Which Food Chopper is Best?
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Here's a comparison of the 2019 NutriChopper vs the 2006 Vidalia Chop Wizard to see which one is better!
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I think you should have taken a point or two away from the Nutrichopper since it kept pinching your hand. Who wants to use a device that keeps doing that?
A couple more things to consider. A person with arthritis in their hands would have a hard time squeezing the smaller one. Plus the fact it kept pinching .
Agree. I'm like half his size and I would not be able to use that thing.
Agreed that is the reason I started watching Barry Lewis in the UK test kitchen gadgets I wanted to find ones to help my parents (I'm in Canada so it's 50/50 whether UK or USA is better to order from) I'm lucky enough to be strong and have fairly dexterous hands but I'm looking for stuff my mum could use.
(She has arthritis)
I wonder if he did the skin side down on this stuff it would be easier.
First time it pinched my hand ...it goes in the trash !!
The Vidalia wins simply because it’s larger and it doesn’t pinch your hand like the NutriChoper!
These gadgets waste your time and money. Buy a good 8" chef knife, a good paring knife and a cutting board. They'll do anything these gadgets can, plus more. They take up less room, work faster and are easier to clean and sharpen.
Deduct 1 point for each pinched finger!
As someone who makes pickled carrot sticks i need one of those. I love dill pickled carrots so much i probably lost 20 years off my life haha!
I use this high tech gadget called a knife to chop food.
Kowboy USA you should do a review on this “Knife” gadget and post it.
I USE MY TEETH ..
Hey, that gadget was featured in this video, it was needed to make one of them work
DUDE! That is awesome! Where can I get one of those? Do they sell them on eBay? :-D
Me too! I thought I was the only one as it is so cutting edge and recent gadget!
Major negative points: the NutriChopper PINCHES you! I don't want to be pinched every time! I facepalmed super hard when it came time for the apple. 😂
"Smooth as Silk!" Lmfao while he has veins popping out of his forehead and neck hahahahaha to funny
Try cutting The 🍅 în half on The vidalia as well.
I cut tomatoes all of the time on my Vidalia and it works great. But you do need to cut it in half first.
Exactly.
Sometimes I’m so annoyed at his lack of common sense. I know I’m might be clueless on some things too. But sometimes he surprises me.
"OW! I pinched my hand again!" = Your NutriChopper experience. 😂
Nice job showcasing the strengths and weaknesses of each product, gotta love these comparison videos!
For a few bucks pick up the apple cutter. Heck, a $1 at the Dollar Store. Could do potatoes too.
I really feel like you need to review kitchen gadgets while standing up.
You looked so frustrated doing this when the eggs when you took the chopper off the storing cube. Thank you for doing all of these reviews for us.
I love Callback Items you bust out of the graveyard to implement into new reviews! #potatopeeler
Rub A Way!
@@Magnanimous17 haha that thing was garbage
Nice review but I will just use a knife or mandolin
Doesn't it make it harder to play with all those fruit and vegetable juices on it?
Wendell Sawyer it does but she hates playing the mandolin hungry 😋.
Oops haha left off the'e'. It's mandoline. For slicing.
I love mandolines but I'm always scared to cut the tips of my fingers off, and I've yet to see a handguard design that works well.
@@akashic7348 In one of the later Good Eats episodes (original series) Alton Brown recommend using one of those fish cleaning/filleting cut resistant gloves to protect your hand when using a mandolin.
I actually use the vidalia all the time. Had one break after nearly 10 years of use and bought another. That's how much I like it.
I love the Vidalia chop. I don’t have to irritate my eyes chopping onions.
For the life of me I cannot understand why they continue to make these gadgets so small. The bowls are small, the blades are small and in most cases completely useless.
James, I really like your reviews but with that shirt it looks like you're doing this one from prison.
RUclips needs emojis for comments like this.
I always thought "dicing" meant cutting into cubes.Those are sticks or something.
