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A juicer is a highly recommended tool in your kitchen. But not everybody is confident using them properly for the first time. So that is the reason this post about “How to use a juicer step by step” comes out!
Delicious homemade juicing made by using juicers
We will outline 10 steps that you need to take orderly to have a perfect first-hand experience with this useful appliance. Let’s find out!
We have assumed that if you need to read an article about “How to use a juicer step by step”, you may have already purchased a new juicer. If this is the case, then before making some fancy juicing, cleaning the juicer is a must.
Cleaning will help you remove the uncomfortable smell of new plastic in your juicer as well as dust that may collect inside it.
Step 2: Familiarize yourself with your juicer
Actually, there are some components of the juicer that you will have to work directly with, so the best way to minimize all the awkward movements when first using it is to get to know them decently! Doing this will help you a lot in mastering how to operate a juicer.
A household juicer
Power knob/Power switch: Any specific juicer may have different design of the power button, it can be a knob or a switch. It can also have one or more than one-speed level.
Look around the juicer to spot the location of the power button and other function buttons. Figure out any juicing modes that it offers. You can also play around with all the buttons to get used to the motions of each of them.
Collection bowl: where the pulp after fruits and vegetables being juiced is stored.
The feed chute: the feed chute is the tube through which you put fruits or any ingredients that you want to squish into the juicer.
Pusher: the piece that you use to push all the ingredients from the feed chute to the main basin for juicing
Auger: the main basin where fruits and vegetables get squashed and squeezed to extract juice from them.
The pulp collector: this is where the excess waste from the juicing process is stored.
The spout: the tube through which the juice comes out.
Step 3: Prepare a clean working area
Since the juice extractor only occupies a small space in your kitchen, try to find an area that is dry and clean.
Prepare any tools that you need during the juicing process such as cups and bottles sharp knife, chopping board, fruits, vegetables and place them at convenient places for your use.
Step 4: Prepare ingredients for juicing
Select fruits and vegetables that you want to juice, water, and slice them into small pieces that can fit into the feed chute. For fruits that have hard cores ( drupes), remove the core before putting them into the juicer.
Step 5: Set up the juicer
Firstly, place the juicer in the prepared working area and adjust its position so that you are most comfortable when working with it. Make sure that you do not have any external obstacles when operating the appliance.
Prepare all the things you need for this process near the juicer.
Step 6: Plug the juicer in
Since the juicer is a popular appliance in many households’ kitchens, it is usually made to be compatible with standard household outlet voltages. If this is the case for your juicer, at this stage, just simply plug it in.
However, if the thing you gonna deal with is a commercial juicer, for your safety as well as the juicer’s, check out whether it can be plugged in common household electrical supply outlets.
Step 7: Start juicing
You’ve reached the juiciest part here!
For the pilot, switch the power button to ON mode for 10 seconds to make sure that everything is working properly.
If your juice extractor has a different juicing mode, choose the one that you want to go with.
Spot the location of the spout and remember to have a jar placed below this spout to catch the juice coming out of the machine. You had better prepare some additional cups in case the jar is filled up.
You can use the juicer to make whatever juicing you wish
If there is no unexpected problem occurs, begin to put the ingredients into the feed chute. Be careful not to put your hands into this tube. Use the pusher to push them into the main basin.
Do not press too hard or too lightly because, in both ways, the quality of the juice will be negatively affected as well as the lifetime of the juicer.
Note: You should not force the juicer to operate constantly for too long since that could make the motors overheated and damage them. Instead, stop the juicer and let it enjoy a short interval before continue juicing.
Step 8: Refining the juice using a strainer
When the juice is transferred from the jar to the other container, a strainer could be utilized to help you get rid of all the small seeds or pieces of peel that the juicer misses out on. It is advisable to use a strainer with small holes.
Step 9: Check the remaining pulp at the pulp collector(or the collection bowl)
If the pulp is not perfect and still has potential for more juice to be squished out, put them back into the feed chute and continue juicing.
Step 10: Hygiene your juicer
Disassemble your juicer, remove all the parts that can be taken out, and rinse them with clean water.
Long for refresing drink for the upcoming summer? Wish to modify your diet with healthy juicing? Then a juicer is exactly what you need!
I hope that by reading this far, you have learned how to use a juicer step by step properly and be better prepared to make your fantastic homemade juicing!
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