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A four-sided stainless grater with a black plastic handle, described in four bullets.
What we would actually buy Four bullets, one of which is "Black Plastic Handle" and another of which states a package weight of nine pounds for a cheese grater. Stainless steel with four sides for eighteen dollars, and almost nothing else on the page.
That is the whole listing. Four bullets, the fewest on this shelf — and two of them are a material and a color.
Nine pounds is about 4,082 g. The catalog data for the same product says 249 g.
Nine pounds is roughly a cast iron skillet. It is not a sheet-metal box grater, and nothing on this shelf is close:
Read the 9 pounds as a catalog error and the 249 g (8.8 oz) as the likely figure. That puts this mid-shelf at 13.5 grams of metal per dollar, against Urbanstrive’s 33.1 at half the price.
Every other grater on this shelf names its surfaces.
Eleven list coarse, medium, fine/zester and a slicer. Martha Stewart lists the one variant — a fine grater, a coarse grater, a slicer and an extra-fine grater.
Cuisinart says 4 Sides to slice, grate or shred, which tells you there is a slicer and at least two grating grades, and not which grades.
That is not pedantry. The medium shred is the one most people reach for with cheddar — coarse is too chunky for a sandwich, fine turns it to paste. A grater with coarse, fine and extra-fine instead of a medium would behave quite differently in the hand, and this page will not tell you which you are buying.
No container. Six graters here have one: the three KitchenAids, GORILLA GRIP, OXO and Urbanstrive.
No non-slip base. Eleven have one — and Spring Chef names the second reason it matters: a rubber bottom also stops grated food escaping out under the open bottom edge of the box.
No dishwasher statement. Twelve graters here make one, and Norpro is the honest outlier, recommending hand washing “for blade longevity” because dishwasher detergent is alkaline and dulls fine edges.
No steel grade, where Urbanstrive at $9.98 publishes 304 and even gives the percentage.
No blade process, which only WALDWERK addresses: other manufacturers cheaply stamp the blades out of the material. We etch them.
No dimensions in inches. No warranty.
The handle is black plastic, which most listings here leave as “soft-grip” or “ergonomic”.
And the catalog depth is 89 mm (3.50 in) — about 3.5 inches — which if accurate makes this one of the slimmer bodies on this shelf, behind only OXO’s 74 mm (2.91 in), whose listing sells that slimness specifically for drawers.
On a product that is awkward to store, that is worth something. It is just not a reason to choose this page over the twelve that say more.
On sale at around $18 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Sides | Four — to slice, grate or shred |
|---|---|
| Material | Stainless steel |
| Handle | Black plastic |
| Catalog weight | 249 g (8.8 oz) |
| Published package weight | 9.0 pounds, about 4082 g (144 oz) — which cannot be right, see the FAQ |
| Metal per dollar | 13.5 g (0.5 oz) on the catalog figure |
| Dimensions | 89 × 254 × 114 mm (3.50 × 10 × 4.49 in) |
| Published bullets | Four — the fewest on this shelf |
| Which four surfaces | Not specified beyond "slice, grate or shred" |
| Container | Not stated |
| Non-slip base | Not stated |
| Dishwasher | Not stated |
| Steel grade | Not published by the maker |
| Blade process | Not stated |
| Warranty | Not published by the maker |
| Amazon reference | B004YZENBY |
| EAN | 0086279038067 |
No. The listing’s fourth bullet reads "item package weight: 9.0 pounds", which is about 4,082 g (144 oz) — and the catalog data for the same product gives 249 g (8.8 oz). Nine pounds is roughly the weight of a cast iron skillet; it is not the weight of a sheet-metal box grater, and nothing else on this shelf comes close: the heaviest here is WALDWERK at 621 g (21.9 oz), and that includes a solid oak base. Even KitchenAid’s 4-Sided model, the heaviest all-steel grater on the shelf, is 499 g (17.6 oz). Read the 9 pounds as a catalog error and the 249 g (8.8 oz) as the likely figure — which would put this mid-shelf, at 13.5 grams of metal per dollar against Urbanstrive’s 33.1.
The listing does not say, which is unusual on this shelf. Every other grater here names its surfaces: eleven of them list coarse, medium, fine/zester and a slicer, and Martha Stewart lists the only variant — a fine grater, a coarse grater, a slicer and an extra-fine grater. Cuisinart says only "4 Sides to slice, grate or shred", which tells you there is a slicer and at least two grating grades but not which grades. That matters because the medium shred is the one most people use for cheddar, and a grater with coarse, fine and extra-fine instead would behave quite differently. On a page with four bullets, this is the one that most needed a fifth.
Most of what the rest of the shelf publishes. There is no container (six graters here have one), no non-slip base (eleven have one, and Spring Chef explains that it also stops food escaping under the bottom edge), no dishwasher statement (twelve graters here make one, and Norpro explains why it recommends the opposite), no steel grade (Urbanstrive, Cuisipro and WALDWERK publish 304), no dimensions in inches, and no warranty. The one thing it does publish that most do not is the handle material — black plastic — and the catalog depth of 89 mm (3.50 in), which if accurate makes this one of the slimmer bodies here, behind OXO’s 74 mm (2.91 in).
Close prices, same category: comparable cookware and knives. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.
| Model | Price | Sides | Handle | Metal per dollar | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuisinart CTG-00-BG | $18 | Four — to slice, grate or shred | Black plastic | 13.5 g (0.5 oz) on the catalog figure | 89 × 254 × 114 mm (3.50 × 10 × 4.49 in) |
| KitchenAid Gourmet Box Grater, Charcoal Gray | $20 | Four — a coarse, medium and fine grater plus a slicer | Soft-grip, for comfort and control | 22.9 g (0.8 oz) — third highest on this shelf | 128 × 163 × 262 mm (5.04 × 6.42 × 10.3 in) |
| KitchenAid Gourmet Box Grater with Measuring Container | $20 | Four — coarse, medium and fine graters plus a slicer blade | Ergonomic soft-grip, stated to reduce hand fatigue | 11.4 g (0.4 oz) on the published figure | 133 × 165 × 262 mm (5.24 × 6.50 × 10.3 in) — identical to KitchenAid’s 499 g (17.6 oz) model, see the FAQ |
| Cuisipro 4 Sided Box Grater | $21 | Four grating surfaces, from fine to coarse | Non-slip | 11.2 g (0.4 oz) — second lowest on this shelf | 114 × 95 × 267 mm (4.49 × 3.74 × 10.5 in) |
A buyer who wants the brand and nothing more — everything else here tells you more
Listed because the add-on names this pan as a fit.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 300.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
22.9 cm (9 in) · 18/0 stainless (95%) · four cutting faces · non-slip base · stainless handle
A 22.9 cm (9 in) four-sided box grater in 18/0 stainless with a non-slip base — the shape every kitchen has, at the entry price.
Best for: Everyday cheese and vegetables.
≈ $10
10 × 24 cm (3.9 × 9.4 in) · four-in-one · stainless · stated stable and safe · slicing, shredding and grating
A four-sided stainless grater with published dimensions — 10 × 24 cm (3.9 × 9.4 in) — covering slicing, shredding and grating in one body.
Best for: A kitchen where the grater lives in a cupboard rather than a drawer.
Four-sided 304 stainless steel box grater with a detachable base that doubles as a ginger grater, four grating surfaces from fine to coarse, patented surface glide technology and a non-slip handle
A four-sided 304 stainless grater whose detachable base is a fifth, ginger-grating surface.
Best for: Anyone who grates ginger and garlic as often as cheese — the base is the reason to buy it
≈ $21
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