Not to be a nitpicky, but I don't think you're "dicing" anything with either of those contraptions. Maybe if you sliced them up horizontally before you put them through, but I have a feeling that would send produce flying. If anything, the "dicing" is more julienning. Those "potato wedges" would make for great french fries!
you're right. Items that have been diced would be small cubes
I feel like the second you have to take a knife out is when a gadget for chopping stuff fails.
to the comments: a knife is fine except when you have to finely dice 5 onions, that vadalia actually comes in real handy. you just have to cut the onion in half or thirds and it dices right up. love it.
I've always loved your food gadget reviews. Keep it up!
James you have way more patience than me! One bad pinch and I would of toss that POS food slicer in the trash after throwing it on the ground. Great review as usual 👍
Love your videos! Thank you for being so thorough!
You should compare the NutriChopper to the newer Vidalia+, to which you referred at the end of the video.
13:18 was like an infomercial in and of itself. LOL
"OH NOOO!"
I made my own that actually works up to the size of an average cantaloupe, It takes very little effort and no need for a knife except for certain things. A cucumber? No problem... Place it on the cutting "board" and slide the end cutters to cut the ends off and slice or dice length-wise or width-wise (like for a salad).
Maybe I should sell it, but I don't want the quality reduced so it fits into a $9.99 or $19.99 "As shown on TV" type of format.
I've used the Vidalia chopper for years! I love it. One of the things it tells you is to put the cut side down. I always cut my onions in half and put the cut side down and it works like a charm!
I've never sat down and used it and another thing, I don't press down, I sort of slap it and it works perfectly and has for years.
I use the vidalia every time I make pico de gallo and it works really well. I didn't know there was a later version so I'll have to look into that. It does work with tomatoes you just have to cut them in half or otherwise have it so the skin is against the top and the cut part is against the blades or if you slice it then it doesn't matter because basically you just need the soft part against the blades. But I use it for all of that from the tomatoes to the peppers to the onions and I have tried with cilantro but it doesn't work super well. The only problems I really have with the vidalia is that it will occasionally catch against the top like happened in this video and you have to kind of jiggle it to get it to release and cleaning the little block area can be kind of annoying sometimes however you can put the entire thing in the dishwasher which is freaking awesome. Or at least I do and I'm lazy and I put them on the bottom rack so it's pretty versatile and it holds up to a lot of crap. The Nutri Chopper just looks extremely annoying to me because of the small capacity and the fact that you have to put so much effort in your hands and wrists whereas with the vidalia you can just lean your entire body on it
I really love your reviews and I try a lot of the stuff that you gave a good review too.
I absolutely LOVE your videos! Even if it's a product I'm not interested in, you bring a smile to my day. You know what I learned from watching this video? I learned that I'm going to stick to my large and unbelievably sharp chef's knife when cutting ALL vegetables! lol
Your videos are so entertaining and informational so I know what to buy and what not to you have saved me multiple times!!! For that I say Thank you
You did a great review!! I just purchased the VCW on 10/22/19 at Bed Bath and Beyond and paid $19.99. I LOVE IT!!! The dicing blade is wonderful. The only thing is that it can be a bit noisy, but I can live with that because it works so well. Go with the VCW IMO.
I always like your reviews!
At first I liked the Vidalia... But I think they're both pretty useless.
Thanks so much for these reviews and comparisons. I almost got the Nutri Chopper before watching this. I decided to get neither and go with the OXO Good Grips Vegetable Chopper.
Another great video from freakin reviews.
By the time you've used them and washed them up you may aswell have just used a cutting board and a sharp knife.
Not if you're doing large quantities. That's when I break out my Vidalia chopper and it cranks out very quickly. For dicing one tomato I just use my chef knife.
This review was pretty bad because he didn't know how to properly use the Vidalia chopper and it's not even designed to slice. In the future I'd get the newer Vidalia Chopper - Pro Max because it's also much faster to clean and it even has a slicing blade.
@@RogerHaeske Exactly. As its name implies, the Vidalia is what I use for onions 90% of the time. If you place food skin/tough side up, it works great, and it's incredibly fast on large quantities. They're not that hard to wash, either. If you put the blade unit in water immediately after using it, stuff won't get stuck to the blades. Then, you just hit it with the sink sprayer.
