I’ve been considering getting a garlic press, though I know they sometimes get a bad rap.
I saw that Serious Eats recommends the OXO Good Grips as the top pick here.
Then I noticed in one of Kenji’s videos (around the 2:14 mark) he was using the Zyliss Susi 3
For those of you who use garlic presses:
- Do you have a preference between these two?
- Is there another brand/model you’d recommend instead?
by dracobook
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Get one like this, it’s excellent, no fuss, no messy cleanup, can press a lot of garlic in an extremely short amount of time. Absolute game changer.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QF6ZZYW
Get a microplane…
It’s more versatile (no single use tools!), more consistent, cheaper, and will last longer.
The “blades” as so fine and angled in that you really don’t need to worry about you fingers much.
I use my microplane and my oxo, I’m happy with my oxo. Easy to clean.
We’ve broken two OXO presses over the last five years. The press cracks right near the hinge. I don’t think it can really stand up to the forces exerted.
I would go with other non-press recommendations here. We just smash and rough chop now.
Have the OXO and its lasted 5+ years now. I prefer a petty knife and doing my own brunoise but my spouse often uses the press. A microplane may seem like a good non-unitasker alternative (and you probably want one anyways) but I find them annoying for garlic. You get your fingers as sticky and garlic-y as if you used a knife but also risk scrapping them a bit. A garlic press is at least genuinely less work.
https://dreamfarm.com/garject/
I’ve had mine for almost a decade I think? Rock solid and easy to clean.
I use the Zyliss most of the time. It is so heavy duty and is very easy to clean. One of my favorite things about it is that you literally do not need to peel the garlic first. Before using it. You put the unpeeled garlic in, squeeze it, minced garlic shoots out, and it’s easy to pull the peel out if you’re doing more than one clove.
I’ll use a microplane if I’m using that for ginger anyway. It works really well, but is so much slower than the Zyliss and you have to peel the garlic first.
Not a direct answer to your question, but I swear by this garlic rocker:
[Rocker](https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/garlic-rocker/?catalogId=79&sku=719021&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Cooks%27%20Tools%20%3E%20Garlic%20Presses%20%26%20Choppers&cm_ite=719021_14571727833_pla-1418851099181&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14571727833&gbraid=0AAAAADrs9cFi2Zs75Yb_y0VzeDgGP5Q2R&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn8XFBhCxARIsAMyH8BtM0icFgvevnxOUmWxBXNbkaI3tsfp4KGiwrBceYbSs_1EAY8E8TpsaAj1zEALw_wcB)
I hate single-use tools but goddamn this thing is speedy and clean. even if you want to make paste, use this and then the side of your knife to finish.
I’ve had both of these brands in the past but a few years ago got a Kuhn Rikon and it’s the best garlic press I’ve ever had. It was expensive so I hope it lasts forever. I’ve had it probably 5 years though and it’s like new. [https://kuhnrikon.com/us/blog/post/garlic-press?cat=aHR0cHM6Ly9rdWhucmlrb24uY29tL3VzL2luc3BpcmF0aW9uL25ld3M=&utm_source=iheartdigital&utm_medium=googleads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21381880538&gbraid=0AAAAA9wThmFqwT73fs6VviB4pO8zBl1w-&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn8XFBhCxARIsAMyH8Bu3gWw426yuWO9IV2KnMqBCVh76horffUtkf3dONscWGhfKyHwEp0IaAs4dEALw_wcB](https://kuhnrikon.com/us/blog/post/garlic-press?cat=aHR0cHM6Ly9rdWhucmlrb24uY29tL3VzL2luc3BpcmF0aW9uL25ld3M=&utm_source=iheartdigital&utm_medium=googleads&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21381880538&gbraid=0AAAAA9wThmFqwT73fs6VviB4pO8zBl1w-&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn8XFBhCxARIsAMyH8Bu3gWw426yuWO9IV2KnMqBCVh76horffUtkf3dONscWGhfKyHwEp0IaAs4dEALw_wcB)
Zyliss.
And don’t buy into the ‘no single use’ bullshit.