Max Space Butter Mill Butter Dispenser Stick with Tablespoon Gradations- Twist to Spread Thin Butter Ribbons, Keeps Butter & Margarine Fresh Longer

I don't use much butter because it's what, 100% FAT? But I LOVE BUTTER. This little gadget lets you control the amount of butter where you can still get a taste without the awkwardness of trying to cut little bitty pieces off the stick. I use the type of butter that is in the longer, skinny sticks, so had no problem loading the gadget.First try with cold butter, it was very difficult to turn and I thought I had made a mistake. Next day, it wasn't as hard....not sure why, but maybe it just needed to "settle in" or something. The third day, I ran hot water over the outside of the square portion the butter is in just to un-stick the butter from the walls of the dispenser. It worked just great, even with the butter being cold. You do have to "back off" with the screw part to keep more butter from oozing out the opening. Easy. Then one day, I let the butter sit out an hour or so before dinner and it still worked wonderfully. Even easier.The muffin or bread or whatever you are having does NOT have to be warm. Just be ready to detach the ribbon of butter with your table knife, fork, or even your finger. The butter will break away from the dispenser if you just pinch & pull the ribbon with your fingers. Your fingers are only on the piece you took out, so the butter inside is still clean. To wash it after running out of butter, I simply used HOT water out of the tap with liquid dish soap. The butter came right off with the hot water and soap. It's dishwasher safe, so if I can get it clean in the sink, your dishwasher can do as good or better at cleaning the gadget.Crazy Russian Hacker's Butter Gadgets Put to the Test on YouTube [...] is how I learned there was such a thing. He has the red top kind, but I found too many bad reviews on that one. This all-white one is a dream.

Who ever invented this is a genius! I hate using sticks of butter because they are so hard coming out of the fridge. With the butter mill it sends out a very thin ribbon of butter that's soooooooo much easier to spread. No more leaving butter out to soften or struggling to scrape thin slivers off a rock hard stick of butter. This thing works great! It also acts as a case for your butter, and with the cap on it keeps the air out too. IT ALSO WORKS AMAZINGLY WELL WITH BLOCKS OF CREAM CHEESE!!!!USER TIP: On the West Coast of the USA our butter sticks are shorter and fatter than the rest of the world, so you will have to cut the side off of your butter to make it fit in the mill. But this is no big deal, its easy to do, and just place the portion you cuff off back inside the mill so it won't be wasted at all.USER TIP: cranking down the handle creates a little pressure inside the case that may cause it to send a little extra butter out after you stop twisting it. It's no big deal, but to stop the flow of butter precisely at a specific amount, just turn the crank a very small amount in the opposite direction as soon as you want it to stop sending out butter. This relieves the small amount of pressure on the butter in the chamber and stops the flow of butter exactly when you want it to stop.

The cross section of this device is too small to hold sticks of Challenge or Land O'Lakes brand butter. The device fits a stick of Blue Bonnet margarine and works to extrude refrigerated margarine without extreme effort. Bits of margarine remain inside the device on the shaft of the screw and behind the piston, so it should be occasionally cleaned out.I rate it 4 stars because I use margarine as often as butter.

Broke first week we got it. We had one of these for over 10 years. Got this one as a replacement and it was crazy hard to turn nothing would come out and then it broke. Disappointed because we loved the one we had for many years

This product does work, delivering a consistent ribbon of butter. However, it takes a great deal of hand strength to turn the crank (assuming butter is straight from the refrigerator). Also, if your hands are on the small side, it’s unwieldy to hold. Unfortunately, I threw it out after the first bar of butter was used up.

This has got to be THE BEST product I've purchased. Ever. We use this almost every day. We keep it in the fridge. The butter always comes out easily and sliced thin. Perfect for dinner rolls, toast and anything else you can think of. Literally, my whole family is getting one of these for Christmas. It is so inexpensive but do not let that fool you, it is a Godsend! Love, love, love!

I've been using the Butter Mill for a while now and, honestly, it's been a game-changer in my kitchen. It's one of those tools you didn't know you needed until you have it.Before I had the Butter Mill, spreading cold, hard butter on bread was always a bit of a struggle. With this tool, that problem is a thing of the past. It grates the butter into thin, easy-to-spread ribbons even when the butter is straight from the fridge. It's so effortless that it almost feels like magic!The Butter Mill is straightforward to use and clean, which adds to its appeal. It's certainly become a must-have in my kitchen.If I had to find a drawback, it would be that you need to make sure you screw the top on securely. If it's not, the butter might not grate properly.In conclusion, the Butter Mill is an excellent tool. It has made the simple act of buttering bread so much easier. It's a must-have for anyone who enjoys butter on their bread, toast, or pastries. Despite the minor issue with the top, I'm still giving it a full five stars for its practicality and efficiency.

I got it because I was hoping it would work with cold butter from the fridge but it is difficult to turn when the butter is cold. It like builds up pressure and slowly pushes it out and isn't very effective so really i only works with room temp butter but room temp butter is already easy to spread so it's just another thing to wash and when I left it in the fridge the butter got moldy for some reason while if I just leave butter in it's wrap it doesn't get moldy. My guess it keeps moisture trapped in and that's why it will get moldy.