Fruit and Apple Crusher - 1100W. Whole Apple Pear Potato Grinder. Make Fine Pulp. Stainless Steel Fruit Scratter Pulper for Juice Wine Cider Press

This grinder easily turned even very large and hard apples into pomace very quickly with moderate power use. We wanted a fast, easy-to-clean, durable grinder that would create pomace with mixed particle sizes that were not excessively small to facilitate cider pressing. We have had grinders that made larger pieces that didn't extract as much juice, and we have had grinders that turned the pomace into applesause that squirted applesauce all over the kitchen when we tried to press the juice out of the pomace. This was the "Goldilocks" solution in that everything was "just right". We added a 1/2" by 3/8" stainless steel shim, about 0.030" thick, between the central motor sharft and the grinding plate, lower cutting blade, and upper cutting blade. This made for a more snug fit between the parts and will probably improve the longevity of the unit. We notified the company of this issue. Also, the shipper manage to dump the shipping box upside-down at some point and the upper cutting blade was broken. We notified the company and had a replacement part in 5 days. The unit is very easy to clean. We just put a 6-by-6 wooden block under the motor to hold it up, then remove the 4 motor mounting nuts, pulling the netire tube and motor cover off in one piece for any easy rinse-through. We then tilt the motor assembly toward its "spout" side and run water over it, patting it dry with a towl when done. We are VERY satisfied.

It is a great little machine but not the easiest to clean. I have to stick my hands in there to find all the apples stuck. (Of course, unplug the machine while you are doing this.) I have small hands. You might need a flexible brush to get in there. Apple chunks get stuck in the hidden sections of the machine. Also, there will be a lot of apples stuck on the front underside plate. Be sure to scrap that off so you get all your apples.Start the machine again a couple of days later since you will still miss apple pieces and you don't want that dried stuff in your new apple cider.

When I received my EFC-1 and unpackaged it had some minor shipping damage. The instructions for damage was to contact the manufacturer. After reaching out the manufacturer informed me that it was AMAZONS problem with the shipping damage. So I called AMAZON and they wanted me to ship it back for A refund and then repurchase. I tried to explain to the customer service rep that it was only cosmetic damage and if AMAZON could just send me the parts which I would install myself. AMAZON informed me that they could not send the parts being that the EFC-1 was A 3rd party purchase. So instead of shipping back to AMAZON I contacted the manufacturer A second time, I explained and sent pictures of the damaged parts and they are shipping me the replacement parts that should have been the responsibility of AMAZON.This Company is A standup Company by doing their part in reducing our carbon foot print..... Doing what AMAZON should have done in the first place.

Need better instructions besides clean after use

It was boxed with extra strong cardboard and re enforced with wood where needed and pieces wrapped to keep safe. Arrived perfect and well built. All the problems others complained about in similar systems were taken care of in this model. No leaking and baffles to aid in feeding the apples without clogging. The blades are incredibly strong. Very beefy machine. I have been using a 1 horse Wasteking disposal grinder following with the Whizbang press and it's wonderful and so easy to clean but grinding the apples with this was so fast!!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! Just dropping the clean apples in was a blessing. Says it's all stainless so I would imagine it will last for many many years. It's a beast!!! I did get a Spacecare dolly from Amazon which is working great to wheel it around...has locking wheels. Love it. Fun!

I use this outside on the deck and then take the top tube off and use a pressure washer to wash the entire thing down. I wouldn't use inside - easy to get splatters.

We recently purchased a property that had lots of apple trees. We purchased this product to help with putting all of those apple to good use. This crusher works great!! It is heavy duty and solidly constructed. We had our apples crushed in no time!

This thing rocks. We've put hundreds of lbs of Apples, made 40 gallons of hard cider, so much better than what we were using. We did have an issue with one of the blades when we crushed some Bosc pears, very hard, but emailed the manufacturer, they immediately sent a new set. Great customer service. Just today I did over 40gallons of apples, resulting in 15 gallons of nice clear juice. Awesome product!