Testing the Presto SaladShooter!

Today I'm taking a look at the Presto Salad Shooter, which has been around for years and is still popular. At the end of the video, I referred to the NutriChopper, but I actually meant the NutriSlicer!
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0:00 Intro & Unboxing
1:12 Overview
1:50 Slicing Zuchinni
2:43 Slicing Carrots
3:27 Slicing a Potato
5:10 Shredding a Carrot
6:03 Grating a Carrot
7:11 Shredding a Zuchinni
7:41 Dishwasher Results
8:04 Slicing Almonds
8:44 Shredding Almonds & Walnuts
9:35 Slicing Cheese
11:08 Shredding Cheese
11:45 Slicing Apples
12:42 Conclusion
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[@maryjomccallister9102]

Put the cheese in the freezer for awhile before you slice or shred. Not rock hard frozen, but very well chilled. It works better and doesn't gum up as much. This works whether you use a machine or by hand.

[@bendav]

Those walnuts looked an awful lot like pecans! I still want a shooter, but my wife says I don't need any more kitchen gadgets...

[@SultanKhan66]

I was looking in the comments to see if anyone else noticed. Pecans for sure.

[@TammiLColesinGermany]

Your wife is wrong. 🙂

[@nola3058]

Those definitely was pecans, not walnuts!

[@judybethclark9431]

My current Salad Shooter is at least 25 years old and still going strong. My favorite use is grating cheese. It goes through a 1 pound block in no time, and tastes waaaay better than the pre-grated package stuff!

[@user-du3xt4sm4p]

I still remember the song from that commercial

[@pearsrtasty3326]

That is all I use mine for too! And have had it ALMOST as long as you have! And I do have to agree, grated cheese taste WAY better and also melts better then the pre-shredded packaged stuff. I think it's much cheaper to buy in blocks then the pre-shredded as well.

[@alexramos7708]

yeah it's a fact that freshly grated cheese is always better than packaged since it doesn't have the additives they put in the packaged stuff to keep it from clumping together

[@kylaluv8453]

I miss mine, it finally died a few years ago. I had it since the 90s.

[@Chaos_Senpai]

​@@alexramos7708normally shops just add cornflower to stop it sticking

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

It absolutely works. My grandfather was just sitting in his living room, reading the evening paper and smoking a pipe. Suddenly there was a weird noise in the back door at the kitchen area. Grandpa picked up his trusty salad shooter --- even then he was a mite paranoid. But just in time, as a roving band of salads were smashing through the door with clearly evil intent. It was a bloodbath, and fortunately my grandfather was exonerated of any crimes. So anyway I never go anywhere or really feel safe without packing one. They're hard to get through customs, though.

[@ShirlBussman]

Loved the story, your really funny. 😂

[@auburn1357]

9:03 Those walnuts look suspiciously like pecans but works fine for demonstration purposes

[@slbi2338]

Oh please, I have had mine for so many years and it definitely is THE best thing since sliced bread😊

[@perry92964]

but can it slice bread?

[@lefroy1]

@@perry92964 Doesn't need to, the bread already comes sliced.😉

[@barcham]

Not being adjustable is my primary gripe with things like this. That is why I bought the Cuisinart food processor I did, because it has an adjustable slicing blade which is an absolute must for my cooking needs. For the nuts, I'd just attach a Ziploc bag around the exit with an elastic band. They will easily catch everything and keep things clean.

[@Catlandian]

The Cuisinart food processor is fantastic. I have on myself.

[@barcham]

@@Catlandian It depends on which one you have. Most of them, including the one always recommended by ATK, do not have an adjustable slicing blade, you need to have individual blades for each thickness, which I do not like. While my unit has the adjustable slicing blade, it does not have a large feeding tube, so while I gain one thing I need, I have to lose out on a feeding tube large enough to handle large veg such as squash. But given the choice, I chose the adjustable blade as I have much more need of that.

