I think I bought this thing at some grocery store endcap or something.
The magic is that it can do all three advocotasks:
- Cut avocado in half (little knife thing)
- Take out the pit (little indent with teeth thing)
- Cut avocado halves into slices (grate thing)
Amazing! All in one!
My review: I actually kinda like it. I do reach for it when I have this job.
But I’ve shown it to several people who have almost viscerally bad reactions. Like, they can’t explain it; they are just: nope. I literally handed it to someone who was about to undertake the job of slicing avocado, and they were like no thanks, got my knife here.
The downsides are:
- The avocado has gotta be pretty ripe for it to work nicely (which it should be anyway if you’re about to take on this task).
- The device is immediately filthy and much harder to clean than a knife/spoon. It just has to go in the dishwasher immediately.
OXO’s avocado thingy is the original design. Easy hand wash. Absolutely cannot convince old school relatives to switch even though it can’t cut any palms.
http://www.oxo.com/3-in-1-avoca...
I can cut an avocado in half with a butter knife and not risk my palm!
you say that, but I’ve seen like 3 instances where this has happened!
Older folks lose dexterity and hand grip strength. Moms are distracted. This helps with that.
As someone who sometimes eats avocados daily this has been my go-to for years; I was blown away how little effort is required with the plastic wavy blade. But I agree the pitter gets hard to clean and the slicer is useless.
I brought this to work and got many confused reactions at lunchtime.
I came here to recommend the same. We love our OXO.
It’s interesting how there are tipping points that make things like this worth having. It hinges (in this case) on how many avocados you eat at a time, at what frequency, how annoying the prep normally is for you, how much storage the tool takes, and how hard it is to clean.
The idea is wonderfully simple, but that’s what makes it fun. A tiny tool built around one very specific annoyance is often more useful than something trying to do everything.
Use a forking sharp kitchen knife. It's not too difficult to fillet an avocado. To clean this thing out is harder.
The cleaning part is why all such tools suck. Maybe its less bad for this avocado tool, but any sharp blade also shouldn’t go into a dish washer.