BLACK+DECKER CJ625 Electric Citrus Juicer 32 oz

Overview

Not a centrifugal or masticating juicer for whole produce, this is a reamer-style citrus press: a fruit half goes face down on the cone and pressing starts the motor. The reamer reverses direction automatically, a strainer catches seeds, and the juice collects in a pitcher with a pour spout.

Pressure-activated reaming with automatic reversal is the convenience: push a fruit half down and the motor does the twisting in both directions, pulling more juice from the rind. Plastic construction and a single-purpose design are the limits, and the listing gives two wattage figures that do not agree.

Who it's for

A kitchen that juices citrus often enough to want a pitcher-size batch rather than a hand squeezer. The two cone sizes cover small and large fruit, and the pulp control suits households that disagree about pulp. Shoppers who want a stainless body or a lever-style press should look at other designs.

Pros and cons

Performance notes

Yield depends on the reamer gripping the fruit while it turns, and the reversing action re-engages pulp pockets that a single direction would skip. Pressure activation means the motor runs only while a half is pressed down, so the cone stops when you lift. The pulp control gate decides how much fiber passes the strainer into the pitcher, and the strainer holds back seeds regardless of the setting.

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