4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Not what I expected,
August 13, 2008 Robert Sisak (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mario Batali Coarse Grater (Kitchen)
Mario Batali Coarse Grater
The grater is held onto the frame with a series of tack welds. After about three months use (in my kitchen - not commercially) the welds started to break until the piece is unusable. I'll stick with Microplane from now on.
This is a follow up to my previous review. Well, I emailed Italian Kitchen, which is the name of the company that markets the Mario Batali line, about the same time I wrote my first review. Since I haven't yet received a reply, I followed up with a second email to Customer Service on their website. If this is any indication of the quality of Mario Batali's products and customer service, I have to say he has lost a long time fan, and it goes without saying that I won't be purchasing any more products endorsed by him. I wish I could have rated this product with zero stars!!! I...Read more
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
sad little tool,
August 25, 2008 Paul Miller "maxduck" (Manzanita, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mario Batali Coarse Grater (Kitchen)
Pass on this sad little tool and get a microplane.
It's poorly designed---the scrapers are, as they say, few and far between, so no matter what you're cutting the waste factor is simply too big. One slice and you have fifty-percent cut and fifty-percent rind, in truth, it's probably closer to forty-sixty, so the next pass is both awkward and likely to give you more pith than you want.
useless
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