James you made me laugh so hard at the end 😂 I love 😂😂
I have the vidalia chopper and I love it. I use mine for dicing. I do not use it as an everyday gadget, but for large scale cooking, canning and for precise dicing . It works best when using slices . I'm very slow at dicing things up so this totally speeds things up for me. I prep everything into slices, then go to town! You were very gentle with your chopper, I toss my item in and slam the lid down, chuck in the next rinse and repeat, a huge pile is done in no time. I use it most for tomatoes , onions , celery, cukes and peppers.
I use my Vidalia Chopper all the time. I cut slices (with a knife) the thickness of the cubes in the grid - thicker for the large grid, and thinner for the small. I cut onions, potatoes, green peppers, carrots, avocados. Because I regularly cook for very large groups of people (casseroles for several hundred) I save tons of time and effort, and get perfectly diced vegetables every time. Also, chopping slices reduces the effort to what an old lady like me can comfortably do.
I had to use headphones because of the grunting James was doing 😂
Another enjoyable video. Although, you didn't even talk about one of the features of the Vidalia, which was one of the selling features for me when I bought one years ago, and that's the container. I can chop a lot of different food with that and store it in the container part. Or, I can carry it to a pan without getting my counters dirty. With the Nutrichopper, not only do you have to cut your food small before slicing/dicing, it looks like you can't store a whole lot (although it does have a seal tight lid which the Vidalia doesn't). Also, like others have said, you need to cut the tomato in half to get a better comparison. Other than that, keep up the great work, I've been enjoying your vids for a couple years.
I've had the Vidalia for years and wouldn't do without it. Love it for everything, including canning. Fabulous tool. You do need to do some slicing on some veg, like if you want to dice tomatoes for tacos and such. But if you slice the larger veggies it is easier to push down and does an amazing job.
I feel for the tomato you put it too close to the right edge rather than centering it. I’d still use a regular knife that I can pick up for four cents though lol
Great review. The downfall of many of the chopping/slicing units is the amount of pre-cutting required to make the vegetables to fit the units. I recently found one on QVC called the Genius 12-Cup Chopper w/5 Blades and Glass Baker w/Storage Lid. The cutting area is 4" x 4 1/2", so it handles most items with very little prep cutting. I find myself using it often as I had a bad arthritic attack on my right arm that left me with less than half the strength I would normally have (slowly recuperating), as it doesn't require a lot of effort to press. There are a glutton of units available from many sources with varied cutting blades for different shapes and sizes. The Genius line alone has probably had ten or more variations on the unit in different sizes and blade assortments. The one I bought though has been the largest I've seen to date. Though if you are looking for something to dice only, look for an old fashioned potato fry cutter. Not so great for soft veggies, but it will have the best leverage for cutting fries than most any other unit.
I have no use for either of these items but I watched the video all the way through because you make the demos so interesting. Thanks, James.
I've never bought anything he's reviewed lol
We bought one of those Vadalia choppers years ago and still use it from time to time. Its great for a lot of things especially tomatoes... remember it says to cut a flat bottom? Makes the Vidalia work much better
Luv ur vids! The Kitchen Magician. Yep, I remember that one, too.
I love these! I've had a few of these types of choppers, (the ones you press down on), going back to my first one the "Nicer Dicer"! I only use them if I'm going to be doing a lot of chopping. (I have a few recipes where it saves me a TON of time)! I'm not sure if they still make it but, the original "Nicer Dicer" I still have, still use & is the best made one! In my opinion. If you can find one, GET IT!!!👍
The Rotato! My friend just gave me one; it's so entertaining!
Nice comparison video
Great job again! Tyfs!
Excellent honest review
you do great work ! thanks
I'd love a product review of the newer Vidalia to see if it's worth the money. I have a slap chopper and still use it but won't mind an upgrade to a quieter gadget. Thanks for this comparison video!
Just what I needed! Thanks for dicing, slicing, and getting pinched so we dont have to. Because of your vid, I know that my weak hands can't work with these choppers. THANK YOU
Your such my HERO !
You show me the "best" of items (I DIDNT EVEN KNOW I NEEDED) !!!
This guy is hilarious. Had so many laughs at his grimaces. Loved this review.
