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Customer Reviews of Duke 0100 Pecan Nut Cracker/Base
Customer Rating:   Summary: Unimpressed Comment: I got the Pecan Nut Cracker because my brother has one and I like his. His is a much higher quality. Mine works, but I'm not real happy with it. The paint/varnish is bubbled and the base was scratched. I'm keeping it, only because it would cost more to send it back and ask for my money back. I really don't care for it. Customer Rating: Summary: Pass on this one Comment: I had high hopes for this, after reading the reviews here. The product was described as being mounted on the base. Mine arrived with all four mounting screws pulled out of the base--not mounted at all. Just bits of sawdust clinging to the tiny loose screws. Of course, they wouldn't stay in when I tried to replace them. Definitely made in China. Probably would work other than that. I haven't decided whether to return it or just find some larger screws and remount it. It was packed well, so the damage was likely not done during shipping. This is my first bad experience on Amazon, but I blame the seller. Customer Rating: Summary: Dangerous Design Flaw Comment: This product lasted less than 10 minutes for me. The problem is a design flaw that most people will not see until they attempt to crack smaller-sized nuts. I was cracking hickory nuts, which are smallish but not ridiculously so -- and the product failed within the first 20 nuts. The way you adjust for nut size is a threaded cylinder on the side opposite the handle. You can see it in the picture. It works fine. I do not agree with one reviewer that it is hard to adjust. Not at all -- it takes a few seconds. The problem is that it needs to be an inch longer. That threaded cylinder is so short that you almost can't adjust it close enough to the other side to handle hickory nuts. But you can -- just barely. I did. But then it was being held in by just a few threads -- which were not enough to keep it stable under the pressure of actually cracking the nuts. The cylinder slipped and became cross-threaded in its sleeve. I can't budge it now -- it might as well be welded. I will never be able to crack anything *but* a hickory nut. If it had failed just a little differently, I kind of think that I could have been harmed. It's a shame because this is a perfectly good design (although it would be nice if the whole device were a little bit bigger, a little bit beefier.) If they had made that cylinder just one inch longer this problem would be impossible. Somebody decided to save 20 cents in the cost. Very foolishly. The fact that this can happen so easily means that the people who designed and built this device did not bother to test test it as they should have. What other problems did they miss that I don't know about? You know -- nutcrackers develop a lot of force, in close proximity to people's fingers. Fingers are important. Testing your products is important. After I finish writing this review, I'm going to order a more expensive nutcracker from Lehman's. When it arrives, I will drop this one in the trash and forget it. The only thing I will keep is a little mental note of the manufacturer's name. Customer Rating: Summary: Cracks the Hardest Native Pecans Comment: Once you get the hang of it, this is the best nutcracker for cracking those hard-shelled Texas pecans. Ten times better than a hammer (what I was using before I got it), this cracker leaves the nut meat whole or in usable pieces rather than smashing it all to pulp. It takes a little practice to get it just right, but then you can really go to work on a batch of the best nuts around. I would like to have a setup so that the shells didn't fly all over, but that's really my only complaint. If you're dealing with nuts with very, very hard shells, I recommend you get one of these. It will do the job! Four stars! Customer Rating: Summary: Just like my Grandfather made Comment: Great price! Great cracker. If you have any amount of nuts to crack, you should not be without this. Of course it's much cheaper to crack your own and if you have a pecan tree, it's a must have. Shipping time was much better than other products that I bought here. More Reviews Pecan Nut Cracker On Wood Base, Precision Machined, Nickel Plated All Steel Construction, Mounted On Beautiful Hardwood Base, Easily Adjusted To Crack All Medium & Soft Shell Nuts, Lends Commercial Speed To A Formerly Tedious Job, No Tools Required For Assembly, Simply Screw The Threaded Handle Into The Nutcracker & It's Ready To Go. 
Choosing Appliance -> Cooking Pans This is another area where spending money is justified. The best pans combine different metals like aluminum or copper on the outside and stainless steel on the inside. Aluminum and copper are valued for their ability to spread heat evenly over the entire pan, and stainless steel is valued for its non-reactive qualities. Buy pans which are heavy and thick with solid handles that are well fastened to the pot. As with knives, buy the highest quality cooking pans you can afford one at a time, starting with a saute pan and a 3 qt. sauce pan. They will last forever. At some point, a stock pot (which will be especially pricey) should be considered for serious cooking. Choosing Appliance -> Plastic wrap An absolute must with a million and a half uses. But do not buy just any plastic wrap. Go to a restaurant supply store and buy a large roll of restaurant plastic wrap. It sticks much better than the common grocery store plastic wrap and is much cheaper per foot. Duke 0100 Pecan Nut Cracker/Base
Kitchen tips -> Rice cooking Add a few drops of lemon juice and a teaspoon of oil to rice when cooking. This will allow the rice to separate and not stick together after it is cooked. You can also try just adding a tablespoon of vinegar to the water to prevent rice from sticking |
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