Does this cutter do sweet potatoes adequately?
1787126
We do often do sweet potatoes, but have done them a few times and yes it does work well. I love mine so much I bought one for my brother. I'm sure you will enjoy yours.
1787127
I tried sweet potatoes and it won't cut them. They are too hard. Big disappointment since I was really wanting sweet potato fries. Someone suggested I microwave them a bit first before trying to cut them. Haven't tried it. Regular potatoes work ok.
1116403
This item is probably not the best for cutting french fries. This machine is most suited for dicing vegetables into small cubes (there are three different sizes of cube cuts available via the interchangeable blades), so it would be good for making hash browns if you didn't have a preference for the shoe string style hash browns. However, you would still have to cut the potato into smaller chunks at first though. This machine is made of plastic, so trying to dice a large potato all at once may result in the lever mechanism breaking. I have found that this machine is best at dicing vegetables with a certain consistency as well (not too gooey, otherwise chunks will not dice properly and/or will get stuck in the blades). Ideally, it would be used to dice onions, and this is primarily what I use it for.
341130
if you don't do it too long or too fast, it will work for hash brown potatoes but not for cubed potatoes. This shreds things completely if you do it too fast. I found it doesn't do tomatoes or things with the squishy inside very well.
1343532
Absolutely! Great at making thin potato slices and lots of other veggies. We use ours almost daily.
1353767
Not according to the instructions on my bag. I did not. I cook sweet potatoes because they taste better and they are much healthier for you.
654554
yes !!! Makes things so easy and sample .. I suggest to cut the potatoes in half before dicing.
261155
The cutting blades are about 3 1\4 inches square, so you can cut a pretty big potato with this unit. Overall it is a very nice heavy duty unit with four blade sizes. Keep in mind these type of slicers work great for potatoes or carrots but not really made to cut sweet potatoes. So I would say nearly all potatoes would fit this cutter just fine. If you had some really gigantic size potatoes you could cut them in half and run them through the slicer.
1607567
Yes. It handles regular potatoes without a problem and I would think it could handle anything that grows.
1535245
YES. There is a max width, but it will work on sweet potatoes.You can make fries
1325190
Absolutely! Just be careful. The slicing blade is so sharp and effortless to use, you will be through a potato before you realize it. You'll have the potatoes sliced and frying in half the time than if you used a knife.
694883
To be honest I have not tried it with Sweet potatoes yet. I would think it would because it is pretty sturdy and if it will core an apple, I'm sure it will cut a sweet potato.
1607568
Absolutely! Yesterday I used my chopper to slice a combo of sweet potatoes and yams. Then I pan fried them in a little coconut oil. Yummy!
218429
I actually looked to see if this question was asked because I am having the HARDEST time cutting a sweet potato. Like it's outrageous.
1325188
It makes very thin potato slices. This was a gift for my daughter in law and she said it saves her so much time as she cooks for six. Potato chips are the main thing she uses it for.
826355
It is "okay." I was a little disappointed with how flimsy it is. I actually bent the metal peice that slices the potatoes. If you cut the potatoes small enough then it should be able to handle it, but that kind of defeats its purpose. I would suggest going with a little more quality peice of equipment.
2129201
I have never cut any potatoes with mine but I think the answer would be no. It has 2 slicing blades but I think all they would do is slice it into something like a chip. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
2222702
If you use a potato the exact size of the space inside of the cutter as you push down on the handle the slices are propelled from the other end. Plus you'll want the fries as long as you can possibly get them anyways. I think that photo was staged so people could see what happens in slow motion. Those pieces somewhat eject from the other end and will separate. That's what makes this cutter is a very fast an efficient unit.