Feb 5, 2007 6:10 pm US/Eastern
Vidalia Chop Wizard: Does It Really Do That?
Does It Really Do That? All month long, KDKA Consumer Editor Yvonne Zanos will be putting products to the test to see if they live up to all the hype.
by Yvonne Zanos
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
The Vidalia Chop Wizard promises to make chopping just about any vegetable or fruit -- safer and easier.
But does it really do that?
We enlisted Robin Johnson, of Aliquippa, to help us put it to the test.
"If I can do something a little bit more quicker in order to have a good meal for the kids and not pizza, this would probably come in handy," said Johnson.
It looks simple enough… it comes with two blades -- one for chopping and one for dicing.
Directions say to chop off the ends of the onion, peel and cut the onion in half.
Then place both hands flat on the lid and push down quickly and firmly.
Johnson tried it and it was a little hard to push.
"It's a little more than what I thought it was going to be," said Johnson.
Once she knows the pressure needed, chopping gets easier.
We also tried the dicer.
"It is a little harder because the squares are smaller," said Johnson.
This is even harder to push and we found the outer layers of onion don't dice at all.
We also tried to make french fries.
It takes some practice but eventually we got the perfect fry.
The more we used the Vidalia Chop Wizard, the more we liked it.
But is it worth $20 plus shipping and handling?
"It's worth it," said Johnson. "I think we'd have a lot of fun with it. I really do."
To sum it up, the Vidalia Chop Wizard is not as easy to use as the commercial would make it seem.
It does take some muscle to chop onions but it does do what it claims and it does it well enough that we give it a thumbs up.
The verdict: The Vidalia Chop Wizard really does do that.
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