It's hard to imagine a modern kitchen without a set of graters, although it seems that if you have a knife and a food processor, then everything else is a waste of money and cluttered drawers. Vegetable cutter Borner (Germany) has revolutionized the conservative world of kitchen utensils, becoming one of the most popular food cutting devices in Europe and Russia.
Features
Hand cutting is not only fast and convenient, but also economical in terms of not only energy costs, but also cleaning and cleaning time. The result fully justifies the time and money spent - neat cubes and pieces cannot be compared with the result of the work of circular knives in a mixer and blunt Soviet-style graters and Chinese craftsmen.
Vegetable cutter Borner (Germany) has branded, patented knives manufactured at the Borner GmbH plant, produced with consistently high quality for more than 55 years. Despite the apparent simplicity of vegetable cutters, the companycontinues to delight customers with more and more modern solutions that make cooking a pleasure.
Design
Vegetable cutter is presented as a standard set, including the most commonly used combination of knives.
- The canvas of the board has a rectangular shape. The color depends on the model and does not affect the quality of the material in any way, there are models in orange, steel, raspberry, black.
- V-shaped knife for setting attachments.
- Nozzles for the center knife, 3 pcs
- Protective holder.
Standard nozzles and their purpose:
- Regular V-knife, cutting similar to working with a regular knife. The product should move up/down along the blade. The result of cutting cabbage is long straws, zucchini, onions and similar products in shape - rings.
- Nozzle with knives 3.5 mm. The result is a straw, the size depends on the processing side of the product. The length of the resulting cubes depends on the side of application of the product to the working surface of the knife.
- 7 mm dicing tool, ideal for frying potatoes and shredding cabbage for salad.
Vegetable cutter Borner (Germany) has an additional container for storage and drying; a nozzle with two rows of knives with a distance of 1.6 mm is used for cutting vegetables into a Korean salad; attachment for extra large shredder with 10mm spacing.
Vegetable cutter-grater, types and features
Table setting is a separate art. Every time you invite guests, you want to surprise them with something. Purchasing additionalA grater will help diversify the cutting, giving it a special decorative look.
Most popular types of vegetable cutters:
- Roko, Korean carrot, also for finely chopping cabbage and onions.
- "Salad" version: corrugated shavings for preservation and "curly", as the knives cut in two directions, the tough cabbage leaf unfolds into thinner layers.
- Spiral Waffle: Radishes and cucumbers can be turned into a waffle structure, potatoes can be turned into a spiral, and lemon, onion into frilled rings.
- "Baby warmer": for fine grinding, excluding additional chewing. Ideal for preparing meals for children and the elderly.
- "Pizza warmer": for boiled vegetables and cheese, very convenient for cutting traditional layered salads like shubs. Noodle shavings.
- Combi-slicer, oblique straight knife, ideal for shredding cabbage. The sharpening is double-sided. Adjustment of thickness of cutting by means of screws. Reverse side for bow work. Use only with protective holder.
- "Combichipser": for cutting potatoes for frying. Large blades + additional small ones, for 3.5 mm straws.
Tray - an auxiliary element for graters, sold separately.
Borner range of kits
Vegetable cutter Borner (Germany) on sale is represented by six sets: "Classic" - a standard set produced since the founding of the company, "Optima"; "Design" (white and black plastic bases), "Exclusive", Vip are not produced with2010; "Prima" in the domestic market since 2010, "Profi".
Materials for the manufacture of the case are impact-resistant:
- Polystyrene is used for Classics.
- For newer models, starting with Optima, ABS alloy (combination of butadiene, acrylonitrile, styrene copolymer) has been used.
- Profi features a combination of high-quality ABS plastic with expensive and high-quality alloy steel.
- Trays and coasters are made using polyethylene.
Knife part of "Classics" and "Prima" is the same, the difference in configuration and ease of use.
Vegetable cutter Borner Classic: features, equipment
Complete set: standard V-frame for inserts, bladeless insert, nozzles with knives 3, 5 and 7 mm, product holder.
Cutting with an insert of 3.5 mm has its own characteristics. For example, if you need to process an onion, it is advisable to first cut the root crop with a knife into perpendicular strips, which after chopping will turn into neat cubes.
The inserts are not rigidly attached to the frame, which can lead to unwanted cuts for novice owners. There is also no handle on the case. When fastening the knives, rivets are used that require careful handling when cleaning the device. The fruit holder is not very convenient and versatile.
Vegetable cutter Borner Prima: features, equipment
More advanced model compared to the "Classic" set. Produced by the companyBorner vegetable cutter "Prima" includes: a frame with a V-knife connected to a knifeless insert, inserts with knives 3, 5 and 7 mm, fruit holder, container for nozzles.
The main knife is made of thicker blade. Solid casting without rivets was used for fastening. The knifeless insert has 5 positions: 1 - safety, the rest regulate the size of the cut. Inserts 3, 5 and 7 have two fixed positions, allowing you to cut 3.5 x 3.5, as well as 3.5 x 2 mm and 7 x 3.5 mm.
Cost of the main types of product
Vegetable cutters on the Borner corporate website, including delivery and a minimum order of 2,500 rubles, are offered for purchase at the following price:
| Product name | Cost, rubles |
| Prima Plus | 4950 |
| "Classic" | 2695 |
| Profi Steel Case | 6600 |
| "Trend" | 3410 |
| Rocco Grater | 905 |
| "Art decor" for "Prima" | 1045 |
| Baby food grater | 385 |
Quality products made in Germany cannot be cheap, according to this rule, a vegetable cutter is also evaluated. Pricefully corresponds to the quality of the product. Knives have a 10-year warranty, excluding resharpening, taking into account the cutting of no more than 1 kg of food per day.
