Comments on: Equipment Expert Lisa McManus Answers Your Questions About Juicing Equipment | Gear Heads

By: Kyle Chak

Kyle Chak — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Whoops! Link on the juicing episode led to a bread machine episode instead…

Actual link: https://youtu.be/5F-lB0R9JDA

By: Mischa Bettis

Mischa Bettis — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

**Depending on what you are juicing with the KA juicer attachment, yes, it works, BUT... (I know, lousy sentence structure but hang with me here.) ***Don't try it with celery!!!** I decided to hop on the celery juice train due to medical issues but realized my good juicer was somewhere in storage. I used my KA with the juicer attachment every day for a week until I finally gave up and am using my Vitamix Blender starting tomorrow. Here's why: The low pulp screen got so clogged up that no juice or pulp came out at all. My mixer started making enough scary noises that I thought I'd broken it. I ended up having to pull the juicer apart and manually scrape all of the soggy, pulpy mess from each part into an inside-out nut milk bag. I squeezed the mess into a juice that was, by that point a very oxidized dark green juice and fairly dry pulp. (I save the pulp and give it to a neighbor for their chickens.) On day two I tried the high pulp screen. I did get dry pulp and juice out of the appropriate openings but quickly realized that I was going to have to pour all of my "juice" through the nut milk bag again to strain all of the pulp out. I also had to clean the rest of the soggy mess out of the juicer to squeeze the remaining juice out. Again, darker green oxidized celery juice, but not as bad as day one. On day three, I tried the sauce attachment. This, in theory, should send all of the pulp and juice out together into a "celery sauce" of sorts. I figured if I was going to have to filter it all, anyway, maybe this would be faster. Wrong! I don't know how much time I spent on days one and two, but day three was almost 45 minutes. I did make a rookie mistake, though. My bunch of celery was large enough it made extra. I decided to save half for day four. Big mistake. It was incredibly bitter, dark green, oxidized, and foul-tasting, despite being in a sealed container. On day five I stuck with lemon water. Tomorrow we juice with the Vitamix and strain with the nut milk bag. Easy-peasy.

By: Mischa Bettis

Mischa Bettis — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

Also, the link for your test shows the bread machine vs dutch oven bread video

By: Dark Matter

Dark Matter — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

0:34 I don't know if this was just referring to taste, but half or more of the nutritional content from the vegetables and fruits is actually in that pulp, so this is why people want to use it. It's so incredibly wasteful to just throw out half or a majority of all of that amazing stuff you're spending all of that time and money trying to consume.

It's one of the reasons juicing is significantly inferior to a great blender.

By: Horst Tristan von Wittenbach

Horst Tristan von Wittenbach — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

Damn, I'm here for some very different "juicing gear", yo… 😅😅😅

By: Isambardify

Isambardify — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

If you're making something that will be fried like falafel or fishcakes it will be crispier with less liquid. Some root vegetable husk in the mix helps dry everything out.

By: Cj Smart

Cj Smart — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

Also, the person who asked the question about the Slow Juicer Attachment for KitchenAid Stand Mixers, as much as I would love to get more Attachments, that Slow Juicer/Saucer Attachment I would personally avoid because it requires running the machine on Speed 10 & I don’t want to wear out my Stand Mixer!

By: Wolf Cook

Wolf Cook — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

Thanks for sharing 👍 😀

By: Tom Sparks

Tom Sparks — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

I had the 5 ton horizontal Champion for years — that had a lawnmower motor. I recently bought the very expensive Nama which is now putting out other versions without the new applications being compatible on the one I JUST BOUGHT. Unhappy with them, but the original juicer is very efficient.

By: Raul McCai

Raul McCai — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:02:44 +0000

One element that should be addressed is oxygen. Does the ambient air oxidize those nutrients that the juicer is trying to obtain?