Can Openers??

Rascal · November 2017

No matter what I buy.. manual or electric, they're all for cr*p!! Has anyone found one that works and lasts?? THX...

bgebrent · November 2017

@Jupiter Jim

The_Stache · November 2017

P-38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCY6n5Mcgk

bgebrent · November 2017

Jim hooked us up with a a great hand crank opener. He'll chime in.

berndcrisp · November 2017

I've had a manual one for about 6 years ($20) that cuts the lid off of the can, no sharp edges! No prying/wedging the sharp top out. The top can be put back on to seal any unused stuff for a day or three. I think it is an OXO-GOOD GRIPS. And it stays clean.

Legume · November 2017

I think every kind of can opener, especially the electric ones have made it into our kitchen. I always make sure I have a decent hand crank one. Oxo makes a good one, you can get something decent for half that price as well. I have one I bought at the supermarket that's good, you just have to check to make sure they're not too loose.

bgebrent · November 2017

Legume said:

I think every kind of can opener, especially the electric ones have made it into our kitchen. I always make sure I have a decent hand crank one. Oxo makes a good one, you can get something decent for half that price as well. I have one I bought at the supermarket that's good, you just have to check to make sure they're not too loose.

Your counter space must be a canopenerucoppia.

Legume · November 2017

bgebrent said:

Legume said:

I think every kind of can opener, especially the electric ones have made it into our kitchen. I always make sure I have a decent hand crank one. Oxo makes a good one, you can get something decent for half that price as well. I have one I bought at the supermarket that's good, you just have to check to make sure they're not too loose.

Your counter space must be a canopenerucoppia.

Haha - but no, they don't stay. I'm happy with the old school openers. I think we have one manual and one of those battery ones that cuts from the side so you can't drain anything. Great invention those.

@Killit_and_Grillit's post on his grandmothers rolling pin collection has me thinking...

bgebrent · November 2017

Legume said:

bgebrent said:

Legume said:

I think every kind of can opener, especially the electric ones have made it into our kitchen. I always make sure I have a decent hand crank one. Oxo makes a good one, you can get something decent for half that price as well. I have one I bought at the supermarket that's good, you just have to check to make sure they're not too loose.

Your counter space must be a canopenerucoppia.

Haha - but no, they don't stay. I'm happy with the old school openers. I think we have one manual and one of those battery ones that cuts from the side so you can't drain anything. Great invention those.

@Killit_and_Grillit's post on his grandmothers rolling pin collection has me thinking...

Just poking as you know. Thinking...

Botch · November 2017

berndcrisp said:

I've had a manual one for about 6 years ($20) that cuts the lid off of the can, no sharp edges! No prying/wedging the sharp top out. The top can be put back on to seal any unused stuff for a day or three. I think it is an OXO-GOOD GRIPS. And it stays clean.

This is what I have, but it's not an Oxo, it's a Rosle:

Image: http://s3.amazonaws.com/finecooking.s3.tauntonclud.com/app/uploads/2017/04/18180144/fc77eq032-01-main.jpg

I especially like the feature that you can pop the lid back on the can for a day or two (I live alone and that's handy for anything from beans to canned fruit). It does wear out eventually, I'm on my second one (20, 30 years?) but it also takes up half the drawer space that a common opener does. I'll gladly buy one more if I live that long.

Botch · November 2017

I guess I should add that I do have a two-handled opener (and its an Oxo) that I use for one thing: 4-oz tomato paste cans. I open both ends, push one lid into the can until the other lid is just proud of the can, slide the second lid off sideways (so the paste stuck to it is scraped into the can), and then push all the paste out into the pot with the first lid. This gets 99.8% of the paste out of the can, and is much quicker than it sounds.
Better cooking through Engineering!

Rascal · November 2017

Thanks for all the feedback! Gonna have a look at the Rosie and Oxo openers.

gdenby · November 2017

Yet another plus for the OXO. Mine broke down after a couple of years, but when it worked, it worked better than any other I'd had, and was really easy to clean.