My Vidalia chopper broke the first time I used it trying to chopping onion. The plastic by the heater seems to be the problem. It doesn’t look like any of these save all that much time because of cleanup anyway
I was wondering about the Nutrichopper. Thanks for the video.
I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL!VERY INFORMATIVE!!👍👊
I love my Vidalia chopper and have used it for three years. I do sub cut my veggies and it is wonderful for mass production when making salsa or prep for an entire week of ingredients. I never use it for cheese, but those veggies are cut in minutes.
I have the Vidalia chopper & I use it to dice a whole onion or a whole bell pepper then I put them in freezer bags so whenever I need some diced onions or peppers for a recipe, it’s all ready to go. There are just 2 in my household so when I get an onion or pepper I never use the entire vegetable & would end up throwing it out because they go bad. Using this has saved me in that respect so I don’t always have to keep buying a whole onion when I only need 1/3 or 1/2 onion. $ saver for me. Also, I do have arthritis in my hands so it has also been helpful that way.
we use the nutrichopper all the time and havent ever pinched ourselves or had to use much pressure maybe the one you got had dud blades?
I can think of a couple of gadgets that would do everything these claim quicker and easier. A Mandolin, and a food processor with slicer attachments.
Or a knife.
I agree. A chef knife, paring knife and a cutting board can do anything these gadgets can do. plus the knives and board are multi-purpose and use less room.
Also, eventually the blades on these items are going to become dull. How will you sharpen them? Buy a few good knives and they'll last for many years.
You mean mandoline? Otherwise you're using a stringed musical instrument
@@jamesTBurke Thank you! If people would just properly pronounce on "MAN-do-lin" and the other "MAN-do-leen," there might be less confusion.
@@laurahubbard6906 honestly I've never heard of a mandoline before the comments here
@@jamesTBurke Sorry about the missing "E". Interestingly, I own both. The food slicer and a bowl back mandolin from approximately 1915.
Hey James, would you be able to review the EZ Twist grater? Found it when I googled that Kitchen Magician you mentioned your father had
The Vidala could chop all the ingredients in one container. And you don't pinch your hand unless you wrap your fingers over the edge. If I have to cut it up that much to get it in the chopper, then cutting it the rest of the way would be faster.
Did those blood blisters heal up ok? Thank you for the warning on these gems. Take care
Lol!! Smooth as silk! Just came right out. -- i was lmao when u said that
I laughed out loud when you said, “I pinched my hand again”.
My Vidalia chopper also has a slicer and two sizes of grater, as well as a thingy you use to hold the veggie you’re slicing so you don’t slice your fingers (and you really, really need to use that-as I learned the hard way). Anyway, I highly recommend it. My only grumble is it is kind of a pain to clean that top thing-veggie pieces get way up in there and do not want to come out, even with the claw.
I love watching your reviews. My favorite part. realizing how easy it is to do all of these things using every day objects. Do I need any of these choppers… no personally I’ll keep using a knife. But then I don’t chop that much.
How do u get more blades for the big vegetable chopper
Me. A minimalist. Also me. Watches James with ridiculous but thorough, wholesome reviews.
hi james can you try any multi purpose cleaner for car?,tnx for the reviews keep it up
I have a chopper that is just a ring with blades used on any flat surface by pushing down over the food. It is 4" round which is great for most things. It can slice, chop, dice, and wedge. It also has a wedge blade with core circle that works ok. The food doesn't need to be flat and there is no pushing die to clean. It's not perfect but better and much simpler than most of the other gadgets I've thrown away..
I still have the Vidalia chopper, after a decade. I lost the little cleaning comb (I use a toothpick now, just don't let the stuff dry on), however the thing is still as sharp as brand new.
You ought to get a gig on SNL as the Fail With Gadgets dude. Most people cook, all people eat and you are incredibly humorous with your narratives.
RememberJohn Belushi doing the Samuri Sanwich Maker? You could be the new Balushi without the sword!
You have helped me so much with this. I wanted a gadget to slice mushrooms and most of the little slicers bend the very first use and are impossible to clean. That would be my slicing and wedging gadget and the other for dicing. I end buying pre-sliced vegetables and they cost more and go bad faster.
