Hi folks, when juicing celery, kale, ginger--my main, uh, squeezes--does this machine discharge the strands? Or must you clean midway thru? Tnks!
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Since it is a rotary machine, it juices with speed. I use all of those ingredients, but it does take a lot of kale or other leafy greens to make enough. I cram everything that fits through my juicer and it grinds through it with speed and ease. Clean up is a breeze. From my research, the masticating ones are more efficient, but slower and more parts to clean. Neither were acceptable to me, so chose this one and am very happy.
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Yes! All go through without any problems - and no need to stop mid-way through. Though, keep in mind that you may need to bunch up your kale in order to get the most extracted from them when you juice vs. just dropping the leaves in separately. But, all in all, this machine is magic - and clean up is a snap. I would highly recommend this juicer to anyone and everyone!
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I've juiced greens, apples, grapes, melons (honeydew and cantaloupe, maybe watermelon), citrus, beets, sweet potatoes, jalapeno peppers (for a sauce), radishes, ginger, various herbs, etc. It does really well with all of that stuff, but with juicier stuff like melons and grapes you do tend to lose a little more liquid. I usually feed the pulp through the chute one more time if it feels wet. I've found that starting with something dryer like greens or carrots makes the juicier stuff juice a little cleaner. In any event, I highly recommend this item :-)
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Eric: it does have pulp that goes out the juice side, but this is caught in the screen if you choose to use it (it fits on top of the juice catching container. The only draw back to that is you need to rinse it often so the juice can drip through it, but its very simple. I mostly juice spinach, haven't tried much other leafy greens yet. I'm new to juicing, but do really like this machine (its very quiet). I hope this helps you out.
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Yes it does, although it has never jam on me. I threw almost everything at it. Celery must be chop up do to its long string fiber. The parts look identical to more expensive slow juicer. AAA recommend. Soft Fruit such as pear is ok, but juices the hell out of greens. Like all slow juicers, it has some pulp, but you can always strain it, until you get used to it. After a month, I like the pulp and extra fiber. Take a look at the manual and compare to more expensive juicers and you see for yourself. My auguar is black and durable as the famous brands. Fabor is an european brand thats all. good luck Yes it does, although it has never jam on me. I threw almost everything at it. Celery must be chop up do to its long string fiber. The parts look identical to more expensive slow juicer. AAA recommend. Soft Fruit such as pear is ok, but juices the hell out of greens. Like all slow juicers, it has some pulp, but you can always strain it, until you get used to it. After a month, I like the pulp and extra fiber. Take a look at the manual and compare to more expensive juicers and you see for yourself. My auguar is black and durable as the famous brands. Fabor is an european brand thats all.... » Read More Yes it does, although it has never jam on me. I threw almost everything at it. Celery must be chop up do to its long string fiber. The parts look identical to more expensive slow juicer. AAA recommend. Soft Fruit such as pear is ok, but juices the hell out of greens. Like all slow juicers, it has some pulp, but you can always strain it, until you get used to it. After a month, I like the pulp and extra fiber. Take a look at the manual and compare to more expensive juicers and you see for yourself. My auguar is black and durable as the famous brands. Fabor is an european brand thats all. good luck « Show Less
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Hi Lisa: We also had an old one that leaked like a sieve, but it was probably 50 years old, so that's what prompted me to buy a different one. This one, I do keep a little bowl on the floor in case it drips.........I have found it'll drip a small amount if I'm making 'V5', and my carrots aren't mushy enough. The strainer probably isn't made for that, but that food mill will go through anything. So, in answer to your question, I would say 'yes', but only a matter of a few drops........NOTHING like my previous mill, where most of the juice was on the floor. Hope this helps!
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Hey Meghan,some of the pulp goes into the top but not much. I do not stop and clean while I am juicing I have emptied the external collector and just continued with the juicing process..I only clean up when I am done juicing for the week.Sherrie
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I mostly do carrot juice with oranges.. You have two options.. use it with the strainer that comes with it to eliminatefiber.. or not
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This juicer is excellent on anything that is "leafy". I have used it on kale, cabbage, spinach... it works very well. The pulp which comes out is very dry. You can always pass the pulp through the juicer one more time to get those extra drops. Hope this helps.
