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 This is an awful product! February 23, 2008
Dede, DFW, TX (DFW, TX)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Please read my review of the KitchenAid Pasta Rollers set. I love them. I love my food grinder and some other attatchments. So, I thought I'd love this ravioli maker as well. I've been making pasta and ravioli for 20 plus years and I have several presses for shaping my ravioli. I have taught classes on the subject.
THIS PRODUCT DOESN'T WORK!
It's impossible to get the air out of each ravioli. If there's air they explode when you cook them. I wrote to KitchenAid after returning mine. But they still make them. I told them that if a first time ravioli maker bought this, they'd think it was their fault that it didn't work. It is impossible to make a good ravioli with this type of machine.
1st, there's the air that gets sealed into the little pockets.
2nd, you can't get a good seal on the raviolis if the filling is in the seal. The filling will be in the seal because you just fill the hopper with filling and keep the unit rolling them out. I accused KitchenAid of not even having filled Ravioli's in the pictures on the box. I think they're air. A nice thin delicate ravioli will be thin enough to see the color of the filling (or at least look a different color) in the middle. Look at the picture. And the hopper is installed in the picture, but there's no filling. Most of my fillings are dark - my cheese filling has spinach and basil in it, and has been run through a food processor to be smooth so it won't tear the pasta. My meat fillings are all dark too. They don't look like the picture.
I have never been disappointed with KitchenAid before, but this ONE disappointment was a big one.
Go back and search for a Ravioli press and a cheap rolling pin to help seal them. They can be found for $15. You can buy all sorts of sizes and shapes and still have money left over to buy some really nice cheese!
Good luck and happy pasta making. ;)
 Practice makes perfect... February 12, 2008
Iznof (Portland, OR USA)
Two main points here:
1. Read the instructions and practice....
2. Don't schedule a meal for your first try, you should practice first...
This is a great product - with a lot of bogus reviews. I think its really nice but it took me a practice run or two before I really nailed it. A+++
What a total waste of money January 16, 2008
Annna
I am not just unhappy with this product, I am bitter about it. What a piece of trash. I've tried it, repeatedly. My friend, who was also duped into buying one by the good reputation that KitchenAid enjoys, tried it. Her husband, who can make anything work, tried it. Failure after failure after failure after failure. If you're looking to make a pot of disconnected shreds of pasta with free floating filling, this is the equipment for you. If ravioli is what you're after, you'll do better buying a can of Chef Boyardee.
Don't waste your time or money January 13, 2008
Randy Bailey
Lousy product. Get a manual ravioli maker and it is less hassle and produces better ravioloi. The other pasta attachments work great, just NOT this one!!!!
tis a waste December 11, 2007
E. Trent Vernon (los angeles, ca USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
the motor doesnt even come into play here.. you manually crank it... why bother even making something for the kitchen aid that doesnt use the motor?
i get better results with ravioli trays... which only cost about $20.
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