The kitchen needs a ton of all sorts of tools and appliances. Some of them work with electricity. But there are many hand-held devices that significantly speed up the work and facilitate the cooking process. These include vegetable cutters. They are produced by various enterprises. One of the most famous and high-quality is the Vegetable cutting machine Borner.
Manufacturer
The German factory Borner GmbH has been producing vegetable slicers for over 50 years. During this time, his specialists developed and created a whole collection of these devices.
In addition to vegetable cutters, the plant produces graters, vegetable peelers, knives from different types of steel (rolled and forged) and accessories for them.
The difference between graters and vegetable cutters
Graters are intended for grinding food products into an almost uniform mass. It may consist of larger or smaller particles, but it will not work to select individual pieces for processing from it.
A vegetable cutter processes vegetables and fruits into fairly large pieces of the same shape, cubes, straws, slices, pieces prepared for further processing.
Vegetable cutter on some sites is called a V-shaped grater.
Quality
Vegetable slicers are made from durable environmentally friendly plastic and stainless steel cutting parts. They do not need to be sharpened. A Borner vegetable cutter should be at least 10 years old.
Models
Borner is a vegetable cutter whose knives are designed to process three tons of products. You do not need to sharpen them.
But usually vegetable cutters of one type are not enough to grind various products. Therefore, different lines are developed:
- V3TrendLine.
- V6 ExlusivLine.
- V5 PowerLine.
Adaptations to vegetable cutters: trays for finished products, multi-boxes, spare parts.
Each of the vegetable cutter kits includes a fruit holder that helps grind products. With its help, vegetables are pressed to the plane of the knife and cut, without injuring the hands. This increases the safety of working with vegetable cutters.
A multiblock, or a block for inserts, can be included in the kit, be a gift to it, or purchased separately. It serves as a stand for the entire kit. It can be mounted on a wall or on furniture. In this case, the vegetable cutter will always be at hand.
You can buy several blocks by combining them in one set.
There is even a video with detailed instructions on how to use the device. After all, it is only at first glance so simple. But in fact, in order to fully master all its capabilities, you need to know some features.
Instruction manual
The Borner kit comes with detailed instructions. It describes how to use the vegetable slicer. There is information about additional nozzles.
At the end of the instructions there are several recipes for dishes prepared using a vegetable cutter.
Much attention is paid to safe work with the tool.
Optional accessories
- An insert of 10 mm cuts the vegetables into straws, cubes with a side of 10 mm.
- Pike perch for installation of a vegetable cutter at work. Finished products pour out into it without falling onto the table. The handle has slots so that the grater is firmly fixed in it. You can pour oil and vinegar into a pike perch and store the finished salad in it.
- The DECO vegetable cutter is similar to a grater, but wider. With it, you can make various decorations and spirals from vegetables.
- A variety of vegetables and fruits, including oranges, are peeled with a vegetable peeler. Cut out recesses of various shapes in zucchini for stuffing.
- Baby grater grater is intended for making mashed potatoes for children. But, turning it the other side, you can rub chocolate, cheese or garlic. It is made of food-grade plastic, easy to clean, and cuts products with high quality.
Vegetable cutter Prima-Plus
Vegetable cutting machine Borner V Prima has 5 components. The main knife can be removed by pressing the button on the case, and change it to one of the three inserts.
Vegetable slicer Borner Prima of this modification can perform 3 times more operations than the previous model. She has an insert.
- Flat without a knife is used for cutting vegetables with rings of different thicknesses. It can be adjusted by installing in four positions. To do this, lightly click on the insert. They return back by pressing the button on the case. It can be locked during storage of the main frame blade.
- Insert 7 mm high. She cuts vegetables into straws, cubes and figures of another shape in size 7x7 or 7x3.5.
- The 3.5 mm high insert does the same, but is twice thinner.
Vegetable slicer Borner Classic
Vegetable slicer Borner Classic consists of:
- V-shaped frame for installing inserts;
- knifeless insert;
- inserts with knives of 3.5 and 7 mm;
- fruit holder.
With its help you can:
- cut into rings any products;
- cut them lengthwise;
- shred pieces of different lengths and thicknesses;
- chop cheese and sausage;
- cut vegetables into thin and thick sticks, straws.
The length of the vegetable slicer is 34 cm, the width is 12 cm, and the thickness is 2 cm.
Borner Trend Vegetable Cutter for Korean Carrots
There are vegetable cutters for making Korean carrots among Borner products. Its body is sturdy, although made of plastic. Sharp stainless steel knives sharpened on both sides.
With its help you can get:
- thin long and short straws 1.6 mm thick;
- fine chips;
- small crumbs.
Customer reviews suggest that the straws for Korean carrots are smooth and thin. It is noted that the vegetable cutter is well washed.
When using a vegetable slicer, a fruit holder can be used.
Fruit carrier Borner
Reviews about the fruit holders are contradictory. Some really enjoy working with them. They say that this way the hands are safe.
Others say that using them is inconvenient. The teeth of the fruit holder penetrate into the vegetable, but hold it poorly. Easier to rub it by hand. A slightly better result when working with boiled vegetables.
This vegetable cutter works very quickly. The Borner kit does a good job of those operations that electrical appliances cannot do. A tray of chopped vegetables can be obtained in a minute. But there is no need to rush. After all, the blades are sharp and cut short for them.
Reviews
Particularly successful is the ability to adjust the slicing thickness that the Borner vegetable slicer offers. Reviews note that the rings and slices are neat and beautiful.
Users note that they are so used to the Borner grater that they can no longer imagine life without it.
Borner is a vegetable cutter that you need to work on. In order to fully use its potential, you need to study the instructions, watch the video. And most importantly - this is your experience, which gives skills and dexterity.
Borner - a vegetable cutter, indispensable in the summer during harvesting for the winter.
But there are not very enthusiastic reviews. Users complain that the Borner vegetable slicer can not be washed in a dishwasher. Yes, and a simple washcloth is not easy to do. Because it is all cut to shreds. But there are reviews that the vegetable cutter is also washed normally in the car.
Reviews say that the fruit bones fall between the teeth of the vegetable cutter and get stuck there. Therefore, you need to stop the work and pull them out.
Vegetables are not completely cut even when using a fruit holder. The remaining parts must be cut with a knife or discarded.
What is called cubes in advertising is actually flat rhombuses.
It is difficult to cut cheese and sausage (except dumplings). The pieces come out uneven from under the knives. This is due to the fact that the inserts for their cutting are not fixed on the frame and during operation they are loose. But she cuts vegetables well.
Users conclude that with the help of a vegetable cutter Borner it is convenient to cut:
- carrots, parsnips, beets, eggplant, ginger;
- onion for frying;
- potatoes for frying straws;
- cucumbers for salad;
- roasting vegetables;
- toppings for pies;
- oranges and lemons.
Vegetable slicer Borner serves for a long time - for 10 years or more. Sometimes you have to change the nozzle. Fortunately, they are sold separately, so you can buy extra.
But some users say that it would be better if the kit was equipped with a large number of nozzles, because buying them is not easy. But then the price of the kit will be higher.
Vegetable slicers differ in configuration and color. But their quality remains consistently high. They say that food processors can compare with this appliance. But not everyone wants to wash it for every roast. A vegetable cutter is enough just to rinse and put on the dryer.