Big bite juicer screen clogging

[archeryrob]

Anyone use one of these for making juice and sauces? We had to clean the screen 3 times when processing 40# of tomatoes to fill a stock pot to reduce for canning tomato sauce. It is still way faster than the old way, but just looking if there is some trick to prvent the pulp from clogging the screen.

 

[Chasdev]

Sorry, but I doubt it.
Perhaps removing the skins before running through the machine?

 

[archeryrob]

Removing the skins would be back to the previous way and take a lot more time than just stopping to clean the screens

 

[Chasdev]

Guess it's up to you, whichever way is quicker or involves less monkey business.

 

[zwiller]

My parents have done tomatoes forever and tried lots and settled on a Victorio strainer. They heat them up before processing and that helps. Maybe it will for you. I processed tomatoes one time and if I get back into it again I will do it this way: Fire up the grill and sear the skins. They practically fall off after. I did everything outside and used a homebrew propane burner to cook/can. LOL Memories of my parents canning tomatoes in the kitchen on a 90F day and no AC... House smelled like a Heinz plant a week or so.

 

[archeryrob]

I found this also. There are more screens for the juicer and the one that comes with it is the berry once that is very fine.

LEM Big Bite Juicer Screens

LEM salsa, high yield and berry screens for Big Bite Juicer Attachment at Pleasant Hill Grain

pleasanthillgrain.com

berry screen holes measure 1/16"
high yield screen holes measure 3/16"
salsa screen holes measure 1/4"


I also found my buddy telling me he has a friend that quarters tomotes and smokes them. I would assume smoke one day and grind the next. He makes salsa like that and I would assume besides adding smoke flavor it also removes some of the reducing time. Not sure my wife would take to smoked sauce and she's not wanting smoked salsa. But I can get my daughter to do it and take the blame. ;)