New Star Foodservice 42566 3-Piece Stainless Steel China Cap Strainer Set

I used this for the 1st time this weekend processing 25 lbs of raspberries into preserves. It is AMAZING!!! We have a small farm and process fruit not suitable for retail sales into preserves. I had been processing raspberries in the past caveman style with a strainer and tablespoon, which about killed my arms after hours of crushing, never mind trying to balance the bowl and strainer during the process. By comparison, this sits soundly on your work surface, and will support a bowl up to 7" in diameter (no bigger). A smaller bowl is okay because the juice will stick to the side of the unit and drip from the very bottom. So while it may sound counter intuitive, even a 3-4" bowl will be fine. The wooden pestle is perfectly matched to the unit so you can effortlessly crush whatever you're processing with a simple rotary motion. I thought this unit might present problems based on some of the other reviews, but it is sturdy and easy to use. The only possible negative is that the wooden pestle picked up some of the raspberry juice at the tip where the coating either wore off or wasn't present to begin with, so it stained red, but that was it for my complaint list. Anecdotally, to keep the seed count down in the preserves, I crushed half the raspberries for juice and ended up with almost 5 pounds of seeds (out of 12.5 pounds of fruit). Wow! If you're going to process raspberries, you definitely want to have this on your side. Looking forward to trying this for grape jelly processing.

Works great , but a little small

It worked ok but the stand was flimsy... took on e star away for cheapaaaas stand. Thanks

I bought this specifically for making seedless blackberry jam. It worked perfectly and effortlessly for this purpose. Good quality build, it is very stable and holds quite a bit of berries at a time. I'm very happy with this purchase.

This worked so nicely for apple sauce! My mom and I had been using my grandmother's antique ricer for years. This is way easier to clean. Nice quality stainless steel.

I can’t use the pot clip because it is so tall, I don’t have a pot that deep. But the stand works great! It makes my red chile sauce a breeze!!

Purchased primarily to strain fruit & vegetable pulp. Description says "Strainer features a fine mesh", but it's neither fine nor a mesh (screen). It's sheet metal with apx 2mm holes in it.So while it seems very sturdy & would probably be a great choice for making jams or sauces, if you do need a fine mesh I wouldn't recommend this. The holes are too large to strain out pieces smaller than 1.5-2mm, but they're space rather far apart. So it simultaneously lets too much pulp through but also requires a lot of work to push it through.But again, does seem like it's pretty well made & was the most affordable option I found. Stand & solid wood pestle seemed high quality too. Just not fine or mesh.

Easy to use, easy to clean, easy to store. I used this to make concord grape jelly and it could not have been easier. Three pounds of boiling grape mush fit easily into the cone, simply move the wooden agitator stick every now and then and juice was quickly extracted. So much better than the messy cheese cloth method. I used the stand with a large measuring cup under the cone, however you could also hook the cone to a deep pot and let it drip right into it. Very versatile tool.