Tovolo Stainless Steel Perforated Colander, Large

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(5 stars) - Great Colander
This is a well-built colander that should last for years. Lots of holes - EVEN ON THE BOTTOM - make this colander outperform every other colander out there. I bought the medium and large colanders and they nest together very neatly to take up a minimum of storage space. Highly Recommended!

(5 stars) - Large Colander
I bought this for my mom & she loves it. She loves the size & it's easy to clean. Item shipped fast & was received as described. Smooth transaction, would buy from you again.

Brian

(5 stars) - Just right for a 5 qt bowl
Summer is all about produce and this great item is getting a workout while I wash beans and other garden bounty, but also helps me process things. When I zap tomatoes in the processor, I freeze the solids, but like to drain off some of the liquid for fresh juice. This nice colander sits perfectly inside my large 5 qt mixing bowl for that purpose.

It doubles as a course strainer since the holes are all over and relatively small and is super for capturing all the aromatics and bones you've boiled to make a stock, while allowing the stock itself to flow through to your bowl or large soup pot.

I really needed a strainer this size that was footed so it would sit securely in the sink, but also sit inside a bowl when I wanted to save the liquid and I'm delighted with this product. It is sturdy and well made. Highly recommended.

(3 stars) - Works well, but...
I bought it because of a segment on America's Test Kitchen where they say that this type of colander is their favorite: finely perforated metal, rather than plastic or mesh.

The strainer works really well. It is great for rice, Israeli couscous and angel hair and aborio pasta.

There are a couple issues I have:
1) The inside is smooth and easy to clean. The outside feels like a microplane and it's just shredding my sponges.
2) The base right should also have slots of holes, because otherwise the bottom fills in with water...or...if you put the colander over the drain, the ring blocks the water outside the ring from going down the drain and then the sink fills up. Probably not a big deal for people with nice new stainless steel sinks, but I've got an old stained ceramic sink. It's also the sink we use for rinsing the floor mop and paint brushes...I don't like food coming in contact with the sink, and that includes strained food soaking in sitting water in the sink.

(5 stars) - good product
I've had this now for about a month. One thing I noticed right away was it's stability in my dishpan and the lack of back splash when pouring boiling pasta into it. My old strainer was constantly burning me with back splash. This has almost none. I love it. Easy to store in a dutch oven and works as advertised. As far as durability time will tell but it seems well built.

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