Alligator Mini Cutter

Perfect little squares of garlic, but I use it for perfect thin little squares of onion or carrot for pilafs.I don’t overload it, just one small slice of carrot or onion at a time and have perfect results with little effort. Pickle rounds work well for relish too.

I've used one of these for a couple of years and find the tiny dice essential for garlic and other things as well. I have other garlic tools, but this is my favorite because it is easy to clean and the results are so consistent. None of the other dicers on the market have this fine a grid, so it's the best choice for things you want in really small pieces. I use mine for garlic frequently, but also for pickles or olives I'm adding to a salad, radishes that are especially tangy, herbs and sometimes small onions or shallots when I want the small dice.The unit is small so the item placed on the grid has to be small, but the dice is beautiful and exactly right for tuna salad, for example, where you want small pieces of things. I still use the bigger sized unit for the celery I add to the tuna salad, and in fact often use both units for most preparations since the tiny pieces of garlic are ideal even if I want the bigger dice for other things.I never put either of mine in the dishwasher because they are so easy to clean under the faucet and have ready for the next concoction. The little grid that fits down over the `teeth' is by far the easiest solution for removing any embedded pieces. I highly recommend this gadget for its ease of use and reliable results--the perfect fine dice.

I'm buying this for a friend. I've had mine for years and love it. I use it for onions and garlic, but it is the very small dice for peppers that I love the best...beautiful little splashes of color and even people that don't like peppers will tolerate this very small dice in their salads. Great for olives and makes egg salad in less then a minute. Sometimes for the first slice you have to hold the cleaning grid steady...and the tabs on the side make that possible...but after the first chop it's holds itself in there and cleanup is a breeze. I rarely put this unit in the dishwasher (and NEVER the grid) because cleanup is so easy. After 6 years one of the tabs on the collection bin broke but because there are 3 tabs it still holds in fine so I have no need to replace mine yet. The uniform size gives you professional looking results and I would now perish without it. Highly recommended. I've read all the negative feedback and my opinion is that they #1: didn't use the cleaning grid #2: Used hard veggies whole (they should be sliced first) #3:Used veggies that extended past the grid and #4: didn't read the instructions Ignore them all and buy this unit!

This product works exactly as described. A bit of work is required to slice the garlic or whatever you're cutting to be thinner but still very efficient when chopping a great amount. Previous comments by other users stating the lack of a "cover/cup" as shown must have had older packaging as mine came exactly as shown. So far I've used this cutter numerous times to cut up items like garlic, shallots, daikon, pickles and it's pretty flawless. Clean up is relatively easy. A bit pricey but saves me lots of time!

This is a nicely made miniature of the full-size Alligator chopper but - it is so small that I haven't found any practical use for it. When you try to chop little bits of parsley or green pepper the pieces just get stuck in it. Cute, but sort of useless.

This item was purchased to replace an older model that recently gave up the ghost after steady use for about 8 years. Blades are very sharp, this Alligator mini cutter is the best way to uniformly mince garlic and other small items. If you are using this with a large clove of garlic, first slice lengthwise and separate slices. Very large chunks of anything tends to be hard to push through the small blade openings. I especially like the little plastic cover, which catches your minced items. My first Alligator Mini didn't have this feature and you had to make sure you angle the cutter just right to get all your pieces into your bowl instead of all over the floor. There is a mini white "screen" (for lack of a better word) inside the green prongs, when you remove this for cleaning, you will see a slight amount of food left in there. I just remove the food and chop it by hand. If you try to chop without the screen, the last remaining food gets stuck in the prongs, which is not easy to clean out, hence the screen's use. Enjoy!

If I could rate this product less than one star I would. I purchased this along with the Progressive brand (the one that has the extra blades, storage box, chopper box etc...and you would not believe the difference in products. This one is awful for chopping even something simple like garlic. The design of this product is all wrong, it is difficult to get pushed thru AND the clean up is a nightmare. Skip over this and go right to the less expensive, better bargain of the progressive international brand. You'll be happy you did.

I've been using the Alligator for several years and find it an indispensable kitchen gadget. While my old chopper was not yet worn out, I wanted to have another one handy just in case it failed. It's super easy to clean the blades, screen and base with a toothbrush, kept for that purpose. This new one came with a plastic receptacle that catches the chopped garlic-a nice feature. It's a very useful tool, so I also bought one as a gift for my niece.

alles ok, tolles Gerät für die Küche, erfüllt genau seinen Zweck !

Honestly, if you have never had an alligator, do yourself a favour and buy one. I had an old one that I bought at Williams Sonoma years ago when they didn't make the little catch dish for the diced garlic. (I use it for garlic) This dices garlic perfectly and uniformly fine. You slice it the garlic clove first and insert two or three slices push down and presto, lots of perfect garlic dices. It has a very useful little stiff plasticnet that is attached under the nodules that the garlic sits on when it is sliced, so to clean the alligator when you are done, you simply pull out this plastic net and rinse it off. I will never be without an alligator for garlic dicing again and was so happy to find that they now make them with the plastic portion that catches the dice.

parfait pour faire gagner du temps. coupe l ail et ne le broie pas. Je l ai depuis un an et il fonctionne toujours aussi bien. Facile d utilisation, il ne faut pas beaucoup de force pour couper. facile a nettoyer au lave vaiselleseul bemol, le prix un peu cher mais bon..

Makes dicing garlic quick and easy. Love the cleaning mesh - game-changer!

Le produit n'est pas pratique car la grille est trop petite,en plus il n'est pas facile de le nettoyer car les aliments restent coincer dans la grille.Les légumes ne sont pas bien découpés et restent coincer dans la grille.