Acme 6001 Juice Extractor 500 Watts

Like regular exercise, good gas mileage and learning Spanish, juicing is one of those things that everyone loves to talk about doing but never really get there. Most of the juice extractors on the market seem to fit a similar bill, with the exception of the ACME Juicerator. While most juicers fall into the realm of useless, well-intentioned kitchen appliances - the stuff wedding gifts are made of - Acme's product actually, brace yourself, extracts juice from fruits and vegetables. An achievement so incredibly astonishing it could get 5 stars for that alone.

Before I explain all the reasons to love the Acme 6001 or other juice extractors, let me tell you a story about juice. A couple of years ago I got incredibly drunk at a friend wedding, went out on the dance floor and did the splits to the Loverboy song, working on the weekend. Not only did I successfully do the splits, I also succeeded in causing a second degree tear of my right hamstring. While the juice did little for the embarrassment, I do attribute it to my incredibly fast recovery. My physical therapist was amazed when after an expected 4-6 month recovery time, I had regained full flexibility in 2.5 months, putting me back on the ice as a hockey goaltender. The secret: carrot, beet, kale, garlic. All juiced out of my Acme Juicer. Since then I have found that juice seems to solve common problems like lack of sleep and hangovers.

Like I said earlier the Acme actually puts out juice and does so with the rather simple technological combination of stainless steel parts mated to a high power motor. Like a miniature gravatron, every last drop of moisture is forced out of the fruit or vegetable, yielding the maximum amount of juice and healthy nutrients possible. All parts fit together with incredible precision, so not an unjuicealbe chunk of carrot is left behind. As for quality it ranks right up there with classics like Cuisinart food Processors and KitchenAid Mixers. While mine has served me flawlessly for 5 years, I have no reason to expect it will not last decades more.

Most people new to juicing will notice that the acme juice is considerably thicker than what they might expect. While on par with what is sold at most juice bars, If you are not fond of pulp than straining the juice through a sieve is an easy solution, though I hear that filters are available for the juicer itself. Like the pulp problem, some complain about the having to clean out the acme as it has not automated pulp extraction. To me it is merely the price paid for better juice. Actually I find cleanup rather easy, simply scoop out the pulp with a spoon, then run a stream of water tangential to the edge of the filter while rolling it downward like a water wheel, wipe out the pulp that falls to the bottom and viola cleaning done.

My only other complaints are that spout sits a bit low for most large glasses (if you are going to juice, juice big) so I normally run mine on a riser, which is not a big deal but they could improve the product. I would love to see the little knob inside painted a different color, it is a pain to find if it gets put in your junk drawer.

The bottom line is if you want juice get and Acme and a 25lb bag of carrots because no one else makes anything close.