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| Hi, I am looking at buying a tomato strainer for doing several bushels of tomatoes at a time, I am familiar with the Roma brand but I was looking for something a little heavier duty with more capacity. I found this one called a TSM #5 hand crank model, the price seems acceptable at about 150.00. I can't find any forum posts or reviews on them. If anyone has experience or has seen one in person, I would love to know what you think of them, good or bad, thanks. |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Fri, Aug 9, 13 at 13:59
| I use a Kitchaid mixer with the juicer/strainer attachments. We can do several bushel at a time, only down side is you can only put some many in the tray at a time. They have a larger food tray, but it's not that big. Heavy duty, yes if you have the larger Kitchaid mixer (higher wattage). I've used mine for several years now and each year we do up to 10 bushel per day. I don't any hand-crank version that I would attempt to use for the volume that we do. This is not peeling the tomatoes, or heating them. even faster if the tomatoes are heated, plus more juice. |
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| Is this the one you mean? Had never heard of it before and don't recall it ever being discussed here before. I couldn't find much about it online - not even any reviews - but aside from the high price when compared to the Victorio and similar higher quality models it looks ok to me. Reminds me of the old original Squeezo models some still use. Aside from the price, the advantages I'd find with the Victorio models is a bigger hopper and readily available replacement parts and accessories (other screens primarily). I wasn't able to find info on the gasketing system this one uses and that could be crucial. Not only for preventing messy leaks but replacing as that is the first thing to go on all the models. This one also appears to have a very short waste exhaust which might cause bowl placement or organization issues but you can always find away around that. No doubt the stainless steel - one place says stainless but another says cast iron epoxy coated - is better than plastic but many of the ones with some plastic parts have been working for decades too - including mine. :) JMO Dave |
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| Yes Dave that's the correct one, I was trying to figure out if it has more capacity per hour, or if anyone liked them I have the roma one with plastic pieces and its fine, but was looking for something a little faster and beefier without going to a $400 electric one. TSM makes a #5 electric that looks the same as the handcrank one minus the clamp and adding a motor, but its pretty expensive and I prefer the simple hand turn at this point. They have 2 smaller #2 and #3 in manual and electric, I was thinking if there smaller one was along the lines of the Roma size that this # 5 may have a bigger screen area, hopper size etc. giving more capacity, I haven't broken any of the plastic on the roma, but I do prefer the steel and cast, probably just out of past biased with other products. |
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| We have the big kitchenaid mixer so thanks for that option, I found that also when researching. It seems to me it could be about the same speed or a little slower than the roma but with less work, not having to crank. At this point I don't mind more turning for more product but I may change my mind in a few years. If I'm wrong on the kitchen aid let me know because I have not used one. |
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| Have you checked into the motor attachment for the Roma - depending on the model you have. Just something to consider as i have thought about adding it to my Victorio too. But honestly I prefer the end result from the hand cranking - better control and less mess - than that I can get from my powdered mixer attachment. Otherwise the TSM #5 looks good and will probably work just fine, just no actual experience with it. I'd look for a site to buy it that will accept returns if you don't like it. Dave |
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| We recently starting carrying the TSM food strainer and I will work on doing a review. They are metal strainers which have advantages over plastic. |
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- Posted by balloonflower CO 5b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 0:10
| I have one of the old Squeezos--came down from DH's grandma. We love it, though it is a pain to clean. It does look very similar to what you're looking at. The main differences I noted: the auger on the TSM sounds like it's not metal; and the picture shows a guard that covers over the back side of the filter cone. It's very hard to tell from the pics, but it looks very close to the cone, and it could be tough to scoop stuck food out of there if it gets a bit jammed. I like being able scrape the filter screen when needed, though I do admit that a guard could be nice at times. Benefits to Squeezo is the different sized cones--I do use the smaller one for berries, and we tried the larger for pumpkin this year. I like the manual crank--if something gets jammed, you can stop immediately and don't run a motor. But, I also have two toddlers for slave labor who love cranking it. I do not know how the new Squeezos compare to the old version that I have. |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 14:12
| I would love to have that 'slave labor' again to help. My grandkids don't live with us, so we get help when we do. After about 15 years using the fruit/vegetable juicer/strainer on the Kitchenaid, we had to replace the body. It had cracks for the last 4-5 years and knew we were eventually have to replace. I have one of those cranks ones, but don't use it much. I suppose it would work better than the Foley mills for grapes and such, but I don't have those screens. Plus we do TOO much at one time to hand crank, without extra help. I'll keep to the motorized ones. |
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