bciverson's Full Review: Black&Decker Extra - Tall Can Opener
What qualifies me to rate an electric can opener? I'm a frustrated chef. I've always seen myself on the Saturday PBS cooking shows sharing my latest culinary creation with Julia Child as she exclaims with falsetto amazement at my unmatched talent.
My wife and I received a white Black & Decker Extra Tall Can Opener as a wedding gift a couple of years ago (has it been that long?...wow...the time has flown). Since I cook a lot of pasta sauces from scratch and don't always have fresh ingredients I am forced to open a can. This electric opener is tall enough to quickly and automatically open those large cans of S&W stewed tomatoes (Italian style, of course). One would think that because of the extraordinary height of this unit it would topple over with a great crash spilling the contents of your uncooked meal, but NO! The base splayed out and steadied by extra weighting making for worry free operations each time.
Securing your can to the unit for opening is easy as well. Just lift the handle, place your can in line with the blade, push down to puncture and your can is held in place while rotating to open. Your can does NOT fall off the unit after opening; it patiently waits for you to retrieve it when you are ready. One rather annoying thing is that when the can is open the unit discontinues its operation with a jolt usually forcing a spurt of liquid from under the lid landing on the counter. Otherwise this unit is easy to clean; I just detach the handle (where the blade is located) and place it on the top rack of the dishwasher. The plastic case is easy to clean with 409 surface cleaner and the unit has remained like new and running smoothly under rather heavy usage.
I like this unit so much I gave one to my mother for Christmas in '98. She loves it too.
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