[@twistedtwinx2517]

i love mine. I have the Pro-Salad Sshooter and have learned the amount of pressure required is directly related to the density and solidity of your food item. For cheeses if you back off the on the pressure and allowed the cutter blades do the work while holding it just firmly it works great. Almonds oddly require less pressure than expected as the blade has to find purchase on the nut without being forced to bind up from pressure. My set came with 3 sizes of each blade so I have a lot of options for thicknesses.

[@SpykersB]

Yeah i think the cheese bind was definitely from too much pressure 😂🍻.

[@cathrineosberg292]

Great review, as usual! Here's a hint: chill your cheese such as cheddar and mozzarella in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes for better slices. Less gummy.

[@mattsanchez4893]

Wow great demonstration, I’m definitely buying one! As someone who lives in the South, I have to tell you that those walnuts were in fact pecans. Great channel, I literally watch every one of your reviews !

[@thebewitchinghour831]

I was waiting for a correction to pop up on the screen and it never did. I had to giggle at him.

[@trevrah]

I live in the Southwest and was like those are not walnuts lol

[@Oceangirl_505]

This Southern Girl recognized it, too.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

@@VGMStudios33They really love their pecans, south of the Mason-Dixon Line! But this Canadian noticed the mistake, too!

[@chrishyde7798]

For sure. I noticed they were pecans straight away too.

[@diamondslashranch]

Those walnuts look surprisingly like pecans😂😂

[@h0rrorville]

Youre my comfort youtuber, i know i can always sit back relax and have some Freakin' Reviews on in the background 😎 appreciate the work you put into your channel

[@dancingwiththedogsdj]

Absolutely! 🌎♥️

[@sonyasonya9047]

I'm a Manitoba, Canadian, and have never seen a Salad Shooter in a store here (except once at a thrift store). But, when I travel in the States, I've bought EVERY SINGLE Salad Shooter I've run across at garage sales and thrift stores. I've worn out two or three of them myself (the cones always end up cracking on me, probably due to their many runs through my dishwasher), supplied one to my friend, one to my friend's mom, and I have three in "reserve" in the basement (funny, I just checked my Salad Shooter stock today!) - my son even plans to take one when he moves out. I use Salad Shooters mainly for shredding mozzarella and cheddar, but also for slicing potatoes to make potato packets in foil for the BBQ, and slicing English cucumbers for creamy dill cucumber salad. I intend to never be without a Salad Shooter 😜. As I have had many used Salad Shooters which are older, I can verify that all Salad Shooters sound like the brand new one you reviewed.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

If you are a baker they are also good for grating zucchini for zucchini bread and carrots for carrot cakes.🙂

[@sonyasonya9047]

@@Lynn-kh5rs You are certainly correct 😊

[@user-du3xt4sm4p]

Did anyone else’s mom have a Salad Shooter in the 90s😝 My mom still uses one of these things. They work great for veggies.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

Being a mom from the nineties; Mea Culpa! 😆 Loved it until it finally died from over use. Now I know I can get a new one. I thought they were discontinued.

[@DoSe420]

My mom still uses hers from the 90s

[@brucemclee]

I have an older model from the 90s. It's one of my favorite appliances. I never buy bagged cheese ever.

[@jainthomas6223]

Not bad.... so many appliances have come and gone. It's nice to see that the good ones stuck around.

[@uta667563]

I too got mine in the early 80's as a gift. It is by far the best gift i have ever received. When i did cheddar cheese i put the cheese in the freezer for a short while to make it a little harder. I also was carefull how much muscle i used when grating cheese. Now after many years of use it still works good and the blades are still in good working order BUT, now as a 70 year old male, i only use it for one thing, hash browns. It does the hash browns perfectly. Nothing beats home grated hash browns. One thing in your test disappointed me. You sliced and grated everything except the potatos i have always cut them with a knife. For some reason i never thought of using the salad shooter. Thanks to you, i will repent this sin and sin no more. My salad shooter also came with beater blades that turned it into a hand mixer. This is a feature I never used. I also love how quick and easy it is to clean.

