them through. The longest part was washing them!
This changes my entire view on tomatoes! Ready to do some bushels, just waiting on Mother Nature!
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2023
-CRAZY FAST!!!
- Easy to assemble!
- very few parts (all of which seem very well made. Only one to question longevity is the one where the skin and seeds come out)
- East to clean and dry. No small crevices to try and clean
- So little waste. Even less than skinning them
I had a small batch of tomatoes to can do I thought I’d try this out. (I bought during Prime days in July) It took probably 5 minutes to put them through. The longest part was washing them!
This changes my entire view on tomatoes! Ready to do some bushels, just waiting on Mother Nature!