Oxo Good Grips Cherry Pitter

This cherry pitter is great! I can pit many cherries very quickly. The splash guard keeps the splatter in the bowl where I'm pitting. The grip is soft and not as hard as others I've tried. I would definitely recommend this one to anyone looking for one.

I purchased this because it got such rave reviews vs. other cherry pitters. I've never used a cherry pitter so I cannot compare it to any. I would think that a 5 star pitter would do a efficent job. I would say that this worked about 70% of the time at removing the pits. Sometimes it seemed to just push the pits to the side of the cherry & I had to squeeze out the pit (so my fingers got a bit stained). I could feel it hit the cherry pit but there would be no extracted pit! I find this much easier & quicker than pitting by hand of course & I don't regret buying this. Clean up is very easy & it has a little tab that locks it closed which is a convenient feature. If this is a 5 star pitter by other reviewers than I would hate to ever encounter a lesser rated pitter, they must not work at all!

I am so happy I bought this. True, I will only use it for a short time in the summer, but I love it! It works well, and the juice doesnt splatter. The pit does "shoot" out, so becareful where you aim it :) I love it and I love cherries even more now. I never liked dealing with pits while they are in the cherry. Plus, I didnt want to make a cherry pie because of how long it would take to pit the cherries. I now want to bake a cherry pie just to play with this.

I just had the chance to try out my new Cherry/Olive pitter. It works a charm! I pitted a couple dozen salt cured olives in just a couple of minutes. The same task takes a painful half hour using a pairing knife. Highly recommended.

The farmer's market always seem to have fresh cherries in two pound bags - and I'm not a big fan of spitting out the pits - so this works great, although does take some time since you're only pitting one cherry at a time (I guess there are some high-speed pitters out there!).