[@marcysikes]

I don’t remember mine coming with beaters! I have had it so long I may have forgotten. I often wish I had a hand mixer! I will check out newer models for the beaters!

[@mhans311]

This takes me back to when I was growing up. My family had one of these and we used it all the time. I always found it oddly satisfying to use.

[@Bionicbabyy]

Very nice demonstration. Other than the noise it really works as described. The cheese got stuck because you needed to lean it over alittle more since cheddar is thick.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

I had a Salad Shooter years ago and used it till it finally died. We love a lot of different veggies in our salad and it was the fastest way to cut up the veggies and grate cheese. Also easy to clean because the unit was so simple. I hate food prep and didn't realize the the SS was still around. I loved my old one (yes, it was just as loud) and now I know I can replace it. Thanks for the review.

[@AlienFrequency]

I bet the cheese would work better the colder it is. This gadget is actually pretty cool. I remember commercials for it when I was a kid. I didn’t know it still existed. I kinda want one now… being an adult is so weird 🤦🏻

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

those weren't Walnuts...those were pecans

[@DarKnightKilla13]

Wow! My Mom and I were just talking about this the other day. She's 70, and we were talking about old ads and such you'd see on TV (this being one of them!) since we love to hunker down on a rainy day and watch old commercials, shows, etc. I'm obsessed with old-timey stuff, but this is really cool that it actually works and has been going for a long time now. Honestly -- might end up being a gift for her this Christmas, even if it never gets used by her (I'll end up using it, haha)! Thanks again for an awesome in-depth review. Hope all is well!

[@Suebe1962]

When you were slicing the potato into thin slices, I was thinking this would have been super handy a few years ago when I was making homemade potato chips. This definitely beats slicing potatoes by hand!!!! This would also be good for prepping fruit to be dehydrated!!! I think I may have to get one of these!!! Thanks for the review, James!!! 😊

[@JoySilla]

Funny you mention potato chips because I was thinking it would be good for that!

[@dannydaw59]

I use a traditional meat slicer. You can control the thickness of the slices.

[@darrellboggess4954]

i've got an ancient one i picked up from a thrift store...still works, and i love it...we use it mostly for blocks of cheese (you wanna make sure cheese is refrigerated and firm before shredding)

[@SquishySenpai]

My mom loved hers. She didn't use it really often, but it came in really handy for grated cheese and chopped nuts.

[@allenpost3616]

There great for doing holiday meal prep. Saves so much time chopping and grating by hand.

[@SquishySenpai]

@@VGMStudios33 No. Because she didn't have a need for it all that often, just a few times a year. But she was very happy that she had it during the times that she did have a use for it. You may not need to use a hammer all the time, but aren't you happy that you have one to use when the situation calls for it?

[@phlogistanjones2722]

@@VGMStudios33 I have noted that ***EVERY*** one of your "replies" is just some sort of snark. I think you should ask your mom for snackable and a juice box after which I suggest a nap. You seem a bit grumpy. Cheers.

[@hepgeoff]

Great demo and review. Looks like it works great for shredding cheese. I'm not really in the market for something like this, but always love watching your reviews anyway. By the way, love your packman graphics going on in the background. You have to have one of the best backgrounds in all of KZbin.

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

I remember the original model via ads, and my grandmother getting one for Christmas some 30 or so years ago. Actually surprised that they are still making new ones or reviving the product. Seems like this model still has the same strengths and weaknesses as the original model, maybe more energy efficient possibly.

