Can this cut sweet potatoes with the skin on for fries or slicing?
1341936
I have had this mandolin for two years now and I have to say I do not like it. It is very heavy and large. Also when slicing and you slide the vegetable to be sliced back up the device to make another pass the vegetable has a tendency to catch on the rippled blade which can be dangerous. I also find that because the blades are perpendicular to the direction you slice that dense vegetables like potatoes are hard to slice. I also find that the hand protector is not easy to use because it only has two pins to hold the veg you are slicing and it frequently falls out of the handle. I have an inexpensive plastic Borner mandolin that easily out performs the French stainless version. I have had this mandolin for two years now and I have to say I do not like it. It is very heavy and large. Also when slicing and you slide the vegetable to be sliced back up the device to make another pass the vegetable has a tendency to catch on the rippled blade which can be dangerous. I also find that because the blades are perpendicular to the direction you slice that dense vegetables like potatoes are hard to slice. I also find that the hand protector is not easy to use because it only has two pins to hold the veg you are slicing and it frequently falls out of the handle. I have an... » Read More I have had this mandolin for two years now and I have to say I do not like it. It is very heavy and large. Also when slicing and you slide the vegetable to be sliced back up the device to make another pass the vegetable has a tendency to catch on the rippled blade which can be dangerous. I also find that because the blades are perpendicular to the direction you slice that dense vegetables like potatoes are hard to slice. I also find that the hand protector is not easy to use because it only has two pins to hold the veg you are slicing and it frequently falls out of the handle. I have an inexpensive plastic Borner mandolin that easily out performs the French stainless version. « Show Less
1341937
I have had this mandolin for two years now and I have to say I do not like it. It is very heavy and large. Also when slicing and you slide the vegetable to be sliced back up the device to make another pass the vegetable has a tendency to catch on the rippled blade which can be dangerous. I also find that because the blades are perpendicular to the direction you slice that dense vegetables like potatoes are hard to slice. I also find that the hand protector is not easy to use because it only has two pins to hold the veg you are slicing and it frequently falls out of the handle. I have an inexpensive plastic Borner mandolin that easily out performs the French stainless version.
611527
Hi there ! Yes it will but ... , for just the relatively small device (if you're thinking about potatoes, which are hard to cut anyway) I suggest you to buy bigger mandoline cutter, like Bron . MIU http://reviews.chefscatalog.com/8855/26141/chefs-commercial-stainless-steel-mandoline-slicer-reviews/reviews.htm Look at Bron Original Stainless Steel Mandoline Slicer -&gt; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bron-Original-Stainless-Steel-Mandoline-Slicer-/230984272926?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35c7bc4c1e - something like that. beside, you have a lot of video on YouTube to choose from. You have to be prepared to send around 160 dollars. Good luck !
973299
I have not done fries, but I just looked on the box and it shows fairly skinny fries. I love making sweet potato chips though! I love the mandoline. I don't use it often enough to be really familiar with it, but I do really like it for what I do.
297253
It has a pulse and run speed, a disk blade that slices on one side and grates on the other and a chopper blade. I haven't tried the slicer blade with potatoes but where you feed the food in is rather small and a potato would likely have to be quartered before it could be fed into the food processor. I don't think it would be good for that purpose.
2026541
Depends on the age of the sweet potato, the older it gets, the more dried-out and hard it gets. If it's too hard you may bend your blades. The trick to cutting a sweet potato, is to half or quarter it first which lessons the friction against the blades.
1549079
Yes! But you will only be able to cut soft vegetables, Irish potatoes are ok but sweet potatoes or yams will not work
777887
I used it on a yam (sweet potato) and it worked fine. I did use a glove to hold it so I wouldn't cut myself. Cut a piece off a rounded veggie so it "sits" more firmly on your cutting board. The first slice of the peeler was hard but it got progressively easier.
297254
It does not have thickness options and it probably would not slice thin enough for potato crisps. I would suggest a mandolin for that.
654557
Yes, it has a slicer blade for regular fries, skinny fries and even wedge for ranch size fries!
85504
Hello Paulina , yes it will peel a sweet potato , but the slices won't be wide enough . Your slices won't be big enough to make chips . I hope I helped you . It's a great peeler .
226506
The blade is very thin and sharp so its a great thin slicer. Potatos and peeled squash yes but anything with tough skin should be cut with a heavier knife.
1506
The "disk" cutter blade can be set for slices or shredding. So, yes, you can slice potatoes for scalloped potatoes, but you would probably have to trim the potato to fit down the slot that feeds the slicer blade. A whole potato would not fit.
1269733
It works fine for sweet potatoes. The key is mounting it solidly to a wall so that you can put maximum torque on the Levert without fear of it coming loose. If you do that it will cut through just about any spud workout issue. If it's a huge potatoe consider slicing in half.
179065
Not necessarily. I used larger potatoes but I just cut them in half before I put it in there. One thing though, it's gets difficult to use after the first few uses. The blades wore down extremely fast. I just about killed myself trying to put a sweet potato through it.
554293
Although I have never tried, I think if you cut the potatoes slices thin enough it would chop them just fine. This unit is not overly sharp - so the potato slices would need to be fairly thin. Hope this helps!
1325187
Yes...I tried it for zucchini chips and they were so thin and light...but use the guard....I sliced my thumb...NOT fun! Remeber for the potatoes to be crisp the oil has to be really hot.
1715470
Only if you want very thin matchstick type fries. I haven't actually used sweet potatoes but with regular white potatoes I cut them and they got smaller as they baked.