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You may get minuscule quantity of fiber when juicing leafy greens. It is recommended to use te strainer which comes with the juicer. This is to be used after the juicing is done. The juice will then we smooth without any traces of fiber.
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I have an OLD Juiceman II which still works great. Last year invested in a Vitamix. The best solution I've found is putting the Apples, celery, greens, lemon juice (helps keep things fresh!) in the Vitamix and blend it then poor it through the juicer after the root vegetables are done. It gives out a decent (not great, still leaves it wet) amount of juice that way. The spinners don't work well with the leafy greens. My next purchase will be an Amish juice press to press out the rest.
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I am going off of your last word... "efficiently".I normally juice my ginger in a Green Star machine. But for the sake of your question I went and juiced some ginger in the Breville. For small pieces I am not quite impressed, for a large chunk it does a decent job. Your question though asked for efficiency not decency...so I would say; no. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESKYBYvsXQThe above video shows kind of how mine works and I recommend using this juicer. Now on a side note; I have a Vitamix and normally I throw a piece of ginger in my drink and blend it along with other things. Now it DOES juice ginger better than many others and I have owned a few. I pray this helped. Be blessed! I am going off of your last word... "efficiently".I normally juice my ginger in a Green Star machine. But for the sake of your question I went and juiced some ginger in the Breville. For small pieces I am not quite impressed, for a large chunk it does a decent job. Your question though asked for efficiency not decency...so I would say; no. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESKYBYvsXQThe above video shows kind of how mine works and I recommend using this juicer. Now on a side note; I have a Vitamix and normally I throw a piece of ginger... » Read More I am going off of your last word... "efficiently".I normally juice my ginger in a Green Star machine. But for the sake of your question I went and juiced some ginger in the Breville. For small pieces I am not quite impressed, for a large chunk it does a decent job. Your question though asked for efficiency not decency...so I would say; no. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESKYBYvsXQThe above video shows kind of how mine works and I recommend using this juicer. Now on a side note; I have a Vitamix and normally I throw a piece of ginger in my drink and blend it along with other things. Now it DOES juice ginger better than many others and I have owned a few. I pray this helped. Be blessed! « Show Less
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Ours did the same thing. You're not doing anything wrong. You can eliminate some or most of the pulp if you put carrots or cucumbers through after you put pulp heavy items through such as pineapple or celery.
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So far I have juiced apples, lemons, celery, carrots, ginger root, kale, spinach, red peppers and everything has juiced really well. I hope that helps!
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I had one. Hated it. Did a terrible job juicing even basic things like carrots or apples. You had to practically dice everything to get it in. I got rid of mine after two weeks and got a Jack Lalane power juicer. Works great. But it's not made for leafy things like kale or wheatgrass.
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I have used this for making every kind of juice. Since kale is kind of dry, you might want to combine it with celery or cucumber. Dicing the veggies before juicing helps too. Smaller pieces going in make for better extraction.
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I wish i could tell you Tree. I haven't tried it yet. I use it as a strainer for my green juicing. Sorry. I do plan on trying it sometime tho. If i try it i will let you know! Good luck.
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The Breville Juice fountain processes kale more easily than my Hurom juicer. There's not clogging or sticking due to the long tough fibers in the plant. That isn't to say that some (or even much) of the kale juice winds up in the pulp. That can happen -- but 1 few tricks have improved the amount of juice I can get out of the kale though. 1. I put the kale into the chute alongside a firm fruit or vegetable like apple or carrot and process on the high/fast setting designed for harder fruits and veggies. 2. I juice the kale when it's very fresh and firm. If it starts to get a bit limp, there's not much hope of getting lots of juice from it anymore. Parsley, cilantro, spinach -- all of it does well in the Breville if mixed in with hard fruit and juiced on the highest setting.