[@Trina_White]

Best reviews on KZbin, thanks James! ❤

[@laurallewien2165]

Ohhh that's a good bass! 😂 great video as always James 👍 Happy Tuesday

[@JoySilla]

Nice to see a product I told you about on Twitter made it to a video! To think, this was being sold at an Ace Hardware when I saw it

[@maxmephistru]

It would be nice to have a comparison with other similar drum graters like Moulinex Fresh Express / Russell Hobbs Desire Slice / etc

[@magran17]

Yep, I have my moms one from the 1990’s and my own from about 2006. Both still work perfectly.

[@pearsrtasty3326]

I have this device...I have used this device ONLY for cheese. That is all. I have had this device for MANY MANY MANY years. The grating "cone" is now cracked, but it still works. I love this, even if it is for cheese :D, just a bit loud. I wish an apple would fit in the feeder part, so I could slice my apples in seconds and not have to use a VERY scary mandolin. (i have fruit trees on my property, and just got a dehydrator...dehydrating for dayz babez!)

[@myrabarr7898]

Presto can send you a new one or maybe at a thrift store. P.S. I love mine too !!!

[@realShadowKat]

I love mine so much so I bought all the blades for it so I have more control over what can be done. Works great for grating harder cheeses (parmesan and similar). Great for uniform cuts as noted and satisfying. I don't mind the noise since it's barely on for more than a minute at a time.

[@NurseClaudia]

OMG! I didn’t think these still existed. I had one back in the 90s and used it all the time. I wore it out. I do miss it.

[@Challway]

My Son gave me the Salad Shooter back in the 90’s. I love mine! Mine comes with 2 beaters

[@vinnydabarber]

I got mine as a wedding gift in 1988 and I still use it! That one is much noisier than mine. Love it! ❤

[@jujujustme]

Oh my goodness! I remember my friend's mom buying one of these in the late 80's (may have been the early 90's)! I'm surprised they are still around. Hey, it still works pretty well using good old' electricity. Fun stuff. :)

[@superskrull62]

@Freakinreviews I just want to let you know that I seen an ad for the Derila Pillow. They are using a clip of you as if you're reviewing the pillow. They took it from your popular pillow comparison. Just want to let you know!

[@onerandommisfit]

I've had mine for at least 25 years and it still works great. I use it all the time and love it.

[@Dailywatcher12]

Many Saturday mornings waking up to this thing going off in the kitchen. Mom making hash browns for breakfast.

[@karleedu]

I have a manual one of these and I love it. It even grates frozen Velvetta and I paid half of what you paid!

[@boogiedaddy3434]

My sister has one of these she received as a gift in 1988 and it still works just as good as it did 35 years ago. She uses it about once or twice a week and has never had an issue. She uses it primarily for cheese, cabbage, carrots, and radishes. It makes very quick work of cabbage for slaw, just cut off a hunk and throw it in.

[@IMDARKFIRE007]

I hate you so bad right now....adding 10 years to your statement and realizing my age frickin hurts🤣

[@117Pinkyflower]

I haven’t seen a salad shooter in years!😊

[@paulalarsen7697]

I have that. I love it. It works really well. It is loud, to be sure, but it sheds cheese and veggies very quickly.

[@Wagonball_Z]

i remember those old commercials for the salad shooter.. from way back in the 80's or 90's? idk but it was a long time ago. salad shooteeerrrr

[@patriciaribaric3409]

Before I watch I'll answer YES. Hubby and I would not want to be without one in our kitchen. We've been using a Salad Shooter for almost our entire marriage - married in 1981. I really don't use it as a slicer, but for shredding it is awesome!!!

[@Chaos_Senpai]

Ditch the husband and keep the saladshooter instead

[@patriciaribaric3409]

lol@@Chaos_Senpai

[@kevinaustinbay2890]

I have some of the old Presto Salad Shooter they work great, the ones I have are from the 90s and early 2000s

[@davidbendall7919]

I love my SaladShooter but it's old. I didn't realize that they still make them. We makes a shredded or chopped salad and it does a good job but stuff gets stuck too often, especially carrots. It does cauliflower well.

