OXO Good Grips Food Mill Review

The OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Food Mill is a well-known rotary mill aimed at home cooks who make sauces, purees and applesauce. It comes with interchangeable discs to control texture and the comfortable handles OXO is known for.

Who it suits

It fits the cook who makes seed-free tomato sauce, smooth applesauce, purees or baby food and wants one tool that separates skins and seeds while offering a choice of textures. The three discs cover coarse to fine, the stainless build handles firm cooked fruit and vegetables, and the design hooks onto a bowl or pot for stability while you crank. OXO's comfortable grips make longer milling sessions, like a canning day of tomatoes, less tiring.

Where it compromises

It is a food mill, not a ricer, so it is not the tool for the fluffiest mashed potatoes; a ricer suits that better. Like all mills it has several parts, so cleaning takes a little more effort than a simple masher, and it is best rinsed before food dries in the disc. For its intended jobs, though, few tools do them as cleanly.

Bottom line

The OXO Good Grips food mill is a dependable pick for sauces and purees, with multiple discs, a sturdy build and comfortable handles. Choose it for seed-free sauces and smooth purees; reach for a ricer instead when fluffy mashed potatoes are the goal.

Compare it with other options in our best food mills & ricers guide.

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