Only claims about graters made by people we have grounds to call chefs. The unrestricted graters evidence is on the graters page.
4 people we have grounds to call chefs make 9 quoted claims about graters across 4 sources. Membership of the chefs group is recorded per person with its own evidence, and authority is scoped to graters rather than to fame.
Endorsements and objections about graters from chefs, together, strongest evidence first.
A microplane is a great thing for truffles, for parmesan, for all sorts of things that we use, lemons and citrus and stuff like that. So, really good microplane, nice and sharp, really important as well.
Cites edge retention, versatility
Not a recommendation for a specific product — technique, materials and what to look for in graters. Citable on its own terms.
with its PLS for Co grating fine grating and super fine as well as blades for slicing it's perfect for everything from puring Ginger and zesting lemons to shredding onions
Cites versatility
the Box grater is another great versatile kitchen tool
Cites versatility
We've got two different sizes of microplane for grating stuff. Very very useful for home.
You know, the days of box grers are now gone.
be sure to get a solid handle to hold it firm and it's got such volume inside it doesn't crush anything up
Cites handle, size and capacity
and you can keep them nice and clean and cleaned out because stuff gets stuck in there it will last you a super long time
Cites durability, ease of cleaning (against)
this is your very very fine grater you can do things like nutmeg on here
it is used so frequently in a professional kitchen you won't believe it
they're not very expensive
Cites price
Computed only from claims about graters by people we have grounds to call chefs, so the axes answer “according to chefs” rather than “according to everyone”.
Domain authority
1 recommender, weighted by demonstrated expertise in graters. Weighted by expertise in this category, never by audience size.
Independent consensus
1 independent voice across 2 sources. How many independent voices converge, unweighted.
Long-term ownership
3 dated ownership reports, median 2 months. Volume and length of dated first-hand ownership reports.
Performance
23 performance claims. Claims about how well it does the job.
Value
8 claims about price relative to what it does. Claims about what it costs relative to what it does.
Repairability
no repairability claims yet. Claims about whether it can be maintained or rebuilt.
Community breadth
2 distinct communities. How many distinct communities converge, rather than one echo chamber.
Recency of evidence
most recent evidence from 2026. How recent the evidence is. Old evidence is not wrong, just older.
Objections raised
4 negative claims, mostly performance and durability. Weight of negative claims. High is not bad — it is well-documented.
These are separate measurements, not components of a score. They are never added together, and there is no overall rating — which of them matters depends on what you are buying the thing for. A dash means no evidence on that axis yet, not a low result.