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| Microplane Professional Extra Coarse Grater | 
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| Brand: Microplane
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $18.95
Buy New: $15.50 (On sale from $16.95)
You Save: $3.45 (18%)
New (5) from $15.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 39354
Color: Stainless Steel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 2.7 x 0.7
MPN: MP-013
Model: 38008
UPC: 098399380087
EAN: 0098399380087
ASIN: B0000CFFRO
Release Date: March 2, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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Get this Professional version! September 6, 2008
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.
Microplane is best. November 4, 2007
This is an excellent grater, like all my other Microplane graters. I will never use any other brand. I use it for soft cheeses, like fresh mozzarella, when I make pizza and risotto with basil and cheese.
The best of the best July 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When my food processor quit working, I replaced it with a set of Microplane graters (the 35000 series). At the time I placed my order, I didn't know about Microplane's professional graters (the 38000 series). However, after using them, I was so impressed that I sent the 35000 series to my daughter and ordered the professional 38000 series for myself.
I do a lot of cooking, so I know these graters are going to get a lot of use. I'm in no mood to buy another food processor, as I rarely used the one I had and a food processor takes up a lot of valuable kitchen storage space. The Microplane graters, on the other hand, fit neatly inside a drawer and have protective covers on them.
I'm giving the 38000 series graters a 5-star rating because they're better quality than the 35000 series graters and look like they'll last longer. They are very sharp and do an extremely effective job. I especially appreciate the sliding hand guard. I very seriously doubt I'd use a tool as sharp as this without something to protect my hands.
Very sharp, watch your fingers or the kiddies. May 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We had the Microplane rasp grater for a couple of years now and really liked it compared to "normal" graters. However, the rasp was a bit fine for hard cheeses sometime, and did not work real well for ginger (it excels in zesting fruits and grating nutmeg for baking). So we recently bought these two graters (this one and the coarse). They work great (mind the pun).
The coarse is good for ginger and hard cheeses. The extra coarse is good for softer cheeses, like cheddar and mozzarella. The length and width of the grater is appropriate for grating over a pizza or skillet. The thoughtful touch is the rubber on the helper bar at the end. That lets you place the grater on a counter without too much slippage while grating.
The graters a substantially sharper than "normal" graters, for better or worse. Mind yourself with these (or letting kids use them). I slipped with on and sheared the tip of my finger off (albeit cleanly).
Good product, worth the money.
Essential tool, highly recommended! March 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is really a terrific grater. It does the work of my standard box grater quite a bit faster and with less effort, plus it's a breeze to clean.
The "extra coarse" version seems to produce grated cheese about as coarse as the coarsest side of the box grater, which is fine for my grating needs. I'm glad I purchased the Professional version for the reasons cited by a previous reviewer, although I now see Amazon has added a "non-professional" version that includes a safety cover. I don't think that was available six weeks ago. I still think the extra $2.50 is worth the more professional handle.
It's so sharp that it even grates mozzarella without the cheese turning into a mushy substance that has to be cleaned off frequently while grating.
As others have said about various Microplane graters in Amazon reviews, they're sharp! This isn't a criticism, but a caveat to be very careful. First thing I grated after unpacking it was my forefinger. It was a minor scrape but a real warning to be much more careful than when using my old graters. Since then, I've used it with no mishaps because I know to not even barely touch it in the grating direction.
I see Amazon is using different suppliers for various Microplanes, but Amazon's current supplier for this version, Witbecks, was as good as online ordering gets. Fast, well-packaged, good communication.
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