Yes, something ike that. I'm a little concerned about the plastic parts instead of them being metal. And I think all models have a rubber seal. Not sure how those hold up. I did notice I need to cool cooked stuff off before processing it in this model.
For canning you need to remove the skins or seeds from certain things before you can them. I've used a small food mill for tomato skins and seeds for tomato sauce. That takes a lot of stopping and cleaning the food mill to get the seeds out. I've used several layers of cheese cloth and a lot of time for it to drain to make seedless blackberry juice. For both of these, I do not need to cook these before I run them through a strainer, but I have to cook them for my current methods. When I make apple sauce, I will still have to cook the apples before processing, then cool them off some.
I have not used one of these devices, which discharges the liquid and pulp in one area and discharges the skin and seeds in another place. I think it will speed the whole process up quite a bit, plus be less frustrating to use, especially if you don't have to cook the food first. Fewer pots and pans to wash.
One disadvantage of these strainers may be how much pulp or juice goes out the discharge side as compared to a regular food mill. The instructions say you may have to send the debris discharge through a second time to get more of the pulp out. I'm not sure how much volume that actually is.
I trust the people on this site a lot more than what I read in the advertisements for these products. I've pretty much made up my mind to get one and they are not real cheap. I don't need a fancy name or the top-of-the-line model, unless there is truly that much difference in them. I do want something that will last and will not be too frustrating to use. I'll pay for quality but I do not need to pay extra for fashion or style.
I'm specifically thinking of a simple ladel my wife got at one of those high end fashionable food appliance and accessories stores. The ladel is cute, fahionable, attractive, stylish, and totally impractical to use. The handle is so heavy it is always at risk of flipping out of the bowl. That is something I would not have thought of before I experienced it. If someone on this forum has tried one of these strainers and has noticed something like that about a specific model, I can maybe save myself some frustration.
It is always possible someone will come on and say they have tried one and don't waste your money on one. Stick with the old ways. Not all gadgets are worth getting. If it sounds too good to be true, maybe it is.
