AMZChef Slow Juicer Review: Affordable Masticating Juicer Tested

The Irony of this Juicer Review

But first, let me tell you the incredible irony of how I even got to the point of writing this post for you. Recently, health issues had us pulling out our old juicer and starting a stricter diet to get back on track.

So, a few weeks into our juicing I was approached by this company to test out and review the AMZChef. At first I was unsure until I actually looked at the specs on Amazon. I already knew what I didn’t want in a juicer so it was easy to see right away if it would even be worth my time to review it.

So I accepted and they sent me this juicer so I could test it out and write an honest review about my experience.

Let’s get started.

Who is AMZChef?

AMZChef is a brand that centers around home cooks. That means their products are budget-friendly and perform well. They aren’t the Maserati of kitchen brands, but they certainly aren’t a low-quality brand either.

Some of my best purchases were from “budget” appliance brands.

About the Juicer and First Impressions

This juicer is a slow masticating juicer, which means it uses an auger to slowly crush and grind the veggies into very small pieces. It then squeezes out the juice by pushing those pieces through a fine mesh filter.

• Pros: the slow speed reduces heat and preserves nutrients, unlike a centrifuge type juicer – think of the original Jack LaLanne’s juicers.
• Cons: due to its slower speed, it takes about 3 minutes per juice.

Sturdy plastic. Out of the box, I noticed the quality of the food-grade plastic. Most juicers are plastic, and I’ve used a few that have broken because the plastic was so cheap. But this one had a strong sturdy feel to it.

Few Parts. This juicer had no small parts and was easy to assemble. The parts are:

• The main hopper
• the masticating auger
• the base that holds the built-in filter
• two cups – one for catching the pulp and one for catching the juice
• And of course the feed pusher (which I barely use)

Upright juicer vs horizontal. This means it sits on your countertop and it’s vertical in operation – like a blender.

• Pros: takes up less countertop space than other horizontal juicers.
• Cons: Won’t fit/work underneath kitchen cabinets.

Size and Weight. It’s not too heavy and I found it easy to move around. It has suction cups on the bottom of the base to help it not slide around which is nice.

• Size: 15.3″ (length) x 7.4″ (width) x 15.3″ (height)
• Weight: approximately 10.5 pounds

Impressive Feed Tube

Let’s face it, every marketing photo a juicer company uses makes it look like you can fit your whole vegetable drawer inside the hopper! They just shrink the sizes of the food to make the hopper look larger.

There were two reasons I was happy to accept this juicer to test. First, it’s opening feed tube at the top is an impressive 5.8″ wide. Other juicers I’ve tried even with 3.5″ widths were still a bit narrow for loading up the hopper without having to cut everything down to little pieces.

And sure enough, the feed tube was awesome. I still had to cut up the carrots per the instructions and so I also cut up the apples to be on the safe side.

How Well Does it Juice

When I test a juicer, the two main things I look at for performance are the pulp and ease of use.

Pulp Dryness

This is the best way for me to determine how good a juicer performs. The drier the pulp, the more juice you get — and this pulp was impressively dry.

I even put the pulp through a juicer press (another type of juicer we have) and the amount of liquid that came out was minimal at best. That’s a good sign.

So far, I’m really liking this juicer.