Review on 🍏 Efficiently Make Homemade Apple Sauce with Johnny Apple Sauce Maker Model 250 Food Strainer by Jennifer Davis

There are many reviews about it, mostly positive. This will be a product comparison rather than a review. After using the Norpro version (stupid) for 2 years I finally broke down and bought this one. Wow. I was about to write a review last week before even using it because it immediately screams "BEST QUALITY". Now that I've used it I'll do a product comparison. Overall: It's a no-brainer compared to the Norpro. The handle turns effortlessly, the tomatoes are easy to serve and best of all, they are MUCH easier to peel. The components are MUCH better put together than Norpro's, you can tell Victoria knows what she's doing and is doing it right; Norpro just seems to want to make terrible copies of other products to make a quick buck. Base: - Let's start from the bottom; clamp. The Norpro usually comes off the table and wobbles, while the Victorio doesn't. Last night I processed 15 gallons of tomatoes into 8 gallons of gravy and never had to fiddle with a Victorio clamp. The Norpro clamp is just a small screw with a "leg", Victoria has a well made screw with a big "leg" for compression. Victorio's "leg" slides over a die-cast aluminum base to keep it from wobbling. Also, the "legs" that touch the tabletop are much better designed. Not only are they larger than the Norpro, they have proper gussets so they don't bend/bend/break as easily; that means more stability. Height: I haven't measured my Norpro, but judging by the size of the bowl that fits under the slide, the Victorio sits taller. Waste management at Norpro was a constant challenge. Waste disposal on Victorio was a set-and-forget business; I put the bowl down and didn't touch it until I was done with the sauce. Axle Hub: Due to Norpro's poor design, the axle "floats" in the bronze hub as the worm pushes the axle back and forth. moves with him. Combine that with some crappy chrome plating on the axle and you have a scratched bronze bushing. A scratched bronze bushing means you get a cut o-ring, and a cut o-ring means you get a continuous flow of juice from the axle. Victorio is MUCH better designed. The worm floats on the axle and the axle is fixed in a nylon bushing. That means the o-ring isn't cut (it still leaked a bit, but not as badly as the Norpro). A solid axle with a nylon bushing is MUCH more reliable, you can tell. Auger/Gritot: - The auger and screen are also much better designed. On the Norpro, the taper of the auger is the same as the taper of the sieve, which means not only is it a lot harder to feed the tomatoes because they immediately shrink down to the first inch or so of the auger, but it is that, too a "blocking" of the auger is possible. into the screen. In this case you will have to disassemble and knock it out. The Victorio auger has a smaller taper than the sieve, which means the tomatoes will gradually shrink and it will be much more difficult to "lock up" the auger. All of this was very noticeable when using the saucer. The crank turned MUCH easier than the Norpro and I think a lot of that was due to the more efficient auger/screen design. The snail itself has an interesting property that Norpro does not have; It has cut notches in the first few spirals to help soak and grab the tomatoes and pull them into the auger. This is very helpful. With the Norpro I had to dice the tomatoes so they were easy to feed and didn't explode and spit out juice again. With Victorio you can leave your little tomatoes whole and the "nicks" will tear them apart and pull them into the auger. Screen. WOW! First, it's stainless steel (compared to Norpro's chrome steel), but that doesn't impress me. The Victorio mesh is MUCH easier to clean than the Norpro. The Norpro screen has a twisted and flattened seam, which means you get 4 layers of screen material per seam, and the inner layers are filled with cellulose that cannot be cleaned. Victorio is a lap welded and lap welded screen, meaning there are only two layers of screen material (MUCH easier to clean). The mounting flange is also much better. The area where the screen attaches to the Norpro flange can become clogged with cellulose, which in turn is difficult to clean. The same area is much smoother/flatter on the Victorio and the pulp doesn't get caught behind the sieve. Sieve: Norpro doesn't even have that. Viktorio does. The Norpro would always have an issue with litter (seeds/skins) falling off and landing on the sauce shield/chute (they go into the sauce if you don't catch them fast enough. Not only that, you could just fit a small bowl under the plunger so it had to be constantly dumped/moved to keep it from overflowing The waste chute on the Victorio made my life easier; combined with the slightly higher base and chute I was able to end up attaching a large bowl and not having to carry it fumbling around with the waste until I was completely done.- Gravy Dish: Looks the same but it's not a Norpro Gravy Dish is a fixed position, you can't change the angle it can be "Victorio" rotated at will Gravy directly put in the 5 gallon bucket Also, I found that due to the more efficient auger, the sauce often wanted to squirt out of the strainer when I was (before the holes started filling up with threads to fill and pieces). I tipped the choo sauce straight down which kept the sauce from splattering all over the place. More details: - Funnel: Not much to say about this, the design is about the same as Norpro with the only difference being that the Norpro funnel is cheap and thin, Victorio is not thin - Plunger: Not much difference, except the Victorio is a little more durable - Crank: The Norpro crank has a nut that holds it in place while the Victorio doesn't. Sounds like an argument for Norpro, but it's not. I didn't have any problems with the crank on the Victorio, it goes into the axle and that's it. The nut on the norpro was always dangling causing the handle to dangle and wobble. Overall I'm impressed. I think this sauce maker is a great purchase. Not only is it cheaper (Amazon price for Victorio compared to local price for Norpro), but it is of better quality, with better design and saves you time. Don't waste your money on Norpro junk, just buy the original from the start.