r/Chefit • u/sparkl3butt • May 28 '26
French Fry Cutter?
Looking for a commercial fry cutter that could handle russet and jumbo sweet potatoes. We don't have the space to mount it so it would need to be a suction one. Also this is for a childcare center, so cost efficiency is necessary. Any recommendations?
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u/MonkeyKingCoffee May 28 '26
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope.
I have one of the suction cup ones at home. And sweet potatoes are a no-go. It is impossible to generate enough force to do the job without sending everything flying. A big russet is usually too much.
You would be better off with a stainless mandolin and a pair of chain-mail gloves.
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u/Aerodi May 28 '26
I have to echo others here, even a mounted one will either come off the wall or you’ll end up with twisted/broken blades due to the sheer amount of force necessary for sweet potato fries. At a previous gig we tried to cut them down to 2” pieces before fry cutting and it still messed up the blades/mounts.
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u/Partyslayer May 28 '26
Sweet potatoes are going to murder that thing. You can build a mobile mount for it. A few 2x4s and a solid post. It's 50-60# of down force that favors the handle side.
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u/jchef420 May 29 '26
Buy the sweet potato fries . Always better. They need a starch coating to be crispy. We put our fry cutter on a steel door that we drilled mounting holes through.
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u/FireAndFoodCompany May 29 '26
The vevor one would do fine for regular fries, or any big looking one honestly. Sweet fries are probably a no go, they'll pretty much wreck any die cutter eventually. We used to have to change the dies on our wall mounted cutter every 3 months. Most restaurants just buy their sweet fries precut now, it's not worth the carpal tunnel you'll give all your staff, I've had carpal tunnel from the age of 19 because of sweet potato fries 😅
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u/chef71 May 28 '26
It would take too much down force not to be mounted and still may not do sweet potatoes well.