[@dreameryoung38]

I found this amongst my dad's belongings after he passed.Tada knew KZbin wouldn't let me down😊Wow when life gives you potatoes make potatoes chips

[@jcee8493]

I love my salad shooters, I have 2 of them a little and a big one. The big one is handy when making a big pot of soup and you need to chop a few pounds of carrots, just slice them right into the pot. Pre-packed shredded cheese is super expensive, I buy big blocks of cheese shred it at home and then put in the freezer.

[@subdiicee]

Another amazing video James 👏👏👏👏 any Halloween gadgets coming up?

[@jpendowski7503]

Love my salad shooter, couldn’t say how old for sure, but my kids are 26 and it is older than they are. Never cracked a drum because I hand wash it. Great for veggies & cheeses (they should be well chilled)

[@mikedunham7220]

The amount of "that's what she said"s in this vid is actually impressive. I'll shoot a like for that alone, lol!

[@brandonrb]

Walnuts? Haha that's pecans my dude. Love your videos.

[@phranerphamily]

I do have to call you out for calling pecans walnuts 😂

[@Maninawig]

Hey, you're using the cutting board from that all-in-one set you reviewed a while back. I love seeing product cameos.

[@lesliepollock9309]

I loved mine. Didn’t know they were still out there. Yeah, I want another one.

[@vinnydabarber]

I got mine from my wedding in 1988 and i still use it. Love it!❤

[@louiswelrod]

Another great video! 9:04 Those "walnuts" are pecans.

[@TJ_in_SC]

Dude, those weren’t walnuts, they were pecans. You’re just seeing if we’re paying attention !

[@erikhughes8412]

Um... those "walnuts" are actually pecans; the cheese issue could probably be solved by making sure the cheese is right out of the refrigerator - when the cheese warms, the fats start leaching out, causing the slices to stick together. Of course, I would never use a machine to slice cheese, but grating it is OK.

[@RebeccaMundschenk]

My mom and grandma had theirs since the 90s, at least. My mom still has hers.

[@WilC379]

I had to go back and make sure I wasn't hallucinating when I saw pecans but heard walnuts 😊

[@toddajmoon]

That was entertaining as always, but I guess I am going to have buy one to see if it makes hash browns 😂

[@cyberi4a]

About 20 yrs ago I bought an As Seen on TV manual (crank) food processor with a bunch of attachments that can slice, grate and chop, and I still use it today so wouldn't need the Presto is really loud Salad Shooter.

[@jenniferreneejenren2117]

Thank you for sharing this, I have been looking to upgrade from the OG hand shredder with cheese. Any chance you can share how it does with onions?

[@jacoblofquist2004]

I think putting the mozzarella first made the blades wet since it is a wet cheese, and then when the cheddar went through right after it got stuck to the blade since it is a relatively drier cheese.

[@remlecat8511]

I was always on the fence about buying one. Its now on my wishlist.

[@JustPlainFun]

I have had one since 1988! It is still going strong! I use it for nuts, cheese, carrots and other veggies.

[@joncue0304]

I've had one of these for DECADES and it's held up extremely well!!

[@Mythilt]

I remember a commercial from long ago that featured what appeared to be a shoot out with the police hankering down behind cover while objects that turned out to be vegetables were careening off walls and embedding star shaped carrots in the sides of a police car. You then saw a little old lady unable to control a salad shooter, and then some guys in a manufacturing plant discussing how they didn't get the shipment of power regulators for the salad shooters, and just shipped them without. Was for FedEx I think.

[@zachyurkus]

“Usually I get it in the right spot but sometimes I have an error and one goes flying.” Don’t we all, man. Don’t we all.

[@ShirlBussman]

Ha Ha!

[@aminorityofone]

welcome back everytoday!

[@lmnohos]

i had one for years. i upgraded to a deluxe model that had 2 thickness slicing blades & 2 thickness of crinkle cut slicing blades. it was "lost in the move" and i can't justify the cost right now. all pieces go in the dishwasher, except the motor part.

