Evidence index · Graters

Graters, according to restaurant professionals

Only claims about graters made by people we have grounds to call restaurant professionals. The unrestricted graters evidence is on the graters page.

restaurant professionals is a community we read.

5 people on record as restaurant professionals make 12 quoted claims about graters across 6 sources. Membership is recorded with its own evidence — for a person by the trait they are on record holding, for a community by the source it was said in — and authority is scoped to graters rather than to fame.

Which graters do restaurant professionals recommend?

Endorsements and objections about graters from restaurant professionals, together, strongest evidence first.

Microplane grater

3 voices 6 claims no objections from restaurant professionals

22:37 supports Stephen La Rosa earns commission on this

Next, oh, one of the most useful tools inside of the kitchen, a good microplane zestester.

recommendation Uses it professionally What's In My Knife Roll! My Top Tools for Michelin Kitchens, Catering Events & Content Creation

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Every chef needs one of these.

1:30 supports Joshua Weissman Chef

now lots of people have a grater but the one that i would really recommend is a microplane which is really the best grater on the planet if you want those nice delicate threads

Two judgements rest on this sentence:

best in class cites edge retention
recommendation

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6:32 supports Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

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.

recommendation Uses it professionally 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

Cites edge retention, versatility

What do restaurant professionals say about graters in general?

Not a recommendation for a specific product: technique, materials and what to look for in graters. Citable on its own terms.

5:32 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

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

use-case fit Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites versatility

5:32 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

the Box grater is another great versatile kitchen tool

recommendation Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites versatility

17:04 supports Fallow Chef

We've got two different sizes of microplane for grating stuff. Very very useful for home.

recommendation Owns it Inside a Real Restaurant Kitchen: What’s Actually Worth Buying (And What Isn’t)

6:32 objects Adam Byatt Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

You know, the days of box grers are now gone.

mention Uses it professionally 35 Years of cooking equipment - What I use everyday

5:32 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

be sure to get a solid handle to hold it firm and it's got such volume inside it doesn't crush anything up

handling Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites handle, size and capacity

7:02 supports speaking on Bon Appétit

This zestester for limes cuz I don't want it to be as sharp. I don't want as much pith. Then I use this sharper zestester for lemons.

use-case fit Uses it professionally Inside 20 Chefs' Knife Rolls: Pro Chefs Reveal Their Go-To Tools | Restaurant Talks | Bon Appétit

Cites edge retention

How do graters score among restaurant professionals?

Computed only from claims about graters by people we have grounds to call restaurant professionals, so the axes answer “according to restaurant professionals” 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 1 source. How many independent voices converge, unweighted.

Long-term ownership

no dated ownership reports yet. Volume and length of dated first-hand ownership reports.

Performance

1 performance claim. Claims about how well it does the job.

Value

no value claims yet. 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

all evidence from a single community so far. How many distinct communities converge, rather than one echo chamber.

Recency of evidence

most recent evidence from 2017. How recent the evidence is. Old evidence is not wrong, just older.

Objections raised

no objections recorded. How much complaint is on the record. A high figure means the drawbacks have been stated and quoted, not that the thing is worse.

These are separate measurements, not components of a score. They are never added together, and there is no overall rating, because which of them matters depends on what you are buying the thing for. An axis that says no evidence means nobody has spoken about it, not that the answer is low.