Do you think this could handle sweet potatoes? Or other root vegetables?
1607565
No I think sweet potatoes would be to hard. I used mine to make slaw. We sheredded up cabbage, carrots, and onions.
1607566
Yes. Depending on what cup or blade you use. I've done russets and red potatoes, carrots, but Onions are a a bit messy due to their layers. Cut a sweet potato and if it cuts fairly easy, you will have no problem. If it is too hard, boil them a little to soften them up some. Never cut a yam with it though.
1607567
Yes. It handles regular potatoes without a problem and I would think it could handle anything that grows.
1607568
Absolutely! Yesterday I used my chopper to slice a combo of sweet potatoes and yams. Then I pan fried them in a little coconut oil. Yummy!
1607569
It can and has handled 40lbs of white potatoes, with no problem all with in just about 1hr time. It's good beats trying to slice.
1988028
I've sliced sweet potatoes and found it best to use smaller potatoes or cut them in half. You will have better control of the blade.
977707
I haven't tried veggies. However, I think that based on the way it handles meats that is should do fine with onions, potatoes, celery, beets, etc. Carrots may be a little too hard and tomatoes could be messy.
1692128
Yes. This cuts carrots and they are much harder than sweet potatoes. It cuts a veggie platter quickly but wont cut green peppers. It does cucumbers and carrots beautifully and any kind of potatoes! I love my cutter!
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It should it handles potatoes so fast and easily it is unbelieveable. I have also used it for hard Italian cheeses like Romano and Parmesan.
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Sorry; don't know how well it would handle "hard" vegetables. I only use it for making "smoothies" with soft fruits such as strawberries and peaches, and it does that extremely well! I suspect you really need some kind of food processor for items of that nature, even if it's just a mini version. They're meant for the heavier work. This type of blender would wear-out much sooner than normal having to deal with hard vegetables. However, this blender does chop ice, if that's any help.
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I never used it for potatoes, but my son who is a mechanical engineer says that it is very well-designed. It works great for Super thick spatzle dough so I'm sure it could handle a cooked potato.
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I have not tried it on vegetables. It failed big time with apples and pears :(
923782
This will do well for nuts, but I don't think it will handle vegetables or fruit very well.
205669
no ,my wife has used it on squish,broccoli, coliflower,carrots,cucumbers and potatoes and it worked fine.Rutabagas can be much harder so.....
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Yes, I think this would work well for that. It's flexible but SUPER strong. I have 8 different veggies growing on mine right now and it's doing great. Good luck, those are beautiful flowers!
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I have not used it on sweet potatoes, but I am sure it will. It requires a bit of strength. That is why the suction cups are so big.
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I would say that it is likely it will take care of it pretty easily. I haven't done sweet potatoes w the spiralizer yet though. You might also check out this spiralizer. GEFU Spiralfix Spiral Cutter I would be more likely to give this route a try given another chance. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkwVhBOWUV0&feature;=youtube_gdata_player
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I thought I had a dud at first too. I was just holding it upside down.. it works great on zucchini and sweet potatoes.
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I'm not sure of the actual weight it can hold, but I can tell you that right now I have 8 yellow onions in the bottom basket and the top and middle baskets are filled with sweet potatoes and I haven't had a problem.
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YES. There is a max width, but it will work on sweet potatoes.You can make fries
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The cutting blades are about 3 1\4 inches square, so you can cut a pretty big potato with this unit. Overall it is a very nice heavy duty unit with four blade sizes. Keep in mind these type of slicers work great for potatoes or carrots but not really made to cut sweet potatoes. So I would say nearly all potatoes would fit this cutter just fine. If you had some really gigantic size potatoes you could cut them in half and run them through the slicer.