Best French Fry Cutters
French fries are a food that’s loved by kids and adults. But hand cutting potatoes to make homemade French fries can be challenging. It’s hard to get hand-cut fries into a consistent size, which is important for all the French fries to cook evenly. Plus, it can take a while to cut up potatoes by hand. Fortunately, you can use a French fry cutter to speed up the process and ensure you get the same size fry every time. Here is our review of four French fry cutters so you can find the right one for you.
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Best Blade Variety
Culina French Fry Potato Cutter for Easy Slicing
French Fry Cutter with Two Blades. This French fry cutter makes it easy to cut potatoes, sweet potatoes, and more into ½-inch or ¼-inch stick shapes thanks to the curved bottom design.
What We Liked
This French fry cutter makes it easy to prep potatoes to make French fries due to the curved bottom portion of the cutter. This design helps move the potato through the cutter with less force. The device comes with two different blade sizes so you can cut potatoes into ½-inch or ¼-inch fries. The machine also cuts cucumbers, zucchini, radishes, apples, and more. It cleans easily with water, too. If you’re using a long or extra-wide potato, you may have to halve or quarter it before using it in this cutter. This French fry cutter comes with a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. In particular, we liked that this cutter comes with two different sized blades. Get it here.
Most Durable
New Star Food Service 42313 Commercial Restaurant French Fry Cutter with Suction Feet
Cast Iron French Fry Cutter. This durable, restaurant-grade French fry cutter quickly cuts through potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, and more so you can efficiently and conveniently prep foods for cooking.
What We Liked
This French fry cutter is easy to use, durable, and easy to clean. The body and handle of this cutter are cast iron, so it is incredibly strong, and the short handle gives superior leverage to make cutting foods easy. The blades are stainless steel for reliable cutting, and you don’t have to worry about the blades rusting. Another great feature of this cutter is that the design can hold potatoes up to six inches long, so you won’t have to quarter or halve vegetables before use. The rugged design can withstand high volumes of use and cuts a variety of foods, including sweet potatoes, onions, bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes, and more. In addition, the blade assembly and push block easily come apart to make cleaning simple. The cutter also has four suction cups on the bottom, so it won’t move during use. We liked that this French fry cutter is durable and able to withstand high volumes of cutting thanks to stainless steel blades and a cast iron body and handle. Buy it now.
Best Commercial-Grade Quality
French Fry Cutter
Commercial-Grade Quality French Fry Cutter. This French fry cutter features a restaurant-grade blade that will last for years and slice foods fast, plus the ergonomic handle makes it easy to cut foods with a single lever action.
What We Liked
This French fry cutter makes slicing potatoes and other vegetables into ½-inch thick strips quick and easy. The restaurant-grade, stainless-steel blade requires little effort to cut through produce. The large cutter box (5.58 inches by 5.51 inches) holds most potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other vegetables without the need for quartering or halving the vegetable first. This convenient cutter works great with zucchinis, cucumbers, eggplants, sweet potatoes, and more. In addition, this cutter doesn’t take up as much space as a commercial-grade cutter, but it still provides the same quality and durability. Plus, it’s easy to clean with water and won’t rust. We liked that this French fry cutter is as durable as a commercial-grade cutter and can cut whole potatoes without taking up a lot of counter space. Buy it here.
Most Convenient Design
Prepworks by Progressive Tower Fry Cutter
French Fry Tower Cutter. This tower cutter helps you easily slice French fries and other vegetables, like carrots and onions, into a convenient stick size and shape.
What We Liked
This tower fry cutter easily slices potatoes into perfectly shaped French fries so you can fry or bake them quickly. This cutter can also cut a variety of other vegetables into stick shapes for delicious sweet potato fries or carrot fries. One of the best features of this tool is that you’ll have less mess when cutting since the clear container holds produce in one place. This tower fry cutter is dishwasher safe, and the pop-out pusher has a removable grid for easy cleaning. It also has a non-skid base for added stability and safety. In particular, we liked that this fry cutter has a clear container that keeps the cut food in one place for less mess. Get it now.