Does anyone here own a juicer?

[Mizzougrad96]

We're in the market to get one for the purposes of getting more vegetables and fruit into our daily diet and for the kids, who have to be tricked into eating anything other than a carrot or maybe a green pepper.

We've already taken to sneaking sweet potato into their foods, but we thought a juicer might be the better way to go.

I was wondering if anyone had one or used one regularly and had a recommendation. We bought a cheap one a few weeks ago, but it couldn't do anything and had to be cleaned way too often...

Anyone?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Don't own one. But eat more veggies than anyone I know.

Whenever I hear the word juicer, I think of Jack LaLanne.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Don't own one. But eat more veggies than anyone I know.

Whenever I hear the word juicer, I think of Jack LaLanne.

That's the one we're looking at.

 

[Boom_70]

Roger Clemens could never get me out.

 

[93Devil]

The police seem to own Manny right now.

 

[JackReacher]

Don't own one. But eat more veggies than anyone I know.

Whenever I hear the word juicer, I think of Jack LaLanne.

That's the one we're looking at.

That's the best one.

 

[Azrael]

This is the Best Buy recommendation from Consumer Reports.

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-67650-Mouth-Extractor/dp/B000FHQJ6C

Works great; huge money saver over comparable technology; offers a really low buy-in to figure out if you like juicing.

Juicing can be pretty expensive and labor intensive. Start here and work your way up.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

This is the Best Buy recommendation from Consumer Reports.

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-67650-Mouth-Extractor/dp/B000FHQJ6C

Works great; huge money saver over comparable technology; offers a really low buy-in to figure out if you like juicing.

Juicing can be pretty expensive and labor intensive. Start here and work your way up.

That one looks pretty good... I need to go look at the Jack Lalanne. I really like the idea of being able to drop a full apple in, core and all and just have it juiced in seconds...

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

This is the Best Buy recommendation from Consumer Reports.

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-67650-Mouth-Extractor/dp/B000FHQJ6C

Works great; huge money saver over comparable technology; offers a really low buy-in to figure out if you like juicing.

Juicing can be pretty expensive and labor intensive. Start here and work your way up.

That one looks pretty good... I need to go look at the Jack Lalanne. I really like the idea of being able to drop a full apple in, core and all and just have it juiced in seconds...

I was given an older model for helping a guy move out of his apartment. It was cool at first and there are literally endless juice combinations you can make, but the machine was bulky, noisy as hell and was a pain to clean. I ended up donating it after a few months. I am sure the newer models are maybe a bit more compact and quieter.

It seems like a good idea, but just make sure you are going to use it before spending a lot of $$$.

 

[93Devil]

Different than the juicer, but I cannot tell you how much I love my pineapple slicer from Pampered Chef.

For $3 to $4 and two minutes I have a bowl of fresh sliced pineapple.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Different than the juicer, but I cannot tell you how much I love my pineapple slicer from Pampered Chef.

For $3 to $4 and two minutes I have a bowl of fresh sliced pineapple.

Do they make something like that for watermelon or canteloupe?

 

[Azrael]

Section anything with hard seeds - like apples and pears. But that's true of almost all juicers. Except maybe the $1000 twin-gear macerating juicers you see in juice shops.

There's nothing this Hamilton Beach won't juice.

In the Consumer Reports test it finished second overall with 69 points. The Juiceman JM503 scored 70 points, winning the category, but retailed for $180.

The Jack Lalanne Power Juicer Pro E-1189 finished dead last of 14 machines with 46 points, and retails for $150.

 

[93Devil]

Different than the juicer, but I cannot tell you how much I love my pineapple slicer from Pampered Chef.

For $3 to $4 and two minutes I have a bowl of fresh sliced pineapple.

Do they make something like that for watermelon or canteloupe?

I do those with a knife.

It takes about 10 minutes, but we have watermelon chunks in a huge bowl in the fridge all week. I mean a huge, deep bowl. Everytime you open the fridge you have watermelon at your fingertips.

A girl I dated once also showed my that plucking the grapes off the stem after you have bought them in the store and keeping in a bowl in the fridge is well worth the time.

 

[93Devil]

Oh, and your kid will house the watermelon all week.

 

[drakescoffeecake]

my wife bought the jack lalane juicer a few years ago and we've never used it, it's still in the box. (the only time she's succumbed to an infomercial. she was pregnant and the hormones must have got to her. lalane and his wife -- "they were so cute together," she said.)

make an offer.

every so often i'll say to her, "when are you going to make me some juice?"

 

[YankeeFan]

Section anything with hard seeds - like apples and pears. But that's true of almost all juicers. Except maybe the $1000 twin-gear macerating juicers you see in juice shops.

The commercial machines are unbelievable. I've seen 'em at shows, but haven't bought one yet.

My girlfriend has recently become obsessed with all things healthy, and I've been thinking about buying one since I can get dealer pricing, and it will be easier to sell them if i have some experience with them.

This one is great: http://www.juicernet.com/pages/vitamat-power-juicer.php

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Someone told me there was one of the thousand dollar ones where you could throw an unpeeled orange in and it would just turn into perfect orange juice within seconds... I'd have to see that to believe it...

 

[YankeeFan]

Someone told me there was one of the thousand dollar ones where you could throw an unpeeled orange in and it would just turn into perfect orange juice within seconds... I'd have to see that to believe it...

A machine like this:

http://www.juicernet.com/pages/fresh-n-squeeze-citrus-juicer.php

will slice the fruit in half and then juice it. They have hoppers that you can load with fruit so you can just push a button and it will process enough oranges (or whatever) to pour one glass.

They're becoming more popular. The one place I go to for brunch has one, and I've installed espresso machines at a couple of new places that also had expensive juicers. For a restaurant to do it right, they need one for citrus, one for berries, pulp fruits & root vegetables, and one for wheat grass.

They're expensive and take up a lot of room, but you can charge a lot for the drinks.

All fruit smoothies are also trending.

These folks have four locations locally, and they have an incredible menu of fruit smoothies:

http://www.joyyee.com/drinklist-Chinatown.shtml

This is the menu for one of the joints where I just installed an espresso machine:

http://www.prasino.com/menus/prasino-menu-wickerpark.pdf

They're getting anywhere from $3.50 to $6.50 for a drink.

They're breakfast, lunch & dinner, so they can also use their fresh juices in cocktails.

 

[Azrael]

Section anything with hard seeds - like apples and pears. But that's true of almost all juicers. Except maybe the $1000 twin-gear macerating juicers you see in juice shops.

The commercial machines are unbelievable. I've seen 'em at shows, but haven't bought one yet.

My girlfriend has recently become obsessed with all things healthy, and I've been thinking about buying one since I can get dealer pricing, and it will be easier to sell them if i have some experience with them.

This one is great: http://www.juicernet.com/pages/vitamat-power-juicer.php

Yeah. Those commercial models are awe-inspiring. Here's the current object of juice lust among twin gear macerator devotees:

http://www.amazon.com/Super-Angel-Stainless-Steel-Juicer/dp/B000Y18LE2

Zoom.

There's a lot to learn about juicing all the way around; machines; fruits; vegetables; etc. - but the juicer repair business would seem like a very smart adjunct for you.

I'll say again though, the Hamilton Beach I posted upthread for $68 at Amazon is a killer deal for anyone figuring out if they want to become a juicer.

 

[Killick]

Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez jokes... but nothing on SportsJournalists.com fave John David Villareal? A shame. Provably, demonstrably a shame.