Nice review! I can see both of them making their way to the bone yard shelf! JUNK!
I've been looking to purchase a new vegetable chopper. Your video could not have come at a better time. Thank You.
Those levered choppers like the vidalia chopper always want to squeeze the veggies, pushing them sideways instead of down. I threw mine away.
Brand new subscriber just wanted to ask you do they have anything electric that can do this Work for you because I have carpal tunnel and there's no way I could squeeze those things. I'm looking for a way to do the work that my hands don't have to. Maybe Something electrical that can dice and chop so you don't have to. A machine where you just put the vegetable in there and press a button and it does the work for you.Thats what I'm looking for. Would love it if you could review something like that !!!!
Thumbs up for reading instructions on a product you are reviewing.
I've got the vidalia, don't use it too often because it's kind of hard to clean, but it can save time and effort when you need to dice a lot. Tomatoes aren't usually a problem if you halve them first, although some squishing is to be expected (not as bad as yours, however). Also, the less tall you can make the food, the less force it'll take to get it though the blades.
Any chance you would compare oil deep fryers? I can't find an independent decent comparisons !!!
There is a million and one different of the box/lever style ranging from $15 Chinese knockoffs to $60+, I have bought a super cheap one that worked for roughly a year before one of the blades broke when making homemade fries. Some have 3 blades some have 22 blades. I would be interested what the best price for value some of those have for when I need a replacement. Though one thing I would do different is use them all for a week BEFORE doing the review since all blades start off nice and sharp, but after a few uses is when you can see if they stay sharp or not.
I laughed so hard!!! Thanks
The tomato bit you should've used a flat surface for the tomato (cut in half). Fantastic review, it was a pleasure to watch.
I have a device similar to the vidalia , BUT has interchangeable blade from dicing to chopping, to slicing, to a maddolin. The small dice cuts an onion into perfect for hot dogs pieces with very little effort. Deep container with lid + 7 blades was $17.99 on Amazon.
James, I bought the Vidalia chopper back when it came out in 2006...I loved it and used it for years until I broke the hinge. Most fruits and veggies require you to cut them in halves, thirds, or quarters...including the small dicing option. Lastly, I never once pinched myself using the vidalia chopper. Love your videos.👍👍Born and raised in Ames/Boone, Iowa, but consider Alaska to be my home. #Iowegians
Omg I kept saying “watch your fingers” while chopping the apples. Thanks for the informative videos.
I think I prefer a knife to the obvious hell these gadgets put you through to slice or dice. Both look like bears to clean up after use. BTW, I never saw anyone cut cucumbers that way (longwise)!
I agree. And eventually the blades on these gadgets are going to dull. How will you sharpen them? These items are produced for people that have more money than common sense.
I know my comment is super late but after watching your review today I have to say that my Mom loves her vidalia style chopper. She has arthritis in her hands and still loves using it for onions especially. I think part of the issue you may have been dealing with is not having enough leverage when using it sitting down. My Mom is a petite lady at 5'1" and uses it without a problem. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm picking on you. LOL! I'm not trying to. Maybe it's just the brand that's not as good as the one my Mom has.
I have had several different food choppers but my all time favorite is the Vidalia Onion Chopper. I've had three: I gave away two as gifts and went and got another one. Love it.
I have the vidalia chopper, I use it often. I love it, it's a great help in the kitchen.
Considering how much force you had to use, and being pinched by the one, would you recommend either one to an elderly lady?
I have that old chopper. Never found anything that can beat it in years. Mine was even older than yours though. Mine only came with a single tray.
Skips ad,watches long ad lol great vid👍
I was just given the the good vid chop wizard and unbelievable that you can now get a slicer for it off Amazon 9.99 and eBay for 16.99 ! I just ordered the slicer from Amazon and I will let everyone know how it works out 👍 update , The Blade that I spoke about comes with a updated unit , however the blades are interchangeable listed on Amazon This item:Vidalia Chop Wizard Pro Max$24.95
I really feel like you should stand to simulate what you'd be doing in a kitchen. It'd be better leverage