Product Description

The teeth of this over-sized extra coarse grater are ideal for shredding hard and soft cheeses, grating citrus fruit and raw horseradish. This is a professional style tool designed and built to take lots of use in busy commercial kitchens, so it will certainly stand up to daily work in your kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16239 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Stainless Steel
• Brand: Microplane
• Model: 38008
• Released on: 2004-03-02
• Dimensions: .70" h x 2.70" w x 13.70" l, .30 pounds

Features

• Extra-course stainless-steel grater designed for hard and soft cheeses
• Arched grating surface features 35 razor-sharp cutting blades
• Handle constructed of stainless steel; loop enables hanging for easy storage
• Black protective cover slides into place when not in use
• Measures 13-1/2 by 3 by 1 inches; dishwasher-safe

Amazon.com Review
The generous 2-1/2-by-5-inch cutting surface of Microplane’s durable extra course grater provides ample room for rapidly generating grated foods. Appropriate for soft or hard cheeses, create Mozzarella-covered pizza or Parmesan garnish from a single tool. Keeping fingers at a safe distance, hold shaver at an angle and run food in a downward motion over the grating plane. 35 razor-sharp blades, staggered on the arched cutting surface, cut effortlessly and resist clogging for continuous grating. A band of rubber encircling the bottom edge prevents slipping and provides stability. The stainless-steel handle features rounded edges for a comfortable hold, and finishes with a small metal loop to simplify storage. Measuring 13-1/2 by 3 by 1 inches, this tool carries a polished shine and is dishwasher-safe. To protect against dulling, cover cutting surface with accompanying plastic blade guard when not in use. --Amy Arnold

Customer Reviews

Top of the Line
Incredibly sharp. The rubber base secures well and feels very natural while grating. Clean-up is a snap with very few places for debris to accumulate. The cover is a great feature for easy storage in a drawer. I am so glad I chose to give this grater a try.

I've used standard off the shelf box graters before and I finally got sick of them always losing their rubber bases or breaking where they were sealed together. Not to mention the clean-up on a box grater is always a bit of a chore. Storage on box graters also suck as they just take up too much room.

Microplane is a quality product and their Professional line has everything you want in a grater. What more could you ask for?

Grater
This grater is just what I was looking for, perfect size and the quality is excellent.

Get this Professional version!
These Microplane graters are wonderful, and I only recommend the Professional versions. If you use your graters a lot, the plastic edges of the cheaper versions will eventually break, so spend the extra few dollars and get this steel edged Professional version to start with. I just replaced two plastic edged graters myself because they broke within nine months.