Norpro Stainless Steel Deluxe Corn Cutter, 11†/28 cm, Silver

EASY TO USE.

I have had one of these corn cutters for a few years now and it has worked fine. I just met with friends to do 21 dozen ears of corn. For the friends gathering I bought a second one to process the 21 dozen ears, but did not use the new one. Four days later i processed 10 dozen ears. I used my original corn cutter for about 4 dozen and decided to try my new one. The new one broke on the 6th ear I tried to process. There was a slight dimple in the cob and the cutting edge caught there and bent the cutting blade so badly i could no longer use it, so in the trash it went. I still have a high rating for this device. when it works. I mount my ears on a spike embedded in a piece of 2x6 lumber. To use the cutter, I stick the butt end of the ear on the spike. this works very well, just push straight down

I bought a couple of these for using at the corn party. We put up 160-quart freezer bags this weekend. The corn peelers worked, and everyone used them. These were more of a backup in case those didn't work. I have used these before and thought being stainless steel they would be good. However, since we tried the corn peelers (Yellow handled ones that fit nicely in your hand.I have uses these since I was a little girl and always thought they were the best, until the yellow handle peelers came out.

Our first time using one of these, after viewing videos on-line of people using these to cut the corn off the cob for sweet corn, the blade bent upwards, rendering the unit unusable until I bent blade back nearly to shape with needle-nose pliers, and it worked then to finish the job, with us not pushing as hard... Beware of pushing too hard on the blade -- rotating the cob after it stops wanting to move down over the cob may well have prevented us from bending the serrated cutting blade, as rotating the device on the corn cob seems to allow it to be pushed down further... One unit I saw on Amazon has a large screw that goes into the cob and with the help of a power drill (cordless preferred) that rotates the cob as you push the cob down through the round cutting opening, might be a much better solution... I hope this helps prevent future customers that purchase this from having our problem of bending the serrated edge round blade... RB

I had some bid corn didn’t work but medium or small works perfectly

I saw this used with a power drill and augur blade to make a "redneck corn stripper" like one that I saw on You Tube. I was able to duplicate the process pretty quickly and cobbed out a good 3 dozen ears in about 10-12 minutes without leaving any half-cut or weird-shaped kernels on the cobs. The one thing I am not saucer-eyed thrilled with is the curved blades have a way of springing out into the wrong positions. This may very well be the nature of the beast, and I was able to work past it without a lot of hassle, and that's the only hitch in an otherwise great product that did exactly what it was supposed to. I wish I hadn't waited so long, but I will have it next year for the whole harvest season.

The cutter does a fine job so long as you take your time and don't force the ears through it. The blades are not strong enough to cut through the cob, this is what causes the blades to bend. I found this out the hard way. To help control the cutter, I notched the top of a 2 gallon bucket and rested the cutter, serrated side up in the notches. (Not my idea, saw it on a website.) This worked very well so long as I didn't push to hard and stopped and restarted when the ear started to bind. I managed to strip about 10 dozen ear in about an hour with very little mess. I think the bucket is the trick and the bucket did a great job of catching the kernels.

When I grew up on the farm, we had these for freezing corn. I always thought I would buy one if I ever found one. Finally found them on Amazon! I took the corn off the cob of 5 dozen in 20 minutes. We just drive a large nail through a 1x6 and put the board over the top of bowl you want the corn in. The only complaint I have is that the blade isn't as sturdy as the ones I grew up with. I bent the blade after two ears. Luckily I bought two and I believe I saw that you can buy replacement blades.