Weston 4 Piece Accessory Kit for Tomato Press and Sauce Maker ,Silver

I think the title of my review just about says it all, but I'm happy to give some specifics. I purchased the Roma Food Strainer after reading reviews, good and bad. It appeared to be exactly what I needed, as I've spent the last 25 years processing several hundred pounds of tomatoes annually, using the long, hot method of blanching, ice bathing, peeling, and milling my San Marzano beauties. Of course, everyone who has ever canned during the summer knows that it's always the hottest days of the year when your crops ripen, and boiling pots of water are the last thing you want to be slaving over. The Roma strainer completely eliminates that step, and I couldn't be more thrilled. From garden to sink for a quick wash, an easy slice down the middle of each tomato just to make sure there are no bad spots inside; then, into the hopper, processed through, and voilà! Ready for canning or cooking! Now, onto the strainer itself. My biggest concern when purchasing were the comments made about the loss of suction on the base. I have used the mill for over a week now, and removed it from my counter top (granite), and reattached at least a dozen times. I've knocked on wood as many times, in hope that it will continue to function, and so far, so good. Houston, we have suction! The mill assembles and disassembles easily, and is easy enough to clean. The only negative that I can find, and it's easily overcome, is the quality/durability of the plastic cup that attaches to the end of the strainer assembly. I'm worried that with repeated removal and reattachment that it might eventually crack, so I've opted to leave it on permanently. A couple of tips worth re-mentioning: As others have said, run your skins back through the mill one or two times. Quick and easy. You'll be glad you did. Also, don't try to push too much through at once. This is a great product, but it's certainly not industrial.

I got this gizmo because my garden produces tons of tomatoes and I wanted an easy way to strain them for making my own sauces, soups, and etc. This Weston strainer works perfectly for as advertised for the job. You drop chunks of tomatoes into the top, turn the handle, and the sauce/juice comes out in the chute on the side while the skin and other bulk gets pushed out of the waste funnel at the end. The tomato liquid you get is clean and free of debris but it isn't thin or runny like water or pure juice. It has enough texture or consistency to be considered almost a sauce even before you start cooking and reducing it. This device does exactly what I hoped it would do. I also like how easy it is to crank the handle, even with my old and arthritic hands. Very little force is required to drive it, and I can run 100 tomatoes through it at a time with no difficulty. I do have some critical observations, but since this thing works so well for such a reasonable price these are just observations only and not criticisms. The assembly instructions could be improved. Although it is written in good English - is NOT some poor translation from Chinese - the instructions need a bit more detail and better illustrations showing how to put the thing together. I say this being someone who can build a working laser printer entirely from scratch given the service manual and all the individual parts. Putting this tomato strainer together required studying the picture of the assembled product on the cover as much as the written instructions and parts diagrams. Once you figure it out the first time, though, you should have no problems taking it apart for cleaning it after use and then putting it back together again. It's not at all complicated, but better instructions would make it even easier the first time.. My other observation is that the plastic clips in the end of the waste funnel, which snap onto the screen to hold it in place, seem adequate when new out of the box, but being plastic, and having to detach and then reattach it for cleaning after every use, I suspect that this may be the weak link that will eventually break in this otherwise fairly sturdy and robust machine. If it does break, I will update this review to say how long it lasted. All in all, I think this is a great product for its price, easy to use, and works exactly as advertised and hoped for.

This is an excellent machine for the money. I have put 1 1/2 bushels of tomatoes , 1/2 bushel of apples and 1 bushel of grapes through so far with excellent results. Cooked food goes through easier than raw, but the raw tomatoes were no problem with the extra supplied clamp. The suction cup is very effective but needs a bit of help with the raw food. As others have mentioned the tomatoes benefit by putting them through three times but each time the squeezings are reduced by 80% or so and its a small thing to put them through again. I bought the extra screens to have the one for chunky salsa and it worked very well but you do get seeds and a few bits of skin in the puree because the holes in the screen are big.

good bit of kitchen kit, It does all the work when making Red Pepper and Tomato soup.The only minor downside is the amount you have to scrape out at the end as it leaves a fair bit trapped.Apart from that it really is great

No me llego el kit de 4 accesorios que Venía incluido en mi compra y solo me regresaron $40.84 pesos, no estoy de acuerdo porque pague 1,997.00 por la máquina y por el kit.

Researched this product before purchase and it comes as advertised, meeting my high expectations. Would recommend without hesitation.

I said I would be back! After 2 horrible reviews of a similar Italian product I bought this machine. Yes it’s 3x more expensive but it is incredible! I am in the process of making tomato sugo right now and had to stop to write this review immediately 🤣 Just a quick note, when you receive the product and open the box it really smells of factory/new. It’s the rubber suction cup bottom and nothing that a quick wash can’t fix. I think if you store it in the box you will have this smell for a while but that doesn’t bother me.