Tomato squeezer or strainer
 

Have any of you ever used a tomato strainer or squeezer? I'm growing tomatoes this year. I plan to can a lot of them whole, but I also want to make sauce and paste from some of them.

This OMCAN manual model halfway down this page looks pretty stout.

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/tomato_strainer.aspx

Do any of you have any recommendations or experience with this unit or another one?

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I bought the Deluxe Squeezo from frugal squirrel , same idea as yours, haven't used it yet, it should transform my tomato sauce proses into a snap.....no par boiling or hand seeding through my grandmothers big ole cone shaped siv......I've made a lot of spaghetti sauce with it however.

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That Squeezo looks pretty nice too, but how is that handle? It looks a bit lightweight. The appliance is made out of aluminum. Somewhat pricey.

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OK it's crap, yours is waaaaay better j/k......I'm not sure I'll go check it out right now, hell I've never even pulled it out of the box.....be right back.

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OK checked it out, it's all aluminum auger is aluminum also, strainers are stainless, and the hand crank is steel, looks like it should hold up very well. I doubt if there's that much difference between the two.

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I did some reading on the unit for $169.00 looks like it is a rugged piece of equipment,ya never know, had I been aware of the Omcan I may have purchased it instead......I'm going to do more research.

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Thanks nub. I hope someone else will chime in on this.

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I am at work so I am unable to look at the pics. We use and Aluminium funnel looking devise it has no opening in the bottom, it has small holes all around.
and a wooden malet like devise. Put the peeled tomatoes into the funnel and run the wood malet around, and around. It make great spagetti sauce.

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I've got one of those. Mine sits on a stand and has a huge wooden cone-like pestle that fits into the perforated funnel. It would be fairly easy to use, except that I want to be able to do large quantities at a time, and I don't want to have to peel my tomatoes first. That's why I'm looking for a squeezer.

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That's what I was trying to describe in my post above....got it from my mother , I believe she got it from her mother, it works well but I always par boil first.......I'm hoping the squeezo is much faster and should eliminate the par boiling.

For spaghetti sauce ....try a little grape jelly ! along with your other favorite ingredients.