Kuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press, Stainless Steel, 6.5 x 1 x 1.5 inches, Silver

I’ve owned many a garlic press in my day, by far the very best I’ve ever used. Very easy to use, clean, wash. Crushes garlic with ease. Plus it’s stainless steel, no black coloration like the others.

I upgraded to this press after having a cheaper metal press for years. I never used my old press - every once in a while I'd remember I had it, drag it out and attempt to press a clove. Then I would remember why I never used it - no garlic came out the other side, and I now had a dirty, difficult to clean garlic press and no garlic to show for it. Then I would go back to chopping and mincing garlic by hand, as that was easier. I was skeptical that garlic presses could work, as mine looked similar in how it functioned to this press, so wasn't sure what could be so much better. I was also mystified by the mostly favorable, but the occasional very negative review. I went ahead and got it, and could not be happier. It presses garlic with ease, multiple cloves at a time. I have pressed cloves with the skin on, and get reasonable results, but I think you get so much more garlic when you peel them prior to pressing that it's worth it. Cleaning up is so easy. The garlic doesn't stick to the stainless steel, so it rinses clean in a matter of seconds. The press part hinges out and rinsing it under the faucet is usually sufficient to get it clean. I would say it takes one to two minutes to wash thoroughly. It feels very solid and well constructed. I've been using it for three months and am hopeful it will last a very long time. One caveat - I do have large hands for a woman and could see it would be more awkward/difficult to use if I had smaller hands. However, even then I think it would still be worth it because the garlic is so well pressed. I'd rather have to use more force a few times than try to use a less efficient press and not get as much out of the cloves, or (horror) go back to mincing by hand. The press was constructed to work when the force is applied in the right place, and I think it's possible to figure out how to do that no matter the size of your hands.

It’s a splurge, but it’s worth it. We’ve had so many garlic crushers over the years, and this one is absolutely our favorite. It’s so easy to clean and easy to use. It’s well made and feels like it will last a lifetime. The only thing that takes some getting used to is how it will swing all the way open and apart when you first open it to put garlic in, but that’s not a big deal - it’s more of a surprise. This would be a great gift for anyone who loves to cook, and a great gift for yourself if you love to cook!

I love this garlic crusher! Stainless steel, easy to clean and get the job done. Swiss made is just a bonus. Sad that it's so hard to find US made tools like this one.

This is an excellent garlic press. It makes quick work of mincing garlic and with little squeezing effort. I usually chop my garlic by hand and would only use my old garlic press if I had a large volume or was pressed for time. I find myself using this one more often because it does a better job. It requires less effort and there is less waste. With my old press I had to scrape it out between cloves or it would get jammed up. This one seems more powerful and efficient, I can process a lot of garlic and not have to scrape it out until I’m done. It says you can use unpeeled cloves but that seems weird to me so I can’t comment on how well it tackles that task. I would rate it 5 stars but it’s a little pricey and the way the basket part swings out - does make it easy to clean, but it’s a little awkward for me. Overall it’s a great press and I would buy it again.

It's a hefty tool. Very easy to mince large cloves of garlic. Very little pressure needed to mince. It looks very solid and should hold up for a very long time.

Kitchen implements are a pretty individualized thing. Every cook is different, after all, and what works for some just doesn't work for others. This isn't the most ergonomic design, and it's really built for medium-sized hands for people with a reasonable grip strength. If you have a weak grip, you're going to want something with more leverage; if you have large, meaty hands, you'll have to take care that you don't pinch part of your hand in the handle. That said, this works incredibly well for me. The leverage is right, the fulcrum is directly over the clove, I don't get caught in anything, and I can very efficiently get through a lot of cloves of garlic with this. It will take one large clove or two medium cloves easily—you don't even have to peel them, and I often don't, because it makes cleanup slightly easier—and the result is a very nicely minced/pressed garlic. It is, of course, a garlic press. There will be leakage on occasion, and occasionally bits will jet out. This is common to all garlic presses, and it's more about the nature of garlic than it is about the press itself. That said, that leakage is fairly easy to deal with (the handle opens all the way, not only lifting the grating plate but exposing everywhere any escaping garlic might be so that you can collect it all). Cleanup is relatively fun compared to other garlic presses I've owned. When you open the handle, the grating plate lifts up and is ridiculously easy to clean out, especially if you've been doing unpeeled garlic (just pull off the peel under running water, which clears most of the leftover garlic as well). A vigorous rinse under tap water will generally do the trick. With other garlic presses, it's sometimes difficult to get the bits of garlic out of the grating plate, but this one is thin enough that there's no trouble at all. If you've been unfortunate enough not to clean it out immediately after pressing garlic, letting it soak for 30 minutes will generally free up any dried-on cruft. The construction is sturdy, and it feels solid. If you have an exceptionally strong grip, you could carelessly break this, I suppose, but it seems in no danger from me. I've owned two of these, and had no troubles with either one of them.

I’ve wanted to get this garlic press for a long time but put it off because I already have a garlic press from Pampered Chef that I’ve had for over 15 years that still works perfectly fine. My PC garlic press works wonderfully at pressing out unpeeled cloves for maximum extraction. However, it’s always been so hard to press the handles together, especially on larger cloves, and my grip isn’t as good as it used to be. So I went ahead and got this, figuring it wouldn’t hurt to have a second garlic press. This thing is gorgeous! It’s clearly a high quality stainless steel right up there with my All-Clad stainless steel cookware. It’s definitely very substantial. It was very easy to press the garlic through, even the larger cloves. I was surprised at how little force was needed, and I know it says it can go into the dishwasher, with hand washing recommended, however it’s easily cleaned with a quick rinse under the sink. One caveat though, while it says no need to peel the garlic cloves, I’ve found that it yields very little minced garlic if unpeeled and it tends to all stick to the exit holes instead of dropping into my mixing bowl. Peeled garlic yields much more and it all extracts out of the exit holes like it’s supposed to. So you’re going to want to peel the garlic beforehand.