Can you cut crisscut fries with this, or is there a separate plate I can buy to make them?
1845295
I assume you mean waffle fries, no, this is a French fry cutter, you need a mandolin for that
1845296
Hello. What you purchase here is a standard fry shape (long, not crisscut). I am not sure if there is a separate plate available, but if there is, I would be interested in it myself. The fry cutter though works very well and I have had no issues. I would recommend letting your potatoes age slightly (we hang ours in the basement) so they are a little softer, but fresh potatoes have worked fine.
1762644
yeah I'm sure you could cut it with a good jigsaw, fine tooth wood cutting blade. I just used wood drill bits to put holes in it. You might want to do a little at a time, so that the blade doesn't heat up and melt the cutting board. It also could make it a little flimsy, I think. depending on the hole size. Cool idear.
473160
Yes it does , it comes with blades for example :McDonald and Wendy size fries
1964115
Have a man do it. No, I'm kidding. There is a pin (or pins) like a bolt with a snap ring and some holes to line up between the handle thingy and the sliding potato pusher. It is mud simple and nearly unbreakable. Just be sure to use the correct corresponding cutters with the dies. Look through the bag and find a stainless steel cylindrical connecting pin, slide it through the holes in the handle and the slider pusher and screw the whole deal to your wall with BIG HEAVY LAG BOLTS. This cutter is restaurant quality and will not function properly if it is not bolted down. Good luck and good French Fries. I LOVE EM.
1357603
I'm sure you could with a smaller potato. Otherwise you could try a mandolin :)
1524665
straight short fries. if you turn the blade upside down you will have large hash-browns. I love this machine, it is a real work horse.
475112
the cutting blades that come with it are for skinny to thick french fry cuts and one that cuts into wedges for jo jo's. if you remove the cross blades the only thing you have is the pusher so the answer is no you can't get that type of cut. and also, this should be mounted on the wall. i'm pretty strong but i have to have my husband do the pushing of the potato. my husband mounted mine to a pull out of the cabinet cutting board and i secure with bolts when using it and it is hard to push. but it is well made.
1172771
I recall this product is from a "metric country." It comes with two different size cutting plates. One is 9 mm; the other is 12 mm. Nine mm is approx. 0.35 inches, which is larger than 1/4" (0.25 inches). Twelve mm is approx. 0.47 inches, which is a tad less than one-half inch. So, in U.S. terms, the smaller cutting plate is for fries a little bit larger than 1/4", and the larger plate is for fries a little less than 1/2". Hope this helps.
1600557
I am sure you can. I have only used it for a cake, but the knife didn't harm the plate or knife at all.
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.
261154
we haven't found any it won't cut. to be honest our son loves big fries and we have a harder time finding potatoes as big as we want.(even the supposedly "jumbo" ones). But definately get the suction cups for the feet, unless you plan on mounting it perminately on a board somewhere
826353
I guess that depends on what you want to use it for. I use mine for french fries, it has two blade sizes and works great. I did pick this one because the price was better, and have not been disappointed by it.
714983
You have two cutter's; one is thick and the other is thin. And if they are not thick enough you can always use the Corer. I like thick fries so that is my choice. Thanks!
646302
I haven't seen where you can get one, but they do make separate utensil kits that you can buy.
916292
No. It's a straight fry cutter only. There are two sizes of blades included for thick and thin fries. I wouldn't recommend buying this to cut potatoes as it isn't strong enough.
1674837
No offense but it's so easy to use it doesn't need an instruction book. If you look under the blade, it has a nut that you can unscrew and take the blade off or turn it around for the different cut style. There's a screw underneath that adjusts the thickness if the slice by raising or lowering the platform you put the food on to be cut. The bars with blades on slide in from one side to make french fries; it's that easy.
950713
H$-ll YES!!! Convenient,easy to use,and DID WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL!!! French fries come out perfectly EVERY TIME!!! The trick is to cut the fries,put them in cold oil,heat the oil with the french fries in it,take fries out after a 10 minute pre-cook, let fries stand for about 2 minutes, THEN put fries back in to complete cooking. I guarantee the fries, if cooked this way, will be the best you have EVER made yourself!!! Enjoy!!! :-)