Ball freshTECH HarvestPro Sauce and Salsa Maker Gray

I hemmed and hawed about spending the money for this appliance, but after using it for the season I can tell you it was worth every penny. The only thing I wish was a bit different is the holes on the strainers. The large one the holes will allow tomato seeds through and the small one could be a bit bigger. I use the smaller one for tomatoes sauce (I didn't want seeds) and the job could be a bit quicker if the holes were a tad bigger. I also found if you don't blanch the tomatoes (for easy skin removal) the auger tends to get clogged. All in all it is a great unit for making tomato sauce and I would recommend it.

The media could not be loaded.  This mill stores so nicely. Easy to assemble. Easy to use. It has an auto stop in case of food jamming. Nice cord garage. No hand cranking, no mess pouring out of a hand crank handle. No clamping to countertops. It is stable and takes care of food quickly and cleanly.

I really like this machine. It is a workhorse. It is easy to use. It is easy to clean. It does the job. I highly recommend it.

Bought to relieve physical wear on my arms and hands during canning season. I was amazed at how easy it was to set up and how efficiently it processed less than ripe tomatoes easily.Fast enough considering how efficient it operated.

I'll start by saying that compared to a hand-crank variety, this is a miraculous machine! It did absolute beautiful work with applesauce (I make a lot of it -- upwards of 10 bushels-worth) tomato sauce and coarse-ground tomatoes for salsa. I do cook my veggies first to soften them, but the machine operated beautifully and easily. I have a few small complaints: first, the hopper really should be bigger. Second, I feel like it could rotate a bit more quickly. That said, other, professional grade models are SO much more expensive that I couldn't justify the expense, even for a bigger hopper and faster rotation. This machine is reasonably priced and to me seems solidly built (talk to me again in a few years, but my sense is that it's a quality machine), and it absolutely does the job, quietly, easily, reasonably fast, turning what used to be a three-person event (every time we "cranked" applesauce!) into a relatively quick, no-big-deal production. I would recommend it, absolutely.

Before you buy CHECK where you are going to get your replacement parts. Photo of broken parts attached.In 2016, I had a one of the screens and the frame to hold it get dented by a piece of fruit that was harder than my helping person thought when they fed it through. So I needed to replace those two pieces. This could easily happen to anyone. Well I had a heck of a time -- the cost of the parts was cheap enough, but the gnomes at Ball appeared to be unable to find the small town I live in (Toronto, population 5 million) on a map for shipping, so in the end I got a friend in Chicago to order it for me.Things appear to have changed, as I see on Ball's web site (2018) that Ball now refers people to Walmart.com for the purchase of anything from Ball, including the replacement parts. So I checked for some replacement parts for this machine out of curiosity. I gave up searching Walmart's site after 3 minutes. I can see the machine there, but I cannot see replacement parts there.The machine is great, I would probably buy it again, BUT make sure you know where you are going to get your replacement parts from before ordering!

Out of 7 boxes of tomatoes (25 lbs each), we ended up with two dozen quarts of tomato juice from peelings alone that would have gone to waste.. I had blanched the tomatoes, and then took the peeling off of them and put them aside, using the whole tomatoes for the stewed tomatoes I canned and four tomato ketchup I made. After I was after I finished canning the main products, I went back and got the feelings I had saved in Ziploc bags from the refrigerator and process them through the ball sauce maker as I said earlier from this endeavor we got two extra dozen quart jars of just tomato juice. I wish I had bought this two years ago when I started canning. Definitely a money saver! It is easy to clean and easy to use.

I was very please after using my food mill. You need to read all safety instructions and instructions on use before using. I heated my tomatoes well and let them cool for 1/2 an hour then ran them through the food mill with skins on them and it worked like a dream even ran them through twice to get all the goods out of them. I love it. Tomatoes are the only food I've used so far but if you do what the instructions say you shouldn't have any trouble. Washing i took all things apart put them in warm soapy water, washed carefully and rinse well and used the brush to clean the grinder cone and it cleaned it well, then i dried with a soft dish towel and let air dry thoroughly before putting back in the box for storage until the next time.

Perfect for small batch home canning! Great value for the price. Does a really great job of separating the skin and seeds from fruit and vegetables. We got a beautiful clean tomato sauce, so excellent results. It was very easy to assemble and disassemble and cleaning was easy with tools and brushes included. A smaller footprint makes it easy to store in my small kitchen. This great little machine will get a lot of use in my kitchen, overall, very pleased with this purchase! Highly recommended!

The media could not be loaded.  I love the ease of assembly, cleaning, and using this home pro sauce making machine. I bought 2 bushels of Roma tomatoes to make a basic tomato sauce. It does come with a recipe book but its easier just to make a basic sauce which can then be used for many recipes. The first time using the machine I did find it did clog with the skins which was a bit frustrating to have to disassemble clean and put back to gether. But the second time using has gone much smooth and I have not had to disassemble it. I highly recommend it for home use.

I bought it to do my tomatoes to can Works like a charm to get tomato puree

I love, love this food mill! It’s easy to use, easy to clean (dishwasher!) and so fast! Anyone doing food prep for canning/preserving needs to consider this mill!

Nice little machine for making sauces. Crabapples need to be precooked and make sure you COOL the apples before putting through saucemaker. I had them too hot and it distorted the splash guard. In the user manual it didnt say to cool mixture. In the recipe manual it did. Company sent me a free replacement when i emailed. They were very nice about it and prompt.