[@SuperBigDog2U]

I remember way back, and what seemed to start these gadgets out, the 1970's Popeil Kitchen Magician Food Cutter/Slicer/Shredder. Then it was muscles power, not electric motors, that did the work.

[@TunedR]

I'm a bit disappointed you didn't play a clip from the commercial. Iconic jingle.

[@petermyers2189]

Hey man - when you hold a bunch of pecans close to the camera and tell us they're walnuts, maybe flash some text on the screen during editing to acknowledge the error? Great channel. Thanks for keeping it up

[@woofy1988]

"Let's try some walnuts" *shows a handful of pecan halves*

[@BeckyA59]

Those walnuts were definitely pecans!

[@exodous02]

My parents had one, used it a ton when I was young but like most kitchen gadgets it fell into disuse.

[@TheCynedd]

I thought they were stupid when I saw commercials for them (long time ago) but my dad gave me one. Honestly, it works very well. I sometimes use it instead of my full sized Cuisinart Food Processor.

[@mst3kanita]

I'd love to see you play with an old one!

[@gr8jrny123]

Great video, thanks for the awesome content. On the side though your walnuts looked a lot like pecans to me but my eyesight isn't what it used to be. Ha Ha Thanks for the incredible content, you always bring the A game. :-)

[@myrabarr7898]

I have used the salad shooter since 1985. I originally used it for my bird and iguana's veggies but realized it would be great for Latkes at Chanukah. ( My grandmother would be rolling in her grave) . The last one I bought was at Goodwill and it works perfectly,!!

[@nancye5484]

I’ve had mine that long too!

[@mikebright3681]

those walnuts sure looked like pecans to me lol 🤠👍👍

[@area4997]

You are correct sir!😎

[@ShirlBussman]

I thought the same thing. lol!

[@CannyBlether-dz6hj]

My father in law gave me mine for Christmas 1993, it works great!

[@bobjones8372]

My favorite tool to slice thin cucumbers for bread and butter pickles that are awesome on sandwiches, too thin for most other stuff.

[@stanmarcusgtv]

seems it would work better if you didn't hold the shooter off the table - easier to apply pressure w/ the bottom securely planted

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

I love mine for grating cheese. Way easier than a grater and it is easy to disassemble and throw in the dishwasher.

[@AWest-en5ee]

I mean, if you need to slice or grate a large amount, this seems like it would be useful (though at that point you'd likely want a unit with a wider chute and more power), but if not, I'd say a good old-fashioned knife and grater would be good enough. Or the NutriSlicer thingy, which doesn't need electricity.

[@vegnagun]

I don't know maybe you have a food channel but I think you should show us what you do with the processed food. Like a cake or something like that with the almonds and walnuts. Greetings from Germany 😊

[@LivingInWarnerRobins]

That was pretty loud 😂 seems to work super well though. Greeting from Warner Robins :)

[@samp4c]

You should review the Typhur dome air fryer! Not much content on it outside of the company. Pretty pricy at $500 but would probably get a lot of views as I'm currently looking for some reviews myself. Long time subscriber here probably watched almost all of your vids!

[@grandmamama-lj5yw]

That makes me want to get it. I been buying shared cheese I can buy block cheese and do mine own. Plus I make Sri Fri. That will take away of prep time away and soups as well. Thank you❤ love your videos From springfield mo

[@kewpiefan72]

I have a shredder/grater that suction cups to my counter and uses a hand crank. Super wonderful and cheaper and just as fast.

[@dawnmeier2834]

Thank you so very much. Freeze cheese first for better cutting. I love your reviews.

[@RockinRob69]

Time to make some COLESLAW!!!

[@autobotjazz1972]

It does sound louder than the ones i remember ones from years back. I suspect they cheaped out on the design to cut costs.